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Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be sharing some time with Deputy David Cullinane. At the beginning of this debate the Minister for Health described family carers as the "backbone" of caring in our State. I will put on record some of the words of the backbone of care in our State: I am so fed up and worn-out from fighting for the basic rights of my daughter. With so little support, I live in a constant state of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 30. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Britain and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [13101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the transformation payment agreed between post offices and An Post in 2018 will be extended; and if not, the financial assistance that will be put in place to keep the post network operating. [16676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 837. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 3 March 2021, if she will provide a reply. [17542/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 908. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a Covid-19 vaccine. [16500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 975. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered prioritising the vaccination for home school community liaison scheme co-ordinators given that they are working on the frontline. [16702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1029. To ask the Minister for Health the position of persons with Addison’s disease on the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy priority list of groups for vaccination; the way persons in this group will access the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16900/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1030. To ask the Minister for Health the process that will be used to identify persons with asthma for vaccine allocation; and the way persons in this group will access the vaccine. [16901/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria that will be applied in respect of persons with severe asthma who are currently categorised as group 7 in the COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy to determine continuous or repeated use of systemic corticosteroids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16902/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (25 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she has taken to put in place an enhanced process for the consideration of applications for naturalisation as directed by the Supreme Court (details supplied) in judgments delivered on 31 May 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (25 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 24 February 2021, if he will furnish a reply. [16110/21]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The European Council meets this week at a time when the twin crises of the pandemic and Brexit call for a refocusing on what is required to meet these seismic challenges and to deliver solutions based on what has worked successfully in the recent past, that is, partnership, co-operation and solidarity. There is massive frustration and disappointment in Ireland and across the European...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I refer to the finding of the human rights committee of the Council of Europe that sizeable numbers of local authority tenants live in inadequate housing conditions. That is putting the matter very politely. Some of the housing conditions are utterly deplorable and shameful in 2021. The finding that the State is in breach of Article 16 of the European Social Charter in respect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [15521/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The fact that the committee has not met since November is alarming, frankly. It raises a question mark around the urgency and order of priority being attached to children and younger people, especially in the context of the public health emergency. I have had conversations with community and voluntary organisations that provide support and mental healthcare and related services to adults...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the issue of provision of abortion services, it needs to be remembered that unionism can no longer be allowed to exercise a veto in the provision of these services for women yet that is what is happening. There has been a blockage. There is an active campaign by the DUP and others to prevent the commissioning of services that are necessary and to which women are entitled. Everybody from...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I again press the case for family carers and the necessity of affording them a level of priority in the vaccination programme. Currently, they are identified just as part of the general population. Yesterday, the HSE published its plan for the safe return of services. It reflects the huge pressure the system is under and will be under. Therefore, the work of family carers and the value...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The task now must be to reopen as safely as possible, as soon as possible, and ignoring the need for a proper quarantine system jeopardises all of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is time to get this right.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: By pushing ahead-----