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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise again the issue of evictions and the urgent necessity for a ban on rent increases. I am sure all of us, as elected representatives, are very well aware of the kinds of pressures people are under in our communities. There is a very particular burden and pressure on those in the rental sector. Thousands of workers are now without employment. The reality for many people in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [23927/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: In September last year, my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, submitted a report to the Central Bank into the practice of dual pricing by the insurance industry. As the Taoiseach will be aware, dual pricing is the practice used by insurers to rip off their customers with artificially high premiums when they renew their insurance policy. Earlier this month, the Central Bank completed phase 1...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Prime Minister. [22608/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of this morning's COBRA meeting with the British Prime Minister my colleague, deputy First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, emphasised the ongoing need for an all-island approach to Covid-19. We have consistently raised this matter in respect of profiling the disease and projections but also in terms of testing and tracing. This approach is also important for cross-border...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The situation is extraordinary. The Opposition has sought to assist Government by waiving critical things like pre-legislative scrutiny. It has been given a fair wind. At times, it has not played that hand very well in our view but the reality is that on Friday, restrictions were imposed right across the city and county of Dublin which have had very serious effects. Dublin is not alone in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not acceptable.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: A Cheann Comhairle, you gave considerable time to the Taoiseach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The facts are these: we are now living with an ongoing crisis, there are tens of thousands of people who have not worked since March and there are thousands across the city and county of Dublin who got laid off on Friday. The very idea of reducing the payment for these workers at a time when interventions for public health are being made is absolutely extraordinary. The payment of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: "Some constitutional complication" is now null and void, as demonstrated from Friday when emergency provisions were reinstated in the city. The Taoiseach knows full well he can reinstate the full ban on evictions and notices to quit.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: If he has read the evidence, he will know the initiative had a huge effect on dampening down homelessness numbers at the time in question. The Taoiseach should support working families and do the right thing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are 14 of them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are 14 in the entire-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Restrictions for Dublin city and county were announced on Friday, including restrictions on bars and restaurants banning indoor dining. This particular measure came as a shock. People did not see it coming. According to the Restaurants Association of Ireland it has resulted in tens of thousands of workers being laid off. It is now clear that...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Policy (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the consultation by a company (details supplied) with planners to increase the number of private homes to be developed on the publicly owned O’Devaney Gardens site Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25579/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average turnaround time for a Dublin-based online application for renewal of a residence permit; the number of applications received in Dublin since 20 July 2020; the number of applications processed in Dublin to date; and the number of applications in Dublin yet to be processed. [24695/20]