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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are heartbroken at the horrific scenes of Ukrainian people, mainly women and children, fleeing for their lives. We are witnessing the largest displacement of people in Europe since the Second World War. To stop this humanitarian disaster, we have to stop the war. Members of the Government have speculated that Ireland might be required to accommodate up to 100,000 refugees. This is a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Given the importance of this issue and the need for urgent Government action in respect of fuel and energy costs, under Standing Order 83(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means, or, in other words, by a walk-through vote.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Dáil will not sit next week, as Deputy Canney has averted to, because of St. Patrick's Day. Therefore, it is absolutely essential that we act urgently this week on the matter of spiralling costs of petrol, diesel and home heating oil. I have put the proposal to the Taoiseach that a financial resolution be drafted and brought before us tonight, tomorrow night or at the earliest...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The issue of excise is a matter for government and a matter for the House. Therefore, we are quite insistent that the Government act and bring forward this financial resolution this week.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: No more delay.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nobody is disputing the international context for these soaring prices. I hope nobody is disputing, either, that householders, families, workers, hauliers and those providing school transport are now at their wits' end. Their crisis is now. It is in the immediacy of now. It is a question of how they get to work, get about and heat their home, today, tomorrow and next week. I am well...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Beannachtaí na féile. A very happy International Women's Day to you and to all. The price of energy and fuel has literally soared over the past year and, of course, prices have risen even more rapidly following the criminal Russian invasion of Ukraine, which, as we know, has resulted in an unprecedented disruption in the global energy market. The cost of petrol at the pumps...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 129. To ask the Taoiseach the dates on which each Cabinet Committee (details supplied) met from June 2020 to date inclusive [13114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion has met with the parents of children attending a school (details supplied) regarding the under provision of special needs assistants as committed to on 16 February 2022. [12378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 476. To ask the Minister for Health further to the advice from NPHET on the removal of mandatory Covid-19 restrictions from 28 February 2022, if the Keltoi residential addiction unit, St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park will be reopened. [12355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (8 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the weekly number of residential patients with Covid-19 at the social inclusion Covid isolation facility temporarily located at the Keltoi residential addiction unit, St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park from 1 January 2022 to the end of February 2022, inclusive in tabular form. [12356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 341. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 24 February 2022, if the paediatric orthopaedic funding allocated from the waiting list fund has been provided on a recurring or on a once-off basis. [12237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if the ethical standards for healthcare of an organisation (details supplied) are currently or will be applied or adhered to in any current or future maternity hospital. [12238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if the board of an organisation (details supplied) will include a public interest member, a National Maternity Hospital member or a female member to represent women’s maternity care interests; and if not, if he sought the inclusion of these board members. [12239/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if women will be able to access abortion, sterilisation, contraception or IVF healthcare or related treatment from the new national maternity hospital. [12240/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if the directors of an organisation (details supplied) will be shareholders with the right to sell or seek a mortgage or financing against any or all of its properties within the holding’s portfolio including the National Maternity Hospital. [12241/22]

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Amnesty International report is clear. It is devastating in its clarity. It concludes that Israel perpetrates apartheid. It notes that Israel's civilian administration, military authorities, governmental and quasi-governmental institutions are involved in the enforcement of this system of apartheid against Palestinians. It is as frank and as clear as that. It goes on to say that the...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: “Ós í an Ghaeilge an teanga náisiúnta is í an phríomhtheanga oifigiúil í”. Is éin atá ráite i mBunreacht an Stáit seo ach, seachas an díospóireacht inniu, is annamh a tharlaíonn díospóireachtaí lán-Ghaeilge anseo sa Dáil. Níl cead fiú ag Teachtaí Dála...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [9277/22]