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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Apartments are homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is about affordable supply and the right supply.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach does not need to do any kind of deep dive just to come across these figures. A rent of €1,500 or €2,000 per month is simply unaffordable. It seems that he does not actually understand what is happening. He seems to be suggesting the funds build the houses in question; they do not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: They acquire them, and they do so by outbidding ordinary families and workers who simply want to purchase a home and put a roof over their heads. That is what is happening. Does the Taoiseach know what his policy is doing? It is making a bad situation worse. It is demonstrating that the wrong kind of supply can actually make the situation worse. The average renters find themselves in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Two reports that came out today are damning of the Government’s housing policy. The latest rental report from daft.ieshows that rip-off rents were up another staggering 10% in the final three months of last year. New figures also reveal that cuckoo funds, courtesy of sweetheart tax deals provided by the Government, massively outbid ordinary house buyers for family homes and then rent...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 4 of 2021 on the website of his Department. [6864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans proposed for the HSE dispensary, Quarry Road, Cabra: and if consideration can be given to relocate the local family resource centre to this building. [7082/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Sign Language (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish Sign Language interpreters currently available to assist deaf or hard of hearing patients attending the Mater Hospital; the number of sign language interpreters that are employed in the Mater Hospital to assist deaf patients while attending the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7083/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Good pay is the best way out of low pay. Low-paid workers are employed. It would be desperate if the record was so skewed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach the expected timeline and order of citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [4718/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: First, I welcome the establishment of the Citizens' Assemblies on the directly elected mayor for Dublin and biodiversity. However, I have raised previously with the Taoiseach the fact that key agencies such as the National Biodiversity Data Centre are underfunded and understaffed. They are not even underpinned by legislation. That needs to be sorted out as a matter of urgency. Equally...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [5959/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Oireachtas social protection committee published its report last week in response to the Commission on Pensions. It recommends no further increases to the qualifying age for State pensions, which is welcome. Workers should be entitled to retire with a pension at 65 if they so choose. The committee also supports the recommendation to allow workers to retire at 65 once they achieve the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [4364/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, the Tánaiste expressed his frustration with the Government's slow rate of progress in accelerating plans and ambitions for renewable electricity and new fuels such as green hydrogen. If the programme for Government's commitments are to be realised, a Government-led hydrogen strategy is urgent. We can lead from the front on green hydrogen. This is the view of public and...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Taoiseach spoken to them on the back of these reports?

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Earlier, the Taoiseach described the latest report of the Police Ombudsman as deeply concerning. It is indeed shocking and sheds light on the activities of British state agents and on their connection to 27 loyalist murders and attempted murders in south Belfast between 1990 and 1998. As he will know, this is just the latest report setting out the nature of the relationship between the...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is comparing a novel to a human rights report.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might read the Amnesty International report.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Read the report.