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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale behind the decision taken regarding the operation of in-line figure skating under level 3 of the living with Covid-19 plan [42967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with or plans to meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments considered when assessing eligibility for the Christmas bonus for persons with a combination of payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43067/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 359. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who has been out of work since March 2020 owing to Covid 19, has been in receipt of the temporary wage subsidy scheme, employment wage subsidy scheme and the pandemic unemployment payment, consecutively qualifies for the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43068/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 400. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method by which the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is obliged to make every reasonable effort to notify persons who gave evidence to the confidential committee of their entitlement to request that their personal information be redacted prior to that evidence being deposited with his Department as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 612. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the decision taken on the operation of yoga classes and studios under level 3 of the living with Covid plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43459/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decisions made regarding live music and dance at weddings under the current level 3 of the Living with Covid Plan. [42713/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with or plans to meet with representatives from the wedding business sector to hear their concerns regarding the restrictions contained in the Living with Covid Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42714/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: For future reference, I understand and accept that these sessions are discursive and that any of us can go off on any sort of reverie, but where the Taoiseach is asked on the Questions Paper a very clear-cut question on costs associated with his Department - in this instance, costs of consultancy in respect of Covid-related matters - I, for one, expect that when he answers on the floor of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be. The Taoiseach did not clarify what that Ernst & Young study cost, nor did he clarify the wider point on the total amount of money expended by his Department on consultancy firms advising on Covid-19 related matters. I for one would like to hear clear, concise answers to those questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: My colleague, Deputy Kerrane, asked the Taoiseach yesterday if it was the Government's intention to ratify the International Labour Organization, ILO, Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment in the world of work. As he did not have an opportunity to respond as time ran out, I would be grateful if he could clarify the Government position today. Covid-19 has created new challenges...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [41796/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are currently more than 200 children waiting on scoliosis procedures. That is up 25% in two years, and almost half of these children are waiting for more than six months. This makes a mockery of the promised made by Deputy Harris, as Minister for Health, some three years ago, that no patient would wait more than four months. Serious delays in scoliosis surgery have been a huge...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but for the great and the good, for the hoi polloi, there is no delay. They get their money. They get their increases. The sheer unfairness-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----of that is manifest to one and all.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday I raised with the Taoiseach the refusal of his Government to pay student nurses and midwives who have been working on the front line during this awful pandemic. I told the Taoiseach of the real anger and frustration felt by these students over the outrageous claim that they do not get paid because they do not do real work. I conveyed to the Taoiseach, in their own words, the very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Here are the truths. The truth is that student nurses and midwives are working hard. The truth is that our system and the services patients rely on would grind to a halt, in some cases, without their effort. The truth is the Taoiseach has chosen to disregard and disrespect the fact that these students work extremely hard. The only abuse at play here is the abuse of not paying these...

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Deputy is very honest.

Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: These are the harrowing words of a victim for whom domestic violence leave would have made a real difference. I was assaulted at my place of work. He pulled me down a flight of stairs in front of a waiting room full of patients, told me he had a blade. He assaulted me in the car park but I managed to get away and call the gardaí. The following day, my boss called me into her office....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (8 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the mechanism by which his Department will review the progress of the current programme for Government. [41493/20]