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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 912. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a form of reimbursement, full or partial, for medical card holders if they attend a private hospital. [16814/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, parents of children with special needs from across the country will again begin an overnight sleep-out at the gates of Leinster House. These parents cannot find suitable school places for their children. It is a deep and long-standing crisis. Notwithstanding the Taoiseach's answer to Members earlier, the fact is that hundreds of children are locked out of the education to which they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The seriousness of the situation is not in question nor is the need for collective action. I ask for a response to my suggestion that the Taoiseach convene a meeting of all party leaders across this House. That needs to happen as a matter of urgency. It is helpful to recall that Ireland is and will remain a very attractive location for investment. The Taoiseach has acknowledged that the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was referring to Apple.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Later this evening, the US President is expected to announce widespread tariffs on imports into the United States. While the severity and scope of these tariffs are yet unknown, it is clear that what is about to happen will present a significant economic challenge to Ireland. The hard reality is that our economy is particularly exposed. The United States is Ireland's largest export market,...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On our amendment.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that in order for the Ceann Comhairle to fulfil her obligations as set out under Standing Order 10, she must retain the confidence of both Government and Opposition members; and further notes that the Ceann Comhairle no longer retains the confidence of opposition TDs of this...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Housing is one.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Are you pointing at me?

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do not point at me.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: They want housing.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: A disgrace.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----or Simon Harris, for that matter? What debt is owed to him that the Taoiseach is willing to tear down the integrity of the Dáil just to keep him sweet? We know that providing him with access to the main platform where the Opposition holds Government to account was part of this grubby deal. Tomorrow, the Government plans the ludicrous spectacle of Lowry group of TDs standing up...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has claimed that the Dáil will never be the same again. I agree, but that is not because the Opposition is standing our ground. It is because of his underhanded manoeuvres to rig the Dáil and stack the Opposition in his favour. That is the threat faced here, which certainly has some resonance with events elsewhere in the world. If people ever wonder why...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: There were also a raft of junior Ministers with big pay hikes, more super junior Ministers and, of course, the prized position of Ceann Comhairle to boot. Nobody with any respect for the position of Ceann Comhairle would ever have been party to such a disgraceful arrangement. A deal was struck by Micheál Martin and Simon Harris with Michael Lowry, a man whose actions the Moriarty...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: This motion of no confidence in the Ceann Comhairle is a response to a concerted and co-ordinated plan by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael; a plan to run roughshod over the democratic rules of the Dáil for their own political gain.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last Tuesday, not alone did the Ceann Comhairle put herself at the centre of that Government plan, she led the charge.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: In an unprecedented, and frankly breathtaking display of bias, the person charged with safeguarding and preserving democracy in this House helped to tear it apart. The Ceann Comhairle actively and enthusiastically fulfilled the bidding and the aims of the Government, acting, not as the impartial Chair of the Dáil, but more like a loyal Minister under political instruction from the top.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: She was acting as the Government's Ceann Comhairle, signed, sealed and delivered by Michael Lowry. What we witnessed was an unrivalled partisan display. The Ceann Comhairle forced through the Government agenda, showing blatant disrespect and contempt for the mandate of the combined Opposition. In forcing through the Government's plan, Verona Murphy took a wrecking ball to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Emergency Planning (1 Apr 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [10820/25]