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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [5958/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [4719/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: A survey conducted by SIPTU has found that 41% of childcare professionals are actively seeking a job in another sector. It also found that childcare managers have indicated major difficulties in the recruitment of staff. This should not come as a shock to the Government because early years professionals are very poorly paid and their conditions are in need of massive improvement. Indeed,...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: It does.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Apartments-----

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]