Results 3,501-3,520 of 21,103 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Council (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the Pensions Commission not to publish the submissions it received during its recent public consultation on State pensions; the reason for the Pension Commission’s decision not to make public the submissions as would be common practice given that the decision could...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The easing of restrictions and the reopening of society open up an opportunity to reset the economy and to rebuild in a way that represents a necessary departure from Government policy thus far on the Taoiseach's watch and from the approach of previous Governments. This will, by definition, mean a more active State with more intervention and less sitting on the sidelines. I raised the area...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and Investment will next meet. [16849/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday the Government signed off on an obscene €81,000 pay increase for a top civil servant which will see the incoming Secretary General in the Department of Health earning €292,000 a year, or ten times the salary of a nurse starting out on the front line fighting Covid. There was no process or rationale for this obscene pay hike. At the time the Government said it was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: A person does not have to walk very far from here to see the scourge of homelessness in the city of Dublin. Indeed, anyone can go into any of our cities or towns throughout the country to see that this is a reality. Rents are sky-high and housing is unaffordable, especially to younger people and people on average or lower wages. The Taoiseach was in government ten years ago. When he was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to raise again the issue of housing. I am very conscious that as the light at the end of the tunnel gets a little bit brighter for people, we are beginning to consider what life, and Ireland, will look like once the pandemic passes and the public emergency is over. It is very encouraging that, despite everything people have been through in the past year, they still have that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the commitment given to provide specific guidance on the sale of children's shoes; and when parents and families can expect to be able to purchase these essential items. [19585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to review the regulations regarding the sale of children's clothes noting the challenges faced by parents trying to purchase school clothing further to updated Covid-19 plan and the phased return to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 555. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost for essential repair roadworks for the North Road in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 [19327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the music entertainment business assistance scheme will open in April 2021 as announced by her on the 9 March 2021. [20670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the legal strategy (details supplied) to pursue the contractor who originally built schools for the cost of the precautionary measures and the permanent remediation works. [18242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the independent review to establish the current use and practices in the design and build procurement construction model for the delivery of school buildings has been finalised; and if so, if the findings of this review will be published. [18243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the permanent remediation works have been carried out in a school (details supplied); if not, the remediation works that still remain; and when they are due to be carried out. [18244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the permanent remediation works will recommence for a school (details supplied); the effect this will have on the creche; and if the crèche will have to close whilst these works are been carried out. [18245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the National Council for Special Education to complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools first commissioned in September 2018. [19168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which the consultation on the establishment of a statutory entitlement to paid domestic violence leave is due to conclude; and if he will publish the findings of this consultation. [18553/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when face-to-face interviews for visas will recommence; and the procedure in place for those applying for visas during level 5 restrictions. [18770/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 670 of 3 March 2021, the date on which she expects to receive the independent study into familicide and domestic homicide reviews commissioned in May 2019. [19702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1583. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made further to talks between a union (details supplied) and the HSE regarding the general practitioner provision of Covid-19 vaccines to persons in group 4 of the vaccine schedule; if GPs have been approved to provide these vaccines; and when persons in this group can expect to be scheduled to receive a vaccine. [18344/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1586. To ask the Minister for Health the status of talks between a union (details supplied) and the HSE on the GP provision of Covid-19 vaccines to persons in group 7 of the vaccine schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18347/21]