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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: As expected, the European Parliament has ratified the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement. Of particular note was the formal acknowledgement by MEPs of the unique circumstances of the North of Ireland and the role given to the Assembly in respect of the Irish protocol. When ratifying the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement, the Parliament also expressed the need for ongoing and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tomorrow the Taoiseach will announce his plan for the gradual reopening of our society and economy. There is now some light at the end of the tunnel. As more vaccines come on stream, all of us hope that we can start to catch up with others and that more people will start getting back to work. For all of us, particularly for those who have not seen a day's work in over a year, a return to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not want to play a game of semantics with the Taoiseach at this point but the reality is that sectors of the economy have been closed down because the public health advice has been that it is not safe to go to work. All of us want the economy to reopen speedily and safely. I was not putting a question to the Taoiseach in respect of the natural reduction that will accrue as people...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to agree a memorandum of understanding in respect of MetroLink with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Council (28 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the decision by the Pensions Commission not to publish the submissions it received during its recent public consultation on State pensions; the reason for the Pension Commission’s decision not to make public the submissions as would be common practice given that the decision could...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The easing of restrictions and the reopening of society open up an opportunity to reset the economy and to rebuild in a way that represents a necessary departure from Government policy thus far on the Taoiseach's watch and from the approach of previous Governments. This will, by definition, mean a more active State with more intervention and less sitting on the sidelines. I raised the area...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and Investment will next meet. [16849/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday the Government signed off on an obscene €81,000 pay increase for a top civil servant which will see the incoming Secretary General in the Department of Health earning €292,000 a year, or ten times the salary of a nurse starting out on the front line fighting Covid. There was no process or rationale for this obscene pay hike. At the time the Government said it was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: A person does not have to walk very far from here to see the scourge of homelessness in the city of Dublin. Indeed, anyone can go into any of our cities or towns throughout the country to see that this is a reality. Rents are sky-high and housing is unaffordable, especially to younger people and people on average or lower wages. The Taoiseach was in government ten years ago. When he was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to raise again the issue of housing. I am very conscious that as the light at the end of the tunnel gets a little bit brighter for people, we are beginning to consider what life, and Ireland, will look like once the pandemic passes and the public emergency is over. It is very encouraging that, despite everything people have been through in the past year, they still have that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the commitment given to provide specific guidance on the sale of children's shoes; and when parents and families can expect to be able to purchase these essential items. [19585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to review the regulations regarding the sale of children's clothes noting the challenges faced by parents trying to purchase school clothing further to updated Covid-19 plan and the phased return to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19584/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 555. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost for essential repair roadworks for the North Road in the Phoenix Park, Dublin 8 [19327/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the music entertainment business assistance scheme will open in April 2021 as announced by her on the 9 March 2021. [20670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the legal strategy (details supplied) to pursue the contractor who originally built schools for the cost of the precautionary measures and the permanent remediation works. [18242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the independent review to establish the current use and practices in the design and build procurement construction model for the delivery of school buildings has been finalised; and if so, if the findings of this review will be published. [18243/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the permanent remediation works have been carried out in a school (details supplied); if not, the remediation works that still remain; and when they are due to be carried out. [18244/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the permanent remediation works will recommence for a school (details supplied); the effect this will have on the creche; and if the crèche will have to close whilst these works are been carried out. [18245/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the National Council for Special Education to complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools first commissioned in September 2018. [19168/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1221. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date on which the consultation on the establishment of a statutory entitlement to paid domestic violence leave is due to conclude; and if he will publish the findings of this consultation. [18553/21]