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Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...clear this riot was compounded by the fact that not enough gardaí were at hand in order to support their colleagues. To be clear, I have full confidence in An Garda Síochána. I have zero confidence in the Minister for Justice. In any other walk of life, or in any other organisation, the person presiding over such a colossal failure would be sacked. Those who vote...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Justice let us down.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the reason we have full confidence in An Garda Síochána and zero confidence in the Minister for Justice, the Government and, for that matter, the Garda Commissioner himself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...a nonsense. This situation has been building for months. By 2.30 on Thursday afternoon it was obvious there was a threat to public safety. Where was the Garda Commissioner? Where was the Minister for Justice? A strong policing response was needed. Leadership was needed, but instead brave gardaí were left high and dry. I have full confidence in An Garda Síochána. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Government, can make a referral to the International Criminal Court and it should. It will enjoy the support of everybody in this Chamber and the entire country if it has the courage of truth and justice to take that action.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...to our colleague, Deputy Denise Mitchell, who also lost her father yesterday. I extend condolences to both families. We need to have statements, questions and answers with the Ministers for Justice and Transport on the issue of road deaths. I am struck by the fact that we have seen a spike in the loss of life, especially in rural Ireland. Some years ago we had an horrendous levels...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...law, a return to good-faith dialogue and a pathway to a just settlement and a lasting peace. The words of the great Martti Ahtisaari, a great friend to this country in our search for peace and justice, should ring very loudly at tomorrow's European Council meeting: Peace is [in the end] a question of will. All conflicts can be settled, and there are no excuses for allowing them to become...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ..., we know that conflict can be solved through dialogue and that there is no excuse for conflicts to become eternal. As Palestinians pull their dead from the rubble and cry out to the heavens for justice, Gaza cannot become the graveyard of international law. Decimated Gazan neighbourhoods cannot become monuments to the international community's tolerance, acceptance and facilitation of...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...for the truth about what happened to Shane. Tonight, I welcome the family to the House and express my admiration for their bravery, endurance and resilience, and for their refusal to abandon justice for their son and brother. I wish them solidarity and strength for the future and for the fight that is as yet unfinished. The O'Farrell family continues to walk a long, hard, painful road...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...does not stand unified against it, then history will record this as the defining failure of our generation. Our children and grandchildren will ask us how this was allowed to happen. Peace and justice demand that Gaza does not become the graveyard of international law. Israel's blockade must end. The bombardment of Gaza must stop and ceasefires must be called. Hostages must be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... Our thoughts are with everyone hurt and harmed and we hope for the safety of Irish citizen Kim Damti, who is missing. These attacks have occurred against the backdrop of decades of deep injustice. Israel brutalises the Palestinian people daily. Palestinian self-determination is ruthlessly suppressed, and for decades the Israeli state has breached international law through...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...demand for greater work-life balance and the need to avoid burnout. I am certain these issues loom large for rank-and-file gardaí and they must also loom large for the Garda Commissioner and the Minister for Justice. There needs to be a reset, a mending of relationships and trust, a repairing of communication and a real ambition to engage in good-faith negotiation. While...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 9 May 2023, the reason for the delay in publishing the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022 due at the end of Q2 as set out in the Justice Plan 2023. [34330/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Government’s shameful legacy Bill will go through Report Stage in the House of Lords today. If it goes through, it will definitively shut the door to families’ efforts to achieve truth and justice through the courts. It will, of course, give an amnesty to those who are responsible for their deaths. Heartbroken families who have been fighting for years, determined to get...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...providers to prevent such violence being committed and to hold organisations and individuals to account for failing to protect people at risk. The legislation has been pending for some years but the need for it is now critical; indeed, I heard the Minister for Justice speaking about it again this morning. I call on the Government to commit to the urgent delivery of this legislation. Can...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (13 Jun 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take following publication of the Study on Familicide and Domestic and Family Violence Death Reviews. [27502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staffed domestic violence refuge centres and the number of supported units open in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated current expenditure cost of providing one additional staffed family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Tusla's funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/23]