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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]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was announced earlier this week that the joint committee on the protocol will be convened in the coming weeks. We have been calling for this for many months and I welcome it as a positive development. As I have outlined many times, the protocol is needed to prevent a hard border on our island and to protect the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process. Where there are issues that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, the Taoiseach told us he will play a key role in ensuring departmental delivery on the commitments to end domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, and I welcome that. One of the most urgent actions required to address Ireland's failure in this area is our obligations under the Istanbul Convention on Domestic Violence, in particular refuge places. A report published by Safe...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We need a waiver for that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Repeated references to Covid-19 in the Global Ireland progress report reaffirm the reality that in our interdependent world, no one is safe from Covid-19 until everyone is safe. A motion calling on the Government to immediately support a trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights, TRIPS, waiver on Covid-19 vaccines was passed by the Seanad last month. Throughout the pandemic,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the production that is the game changer.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not the charity element.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware of that but it is a prerequisite.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the poor south, it is a question of production.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was longer, and it needs to be amended.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the leak?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is talking down the clock.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Jan 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will the investigation be completed?