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Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Much of the Government's communications yesterday focused on returning to work and supports for business, but pillar 2 of the recovery plan, as it is called, includes a number of commitments that fall well short of people's lived experiences. It seems that, increasingly, there is a disconnect between Government policy objectives and the outcomes experienced on the ground. No amount of spin,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach explain to us-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----why the hard decisions he and his Government take are always at the expense of families and workers? Will he please explain the rationale, as we look to get back on our feet, behind-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----increasing the tax on people's family homes? Could we have the justification for this action, this decision, from the Taoiseach, please?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have repeatedly drawn the Taoiseach's attention to the rents people are paying. I put it to him today that as we emerge from the pandemic, our people face a cost-of-living crisis. Rents are soaring, people are being ripped off by greedy insurance companies and they now face multiple hikes in energy bills. To add to all of this, the Taoiseach now proposes to increase the tax on people's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it my assertion that rents are extortionate or that renters are being ripped off? Is it my assertion that renters are struggling or that a whole generation is living with the fear of not making rent and losing the roofs over their heads? Is it my assertion that a whole generation is effectively locked out of any real prospect of home ownership? Are those the assertions the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have raised with the Taoiseach time out of number the matter of the extortionate rents that workers and families are paying. They hand over an extraordinary proportion of their hard-earned cash to landlords every month. As a result of this, an entire generation is locked out of home ownership. Let us face it: they do not stand a chance of saving for a mortgage deposit while forking out...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach says he does not accept my assertions. Which assertions?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister. [27635/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 24. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the statement of strategy of his Department. [27636/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (2 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress to date by his Department in its development of a well-being framework for Ireland. [28068/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the social partners. [28066/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: In asking a previous question, I told the Taoiseach that the design of the new national childcare scheme is jeopardising early education opportunities for some of the most deprived and vulnerable children in the north inner city. I am sure this situation is mirrored across the State. The Taoiseach responded to me by listing investments made in education and childcare generally in the north...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in Dublin's north east inner city initiative. [23898/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course the neglect and poverty in the inner city of Dublin, as in other inner city and other areas throughout the State, is not accidental. It has happened on the watch of successive Governments and is in fact the consequence of bad policy, as the Taoiseach knows. To create the brighter future to which the Taoiseach referred, it is imperative that we invest in our children and in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: All Departments are required to prepare resource-efficiency action plans. In the area of waste, these plans reflect wider changes implemented by previous Governments in terms of how businesses and households manage their waste. Departments must increase the number of facilities for recycling and composting and discontinue the use of single-use plastics throughout the organisation. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the resource efficiency action plan for 2021 of his Department. [23896/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The property developer, Hammerson, has submitted their planning application to develop the area around Moore Street, as the Taoiseach will be aware. Indeed, they released a statement last night, which included a glowing endorsement from the Taoiseach. We now have the disgraceful situation where we have a Government that has not alone surrendered apartment homes in the city of Dublin to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I invite the Taoiseach to desist from standing with the private developer and actually to pursue the approach as agreed by the Dáil as recently as last March.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government will then cut it.