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

Mary Lou McDonald: Be that as it may, the Taoiseach will acknowledge that come September there are workers who will not be returned to work and who will not be in a position to get back to work. The Taoiseach knows that. The economy will not be operating at full tilt by September. The Taoiseach knows that. Yet, the Government is choosing to cut the supports that these workers and their families rely on....

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Tens of thousands of people have gone back to work this month and many more will go back in the weeks ahead as restrictions are lifted. This is very good news because people need and want to be back at work. Their enthusiasm to return was demonstrated last year when 400,000 went back to work as restrictions were lifted. Workers do not want to be on the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the implementation of the measures set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy. [29589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of educational liaison officers appointed to each of the national parks to work with schools since June 2020 to date in tabular form. [29647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Jun 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29239/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoil places available in the Dublin 1, 7 and 9 areas for September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (27 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding for Gaelscoileanna in the Dublin 1, 7 and 9 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28794/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might be aware that the Oireachtas disability group has highlighted the data deficit and the limited evidence on unmet needs of people with disabilities. Its concerns are well founded as Departments plan for another budget without the data needed to properly inform budgetary decisions crucial to the lives of citizens with disabilities. I want to ask the Taoiseach about two...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the research funding initiative related to the shared island initiative of his Department. [23897/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The point made by Deputy Richmond about the North-South institutions functioning is essential. I see no good reason that the Minister for Health would not meet with his Northern counterpart. That meeting should happen as a matter of urgency. More generally, and particularly in light of the new leadership of the unionist parties, we need to recall that all the Good Friday Agreement...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the CervicalCheck tribunal. As of this month, a total of 250 claims have been made against the State by women who were damaged and injured by the CervicalCheck scandal. Court proceedings have been issued in respect of 190 claims and 31 claims have been concluded. As of 12 May, there were 160 active court cases involving women affected by this scandal and,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I extend my solidarity and good wishes to the two members of An Garda Síochána who were shot and injured in the course of their duties last night in Whitechapel in Blanchardstown here in Dublin. We are very conscious of the fact that members of the Garda put themselves in harm's way day in and day out to keep our communities safe. We express our appreciation for this and extend...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Workers and businesses have lost incomes. In his announcement on Friday, will the Taoiseach tell those in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and the wage subsidy scheme-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----that their payments will not be cut at the end of June?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I certainly reiterate the sentiments in respect of the gardaí. There have been, not just here but internationally, what the Taoiseach describes correctly as unprecedented interventions to support people in a context of an unprecedented, at least in our lifetimes, public health emergency and social emergency. What I am asking from the Taoiseach is not to reiterate the no "cliff edge"...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the Dáil speaks with one voice. Today, we condemn the illegal and ongoing annexation, the illegal seizure of Palestinian lands by the Israeli occupier. Today, we condemn the illegal displacement of Palestinian families and communities from their homes and from their land. Today, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and assert their inalienable right to their...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (25 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if ratification of the ILO Convention C190 Violence and Harassment in the Workplace requires amendments to domestic legislation; if so, the type of legislative amendments that will be required; and if not, if he plans to ratify the Convention. [27961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (25 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish the economic and sustainability impact assessment by his Department of the EU-Mercosur trade deal. [28053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to permit live performances at weddings further to the recent meeting between departmental officials and an association (details supplied); if proposals are currently being considered to permit the resumption of live performances at weddings from 7 June 2021 subject to the epidemiological situation and public health...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her officials have finalised the administrative arrangements for the music entertainment business assistance scheme. [27940/21]