Results 4,021-4,040 of 21,131 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 166. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he has initiated the review by his Department into the provision of a statutory entitlement to domestic violence paid leave, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 169. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason for the decision made regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; if he will engage with a representative body (details supplied) to discuss its concerns regarding these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34883/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 170. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the detail of the advice provided by NPHET regarding the operation of massage therapy under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has initiated the provision of additional social protections for victims of domestic violence as committed to in the programme for Government. [34685/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 544. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the statistics relating to the use of Tusla-funded emergency domestic violence accommodation for 2019 will be available. [34678/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 546. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of requests for domestic refuge in Tusla-funded services that went unmet in 2019 and to date in 2020 due to the fact that refuges were full. [34680/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 545. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which Tusla commenced work on the review of domestic violence accommodation; and the date on which this review will be complete. [34679/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional funding in budget 2021 to provide for the additional domestic violence refuge places to be delivered on completion of a Tusla review of domestic violence accommodation. [34681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the audit of the way in which responsibility for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is segmented across different agencies will be completed by March 2021 as committed to in the programme for Government; if she is overseeing the audit; and the resources allocated to the audit and the NGOs and service providers that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation in 2021 to roll out the comprehensive coercive control training programme by her Department for An Garda Síochána, Courts Service personnel and legal professionals, as committed to in the programme for Government; if the provision for the training programme has gone to tender; the mechanism by...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her officials have initiated the drafting of domestic homicide legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the report completed by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding the death of a person (details supplied) has not been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34942/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to an apology issued to the family of a person (details supplied) by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34943/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (10 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the director general of the Prison Service lifted the suspension of investigations into malpractice within the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35261/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (4 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: A number of fundamentals have to be right for social dialogue to be successful. First, the processes, custom, practice and expected standards applied to interactions between the State and others should be understood, respected and adhered to. That means, for example, handing a confidential document to one of one's buddies because one is the Taoiseach and can do so, is not a solid foundation...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of the debate on the legislation, the Minister was advised that his position was wrong. He was challenged on that point and advised that European law and instruments had primacy over the 2004 Act that he was citing. That went in one ear and out the other. It alarms me that the House was misled and that there were repeated public policy statements about sealing an archive for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (4 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue coordination unit of his Department. [33559/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (4 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach is aware, five more people experiencing homelessness died last week. These deaths were not only tragic, they may have been avoidable. So far, 50 people have died this year. This means that by year end the number of people experiencing homelessness who have died on our streets will have doubled in 2020. Does the Taoiseach agree that this alarming increase in deaths...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (4 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing, infrastructure and digital unit of his Department. [31755/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to address the ban on the sale of essential clothing for children, which has caused a lot of stress and distress for families throughout the State. We are heading into a very cold winter. Children grow and they need new coats and shoes. Parents across the land are frustrated that they have no option but to buy online. That suits some people but it certainly does not suit many...