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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Reform Programme (16 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the national reform programme. [43540/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sorry I hurt the Taoiseach sensitivities. I ask him to answer the question on people with disabilities.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Then fix it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level task force on Covid-19 vaccination, which includes representatives from his Department. [43140/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I commend the important work of the task force led by Professor Brian MacCraith. It is an arduous task and the entire nation is dependent on a positive outcome from it. The Taoiseach may be aware from representations to his office that there is a widespread concern that the Government decided not to recognise people with disabilities in the priority list of groups for vaccination published...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the points made about the Debenhams workers and the need for workers who are owed redundancy payments to be given the status of preferential creditors in the event of a liquidation. It needs to get done. Kicking this can down the road with a promise of a review of company law, which seems interminable is certainly not the answer for workers who are now facing into Christmas in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the progress of his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [41491/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I note the Government decision to postpone the scheduled Dáil vote on the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA, between Canada and the EU. Shoehorning the vote into this week's Dáil schedule was wrong, as was any attempt to use Brexit to justify rushing a motion through. After the Seanad rejected CETA in October 2016, the previous Government consistently set its face...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, we had the very welcome news of an agreement on the Irish protocol. While we still need to see the detail and how it will be implemented in practice, such progress is important for everyone on the island. From speaking to people in Brussels this morning, it appears that there has been movement over the past 24 hours, at least in principle, on the level playing field and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is at the core of this, in reality, is a health service and a hospital system that is creaking at the seams. What is at the core of this is the fact that student nurses and midwives are very often the glue that keeps that system together and keeps the show on the road. What is also at the core of this, put very plainly, is a group of professionals in training working 13-hour shifts and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I know what is happening in our hospitals and it seems the Taoiseach does not, which is shocking.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not supernumerary. They are working on the wards.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: You should be paying them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Disgraceful.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is very simple. They are doing the work and the Government is not paying them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is pretty simple and straightforward.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed. The Taoiseach should pay them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: On several occasions now, I have raised with the Taoiseach his refusal to pay student nurses and midwives. His decision has been met with understandable anger, not just from the students themselves but also from the public. Last Thursday, I met online with student nurses and midwives from all over the country. They shared with me their experiences and recounted the very real work they do...