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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: My chastity or otherwise is not an answer-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the Taoiseach told the media the carbon tax is not a big issue in the grand scheme of things and that it was not a big deal. However, this is a big issue for households up and down the country where every euro counts and so a worn-out public is again left shaking their heads at the out-of-touch reaction from Ministers. People rightly ask where is the common sense and where is the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are just three weeks away from the Government's carbon tax hike on 1 May. This is the same day that the latest round of energy price hikes from providers will kick in. The carbon tax will make life harder for workers and families who are already struggling to keep on top of their soaring energy bills. They live in dread, in panic and, in some cases, in fear. People are being fleeced by...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Appointments (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 145. To ask the Taoiseach if a selection board will be convened by the Public Appointments Service and a shortlisting process carried out by an independent chairperson when filling the forthcoming vacancy in the position of Secretary General to the Government and Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach; and if not, the reason the procedures applied to the recruitment of the most...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 560. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to allocate or increase resources to community organisations in an area (details supplied) that are currently delivering services and supports and those who wish to deliver services and supports to persons in the community who have fled from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 561. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that are being provided in an area (details supplied) by his Department to persons in the community who have fled from Ukraine; if this will include holistic supports to children and young persons who may need specialist supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 562. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that will be undertaken to integrate children, young persons, young adults and families who have fled from Ukraine into communities in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 Apr 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 976. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available to a social enterprise (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [18220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: British-Irish Co-operation (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that was made at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference on the New Decade, New Approach agreement’s outstanding commitments and the significant implications for freedom movement of non-Irish and non-British persons on the island of Ireland as a result of the UK nationality and borders Bill. [17221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 370. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing parents and guardians of children living in Dublin 1 trying to access school vaccination programmes now currently provided for in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17122/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to ensure that children living in Dublin 1 who are unable to access school vaccination programmes in Swords, County Dublin will be able to receive their vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 379. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to facilitate school immunisation programmes to operate within school settings in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 380. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the uptake rate for the school immunisation programme for the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years in the CHO 9 area; if there are plans in place for a catch-up programme to offset any impact caused by Covid-19-related disruptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17166/22]

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: First, I want to record again our absolute condemnation of the actions of Russia in invading Ukraine and to extend our solidarity to the Ukrainian people at this time. The actions of the Russian Federation are illegal, brutal and unjust. No country should be subjected to the kind of military aggression faced by Ukraine. The priority must be to end this invasion and secure a Russian...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is very clear again that the Taoiseach cannot defend his Government’s record on housing. How could he? Some 10,000 homeless is not a slogan. House prices through the roof, where they are up 20% in rural areas, is no slogan. Generations locked out of home ownership and facing extortionate rents is no slogan. There are 35,000 additional homes now required, according to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the single biggest failure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Personal attacks are not acceptable, Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar an Aoine, chonaiceamar an méadú is mó ar easpa dídine ó thosaigh Covid. Tá beagnach 10,000 duine ina gcónaí i dtithíocht éigeandála anois. Is scannal é sin. Is í easpa tithíochta an ghéarchéim is mó sa Stát agus tá sí ag dul in olcas faoi cheannaire an Taoisigh. On Friday, we learned...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you, I am much obliged.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city initiative. [12412/22]