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Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last September, the Taoiseach said that an evaluation of the State's Covid's response would begin early this year to consider how the country performed for the purposes of learning lessons to be applied in the future. Instead, what has transpired is the establishment of an expert advisory group whose scope is limited to the public health service. It is my strong view that there is a need...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach met with the Women of Honour group yesterday. They had hoped to convince him that Government is taking the wrong approach to cases of rape, sexual assault, bullying and harassment of women within the Defence Forces. Sadly, however, they were left feeling deflated and disappointed following the meeting. The group are correct in saying that the review that has been proposed by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has also had a deep effect on so many of them personally. They have asked the Government to simply be as fair with them this year as it was with students last year. I appeal to the Taoiseach again. This is the wrong decision and I invite the Taoiseach and the Minister to reverse it in the interests of those students.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are options.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Ó Laoghaire has written to the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Ó Laoghaire is our spokesperson on education.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are assessment tools that are used in the North.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: But the Taoiseach is not the Minister for Education.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Education has the options.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is correct.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is done elsewhere.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Assessment tools.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are given a choice.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is out of line with fairness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: What students have asked for and a point on which they have been consistent was choice, which meant a choice between a traditional exam in whatever form and calculated grades. That was deemed appropriate and necessary last year because of the Covid disruption and the truth is that this year's leaving certificate students have been similarly disrupted. There has been significant disruption...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government's decision that students will not have choice this year for their leaving certificate is appalling. It is a massive mistake not to allow a hybrid or blended model and not to give a choice to students between traditional exams and calculated grades. Furthermore, the way in which this decision was communicated was equally awful. It was cynically leaked to the media late last...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Number 307 of 25 January 2022, the further three domestic violence refuges that are at an early stage of advancement; and the stage each project is at. [5077/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 575. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Tusla will finalise its annual business plan for 2022. [4990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 799. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1742 of 19 January 2022, if he issue a full reply. [5068/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Development Companies (1 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 869. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local development companies that mention sexual, domestic or gender-based abuse and or violence description in their action plans 2021-2022, in tabular form. [5044/22]