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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (17 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which she expects to receive the completed study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews; and if she will publish the report immediately thereafter. [36312/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [33561/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will do my best. In response to a parliamentary question tabled by my colleague, Deputy Louise O'Reilly, the Minister for Health confirmed that he disbanded the behavioural change and vulnerable people subgroups of NPHET in July and that he has not reconvened either since the introduction of level 5 restrictions. His rationale for these decisions is perplexing. He said that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Our collective focus continues to be on Brexit, and rightly so. There are other outstanding EU trade negotiations that are of great concern to member state citizens. We know that the European Commissioner for Trade is particularly enthusiastic about breathing new life into the Mercosur dispute despite widespread opposition to this trade deal. Is the Commissioner’s enthusiasm shared...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of the European Council. [33560/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Monday was equal pay day in Ireland, meaning that from now until the end of this year women across Ireland will effectively work for free due to the gender pay gap of over 14%. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree with me that this is an unacceptable situation in 2020. The Taoiseach is also aware that student nurses working in placements across our hospitals during the pandemic are not being...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: How are these for some facts that the Taoiseach might acquaint himself with? Fact one is that RPZs do not, have not and will not work. Fact two is the evidence, if the Taoiseach cares to see it, that rents are rising. The average rent is more than €1,400 across the State. That is astonishing. By the way, this is not for the Taj Mahal, it is for a two-bedroom unit here in Dublin...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Very witty.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government came to office four months ago promising to take major action on housing. The harrowing stories from people whose lives have been ruined by the housing crisis are well known to all of us: young couples who cannot afford a home of their own, some living with their children in the box room of their mammy's house; struggling renters who hand a chunk of their wages over to...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 35. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the advice provided to the Government by NPHET on the operation of acupuncture services under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35545/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of arrangements currently in place regarding the right of way issue at a school (details supplied); if her Department is pursuing the agreed proposal outlined to the school board of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35704/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meetings that have taken place between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and to date in 2020 to discuss an issue at a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35705/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a request from the board of management of a school (details supplied) to facilitate a meeting between the stakeholders involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35706/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason behind the decision made regarding the operation of acupuncture services under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its concerns about these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/20]

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Beidh mé ag caint i gcoinne an rúin seo. Níl muinín againn as Leo Varadkar. Bhris sé na rialacha agus is gá dó a bheith freagrach as sin. This Government has been in office for just four months and in that short period we have witnessed displays of incompetence and chaos of record proportions. This Government was born of necessity. The old guard came...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the decision to delay the census. [31753/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Safe Ireland has published new data on first-time contacts with domestic violence services for the first six months of this pandemic and the study's findings are very alarming. Three and a half thousand women and just under 600 children sought support and safety from abuse and coercive control for the first time. Helpline calls to services also increased by 25% between March and August,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Notwithstanding all of the difficulties that have presented in the course of this process, there is no doubt that a deal is still possible. If good sense is to prevail then there will be a deal but of course we cannot be certain of any of that. That is why I have raised this issue with the Taoiseach today. There are many issues on which the Oireachtas will divide, that is in the nature of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Taoiseach will join with me in sending our sympathies to the Palestinian people on the loss of Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organization, who died this morning. He was a great advocate for peace, stability and a homeland for the Palestinian people. The world is a poorer place for the loss of him. Joe Biden was elected as the next President of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if the Central Statistics Office field staff will be temporarily redeployed on a part-time basis to conduct contact tracing as they cannot undertake their contracted duties in full during the current public health restrictions. [34529/20]