Results 3,501-3,520 of 21,404 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: If you want to swap seats with me-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----I am more than happy to do that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----but I would prefer that you answer the questions that I have put to you.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, a Cheann Comhairle. We have had-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle. With respect-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----we have had session after session-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----in which the Head of Government will not answer questions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Answer the questions that are put to you.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, that is right, Micheál. Well done. Good man.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that and my dispute is not with the Ceann Comhairle or anyone else on the Opposition benches-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----but we have a Taoiseach who-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----flatly refuses to answer questions-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and reacts in that hysterical manner when he is held to account. It is truly shocking.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: This morning it is being reported that the Cabinet could not agree the summer economic statement yesterday, due to disagreements in government about funding for housing in advance of budget 2022. While this is very alarming news to those of us who want to see a massive increase in the construction of family homes, it is not surprising given the track record of the Government over ten years,...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently reinstate payment of child benefit for the summer months to parents and guardians of school going 16 to 18 year olds that are unable to provide written confirmation required from her Department as schools are now closed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38218/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the membership and terms of reference of the Covid-19 oversight group chaired by the Secretary General of his Department. [36222/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (13 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to clarify the role of GPs in providing certification on either recovery or vaccination because multiple positions have been put into the public domain. We need clarity from the Taoiseach on that matter. Sinn Féin will later bring before the Dáil a motion in support of families' calls for the Government to establish a public inquiry into the neglect and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [36336/21]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (13 Jul 2021)
Mary Lou McDonald: Notwithstanding the parliamentary liaison unit and the work that is done by the three staff the Taoiseach identified, the level of confusion and disorganisation within his Administration is remarkable. We have seen this again in respect of the Covid certificate. It would be helpful if the Taoiseach could clarify the matter of issuing letters and the role or otherwise of GPs in that regard....