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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 379. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to facilitate school immunisation programmes to operate within school settings in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the uptake rate for the school immunisation programme for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years in the CHO 9 area; if there are plans in place for a catch-up programme to offset any impact caused by Covid-19-related disruptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17166/22]

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: First, I want to record again our absolute condemnation of the actions of Russia in invading Ukraine and to extend our solidarity to the Ukrainian people at this time. The actions of the Russian Federation are illegal, brutal and unjust. No country should be subjected to the kind of military aggression faced by Ukraine. The priority must be to end this invasion and secure a Russian...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is very clear again that the Taoiseach cannot defend his Government’s record on housing. How could he? Some 10,000 homeless is not a slogan. House prices through the roof, where they are up 20% in rural areas, is no slogan. Generations locked out of home ownership and facing extortionate rents is no slogan. There are 35,000 additional homes now required, according to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the single biggest failure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Personal attacks are not acceptable, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar an Aoine, chonaiceamar an méadú is mó ar easpa dídine ó thosaigh Covid. Tá beagnach 10,000 duine ina gcónaí i dtithíocht éigeandála anois. Is scannal é sin. Is í easpa tithíochta an ghéarchéim is mó sa Stát agus tá sí ag dul in olcas faoi cheannaire an Taoisigh. On Friday, we learned...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you, I am much obliged.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [12412/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I acknowledge and welcome today's announcement. More to the point, I look forward to seeing the detail of what is proposed for the Magdalen laundry site on Seán McDermott Street. This will be a very significant development locally but also nationally and internationally. It is essential that we get it right in terms of the archive, the site of conscience and the whole area of social...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2021 will be published. [12411/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question concerns the expulsion of four senior officials from the Russian embassy in Dublin. I understand these four senior officials have been identified as carrying out activities not "in accordance with [...] standards of diplomatic behaviour". Will the Taoiseach inform the House who these senior officials are and what behaviour marked them out for expulsion? We all dearly hope there...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I again raise with the Taoiseach the commitments Britain made to the Irish Government and all parties in the North to introduce an Irish language Act and to commission abortion services in the North. We can all agree that women have waited long enough for these services. Certainly, Irish language speakers have waited long enough. As the Taoiseach will know, the British Government has again...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has described the problem and accurately signposted that it will be an ongoing problem, so the pressure households are under will remain constant. The Taoiseach must recognise, as I am sure he does, the struggle that means for households and families right across the State. The Taoiseach did not answer a series of very straightforward questions. On the issue of home heating...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, which is an excise charge on-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Revenue describes it as an excise.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not care what it is called.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not care what it is described as. It needs to be removed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It needs to be removed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach remove the excise from home heating oil? That is the question. I believe the Government should do that and do it urgently to give relief to those who cannot now fill their tanks and are struggling. I also asked the Taoiseach what specific request was made of the European Commission. Have we sought a derogation in respect of the VAT directives? How long will this...