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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have asked for statements on this matter and statements on the progress on the Stormont House Agreement. We are years waiting for the implementation of that agreement and it is being actively blocked. Are we to have those statements or not? It is a simple question.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not interested in upping any ante. I want a debate in the Dáil on this important and pressing matter. Am I to take it that we will have statements next week?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am quite astonished at the fact, given that the Taoiseach acknowledges the seriousness of the situation north of the Border and states that he wishes to see a situation of calm and orderly progress, which is what I dearly wish, that there would be any resistance to statements on this matter. I find that astonishing and I am within my rights to ask for statements on it. This matters to all...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do we have the Government's agreement that it will not reject or oppose statements on these matters next week?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Says he, browbeating.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Catch up, Micheál.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. Vótáil.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Events in east Belfast and on the Ormeau Road last Friday have raised grave public concerns and have damaged public confidence in the PSNI. The fundamental duty of the PSNI to act impartially in serving the whole community is now in question. The actions of the PSNI in actively frustrating families in their search for truth - families who have lost loved ones, not least because of British...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let me say very directly to the Taoiseach that he is in no position to make arguments to working people about the sustainability of very modest pension payments for them when, at the same time, the gold-plated pensions that the Taoiseach and his predecessors enjoy are not to be touched. There is a central hypocrisy in his approach - big pensions for the big boys and crumbs for working...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask him again to confirm that the Government's proposal will see pensioners left out of pocket by €45 a week and more than €2,000 a year? I want him to justify that for those working people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to read a quote to the Taoiseach: Under our proposals, people aged 65 will receive a State pension...which will be paid at the same rate as the State pension of €248 per week. This payment will not be means tested but entitlement will be based on an individual's employment record. In contrast Fine Gael will only pay those who are 65 a payment of €203 per week, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 858. To ask the Minister for Health when residents in a care facility (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive the Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6990/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Disgraceful.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: The negative consequences of Brexit are now becoming readily apparent. So too is the need for the Irish protocol, which was hard won, and the necessity for those protections for the Good Friday Agreement, our all-Ireland economy and so on. Unfortunately, the misguided approach by the European Commission last Friday has now been seized on by a section of political unionism; ironically, by...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I believe we now need calm, cool leadership and that same united front. I invite the Taoiseach to confirm that the Irish protocol and the protections for our island are permanent and firm, will not be unravelled and are not up for grabs.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Self-isolation has always meant isolating oneself in a single room. Many people who have been very sick fought this virus while isolated in a single room. What the Taoiseach and his Government are now describing is a very loose, very sloppy and very inadequate response. It is one which relies on the discretion of the individual, but does not even ask for full self-isolation. It is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: I cannot understand the Taoiseach's resistance on this issue. The clearest message that can be sent to non-essential travellers to stay away is mandatory quarantine. Why in God's name is the Taoiseach resisting something which is so obviously necessary?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week the Government announced its quarantine proposals for those travelling to this country. The Taoiseach described this plan as a system of mandatory quarantine. I told him at the time that it was nothing of the sort. The proposal the Taoiseach outlined was at best a form of self-isolation relying on the discretion of individuals but it certainly did not amount to a system of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education has completed and submitted its policy advice report on education provision in special classes and special schools; and when she will publish this report. [5563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (3 Feb 2021)

Mary Lou McDonald: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to close the existing four reading schools for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5564/21]