Results 4,181-4,200 of 21,131 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 553. To ask the Minister for Health the additional Covid-19 related funding provided to projects delivered through the HSE social inclusion to enable them to return to work safely in tabular form. [30245/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (13 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 554. To ask the Minister for Health when the capacity review of disability services completed in 2019 will be published. [30246/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (8 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines given to HSE local offices for processing primary medical certificate applications following the decision to suspend processing of same in light of the Supreme Court decision in which the court identified that persons deemed eligible for the primary medical certificate under section 92 of the Finance Act 1989 were nonetheless denied the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (8 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 in view of the Supreme Court decision in which the court identified that persons deemed eligible for the primary medical certificate under section 92 of the Finance Act 1989 were nonetheless denied the certificate when assessed against Regulation 3 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (8 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications that have been received for primary medical certificates in CHO 9 in 2020; the number of applications that have been processed to date; the number of applications that have undergone a medical assessment; the number of applications that are still awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29298/20]

Pre-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Brady. The European Council meets next week as the deadline for a Brexit deal between the EU and Britain fast approaches. The British Government continues to pursue an aggressive and destructive approach to negotiations, at the centre of which is Prime Minister Johnson's dangerous and reckless internal market Bill. The Bill cleared its final parliamentary...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I add my voice to the 400 Welcomes appeal. Globally, we are living through difficult, chaotic and, for some, catastrophic times but none more so than for those people who have lost everything and have fled to look for the shelter of international law and the decency of the international community. The Irish people are more than fit to rise to that obligation and challenge. I would also...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: When the announcement was made about the appointment of additional special advisers for the Ministers of State there was something of a public outcry, not because people do not understand why Governments and Ministers need good advice but because the Government was, at the same time, moving to cut the pandemic unemployment payment. It did not recalibrate the payment but cut it. I want to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I object to nine questions being grouped together. I raised four different, absolutely distinct areas in my questions and would like to register my objection and ask that it does not happen again. Question No. 4 concerns plans for public service reform to be driven by the Taoiseach's Department. I particularly want to raise again two long-running pay and pension issues. The community...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for public services reform to be driven by his Department. [28337/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [28338/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to justice will next meet. [28339/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to the arts will next meet. [28556/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today is day one of level 3 across the State and we have news of significant outbreaks of Covid-19 in nursing homes in Portlaoise and in Donegal. What happened in our nursing homes last spring was a scandal that cannot be repeated. Are our nursing homes prepared now for this second wave of Covid-19? Is there a plan and, if so, can the Taoiseach share it with us? I heard with great...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appeal to the Taoiseach that we would work together on this issue, all of us - the Government and the Opposition - to ensure that disability services get the adequate funding that they require in the budget next week.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is an absolute desperation in the experiences that I have shared with the House. The forgotten people of this pandemic are "on the ledge", "on the floor", "on our knees". This is how citizens with disabilities, their families, carers and service providers feel. The moneys that have been allocated are just not enough. I raise this, not to have an argument with the Taoiseach but also...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appeal to the Taoiseach that we do not see again crumbs from the table when budget day comes. The case has been made to the HSE. The business cases, as they are called, have been lodged. A very full explanation of what is needed has been made. I ask the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, on all of our behalf, to make sure that on budget day those very resources are delivered.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Covid has had a devastating impact on services for people with disabilities and dementia. Many people who were receiving a full week's support prior to the pandemic are now only receiving one or two days of services per week. The sector has warned that this is because it does not have the additional funding to restore services to full capacity with the Covid protocols in place. Last night,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 216. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for nursing home providers in the CHO9 area to innovate and support residents and their families during periods of enhanced Covid-19 protective measures while being cognisant of mental and physical well-being, remaining person-centred, ensuring rights are upheld and not infringed upon in a disproportionate manner and following public health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Oct 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the details of his plans to introduce legislation enabling pharmacists to administer off-site vaccinations in view of media reports; when the legislation will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29070/20]