Results 241-260 of 21,096 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I can only surmise that the Taoiseach wishes to deflect and comment on Sinn Féin's policies because he knows he has been caught out. He has been found out. He spoofed during the election campaign. He presented a work of fiction. It was fact flexibility from Fianna Fáil. What a novel thing - not. Now he is in the hot seat again and there is an expectation of delivery and he is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: If take Moore Street as an emblem and an example of the interest of the State and successive governments in the regeneration of Dublin's north inner city, I can tell the House that it tells a very depressing tale. It tells a tale not just of indifference to those families and communities in the here and now, but also of utter and gross disrespect for the history and the historic nature of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Dublin city task force recommendations through his Department. [6073/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach was very evasive on the issue of tax reliefs for private developers when he was asked repeatedly here today. Can he be clearer? Can he give the clarity that was given by the Minister, James Browne, that, in fact, those reliefs are being considered? Will the Taoiseach also clarify for me the €450 million that arose from a memo that went to the Cabinet committee on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----on tax reliefs and on those 3,000 homes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: So, tax reliefs. Okay.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: But they are captured within existing targets.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nothing is good-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Aontaím leis an Taoiseach gur olc an scéal é gan dabht. Cén plean atá ag an Rialtas? Tá sé soiléir nach bhfuil an plean ceart aige. Dithering in the face of all this is not a sufficient response from the Government. I could write a lengthy thesis on the underlying causes of crime - the poverty, the lack of investment and the lack of opportunity. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Dublin city centre is no longer safe. That is a statement of reality. People who live, work and visit our capital city have been robbed of their sense of safety and this has been the case for some time. Ask anyone who walks through the city centre and they will tell you they do so either with their heads down or looking over their shoulder. Those who live in the inner city could write the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [2679/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the Taoiseach will ram through his legislation for the highest number of super junior and junior Ministers in the history of the State. I refer to the jobs-for-the-boys-and-girls Bill that will give rise to bumper top-ups in salaries and expenses for all involved, including a pay hike of €45,000, additional expenses of €32,000 and salaries of €200,000 for super...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let me assure the Taoiseach that I pay the very closest attention to the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of people who live in rental properties. I pay particular attention to those who are literally ripped off month in and month out and really struggle to meet their rent. I pay more attention again to those who have lost their homes because they simply could not make the rent or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nowhere in his pronouncements has there been any concern for renters-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----or control of rent. The Government ought to cut rents and freeze them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will not do that. Instead it proposes to remove the single protection renters are currently afforded.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order.