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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The criteria are all about process. One cannot have a process without them.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: It does not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for that. From day one, as he knows, the British Government has resisted revealing the truth on the killing of Pat Finucane. In 2012, his wife, Geraldine, said: At every turn, dead witnesses have been blamed and defunct agencies found wanting. Serving personnel and active state departments appear to have been excused. The dirt has been swept under the carpet...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the courage and resilience shown by the family of Pat Finucane in their battle with the British state is inspirational. Pat Finucane was killed in February 1989 by a UDA death squad working in collusion with RUC special branch, the British Army's force reconnaissance unit and the British state. For three decades, like so many others, the family have...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 628. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school applications received annually in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form. [38813/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school applications received in each month from January to October 2020, in tabular form. [38814/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 716. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the firearm licence of a person is automatically revoked by the courts when a protection, safety or barring order is granted against the person. [38056/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 994. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date she plans to announce the successful projects to be funded under the standard measure of the town and village renewal scheme. [38054/20]
- Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I know. It is indicative that it is short, is it not?
- Combating Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (19 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: "I'd gone from being a strong, independent woman to this quivering wreck with no friends, no job, and no confidence. I felt so low, I searched the house for pills for an overdose". This is Siobhan’s story, and her story told and retold thousands of times across the land because domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is an epidemic in our society; it is an insidious form of abuse...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (19 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to introduce an amendment to the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to give effect to the programme for Government commitment to retain a State pension age from January 2021 of 66; and if so, when the amending legislation will be introduced. [37461/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (19 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal mechanism by which she plans to defer the planned increase in the State pension age from January 2021. [37468/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about the students with vulnerable parents?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have raised the issue several times but the Taoiseach has failed to answer my questions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The questions should be grouped differently then, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach is aware, negotiations recommenced this week with the intention of resolving the major outstanding issues on which there is huge concern, including those relating to the Internal Market Bill. Time is running out, so we need to ensure there is a level playing field on the big issues, including fisheries. The joint committee is working on solutions to the issues regarding...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: We have very little confidence that the Tories will ensure their protection.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [36519/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have previously raised with the Taoiseach the urgent need for remote education for children who live with a medically vulnerable person. Our offices have received correspondence from distraught parents with very serious medical conditions who are terrified of their children bringing home Covid-19. Where the threat to people's health is so serious that families decide to keep their...