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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Taoiseach going to do for her?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is far too little.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: As we speak, hundreds of truckers and hauliers are protesting outside the gates of the Dáil because they are being absolutely crucified. These are small and family businesses that are already put to the pin of their collar with rip-off insurance costs, extortionate utility bills and the domestic cost of living and sky-rocketing increases in fuel costs are the final straw for many....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, I do not want to defer anything. On the contrary-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who informed the Taoiseach? Was it the Commission?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Education will next meet. [55668/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 38. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality will next meet. [57208/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and European Union division of his Department. [52215/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the details of the social impact assessments carried out by his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit since 1 January 2016. [52214/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach noted, the social impact assessment framework examines the demographic profile of public services users and how they are impacted by the Government's budgetary decisions. We are told these assessments should complement other budget impact assessments such as equality budgeting, which was first introduced as a pilot scheme four years ago. The 2019 OECD scan of equality...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Budget Process (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach clarify whether it is the intention of Government to implement in full the OECD's equality budgeting recommendations?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, the Government effectively shut down the late-night economy. Four weeks from Christmas, thousands of workers and businesses are now prevented from earning the money that pays their bills, yet at its meeting yesterday the Cabinet economic sub-committee did not even consider restoring the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. How does the Taoiseach expect these workers to make ends...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: According to the Taoiseach, there is no problem with testing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not sufficient.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed. There are serious questions now arising right across the State in regard to testing capacity. People could not book a PCR test yesterday in Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and Waterford, and we are getting similar reports from across the country. Meanwhile, the Government is dithering still on antigen testing. We need to make time for the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Despite the Taoiseach's attempts to reassure or to advance the pretence that we have enough capacity in our hospitals, the evidence is that we had staff protesting outside Connolly hospital and, for example, in Limerick hospital other beds are being repurposed for use as ICU beds. It is very clear the capacity falls well short of what is needed and that fact was established as far back as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I send all of our best wishes to our colleague, the Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, and wish him a full and speedy recovery. The failure of the Government to plan for the Covid surge has created substantial pressure. GP services are overwhelmed, and schools are struggling. In large swathes of the country, people cannot get a PCR test while the Government still dithers...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the protocols will be finalised to establish a programme of rapid antigen testing of close contacts in school settings in response to positive Covid-19 cases. [57382/21]