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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will he state it again?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I did not have to. The Government has done it by itself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. Testing and tracing is the core of this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach may have heard Dublin-based GPs this morning on the media setting out their concerns around the delays in accessing tests and the further delays in results being returned. He may choose to adopt a defensive posture and to attack me but I am working on the supposition that he will take the word of medical professionals who are not inventing these scenarios. These are doctors...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I take this opportunity to offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the jockey Pat Smullen. His death has brought deep sadness to the horse-racing community and, indeed, far beyond that. As we all know, Pat fought his own battle with pancreatic cancer but he also raised more than €2.5 million for treatment and research into that disease. It is fair to say that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment will next meet. [22610/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that deals with matters relating to transport. [23926/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Similarly, I want to raise with the Taoiseach the lack of pace with which his Government has responded to the economic crisis. Deputy Boyd Barrett quite correctly raises the case of the taxi drivers, but I can cite a more general example in the credit guarantee scheme, which represents a vital lifeline for business as the economic crisis has deepened. We made the case for the removal of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the ICU beds in our system. The Minister for Health confirmed in recent days that we have 255 ICU beds in the system, which is half the European average per head of population and 15% of the ICU bed capacity in Germany, for example, We are an absolute outlier in this critical resource. In 2009, an independent report found that the public health service...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Taoiseach a question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Calm down.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach answer the questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23700/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ministerial Advisers (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The moral of this story is that even legions of advisers cannot save the Government when it is clueless about what it is doing. With 21 advisers - God almighty - are they advising the Taoiseach or is it that he is not listening to the advice? I am unclear. I have never seen so much incoherence emanate from any Administration. The bar is high for bad government, but the Government is up...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: As we all know, taxi drivers have endured a really terrible time. Their business has collapsed and they see very little light at the end of the tunnel. Earlier the Taoiseach indicated that the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is willing to continue to engage with the taxi drivers' representatives. I hope this proves to be true and it is welcome news. I put it to the Taoiseach that he should support...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is, yes. It is clear. We do clarity.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am glad the Taoiseach is on the ball on something.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It seems to me that the Taoiseach is making it up as he goes along. If the Government was serious about protecting public health, employment and people's quality of life, it would measure up to a commitment made months ago that 100,000 tests would be carried out per week and that people would be in receipt of their results within 24 hours. I have the Covid app on my phone. It might...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Public confidence in the Taoiseach's ability to manage the Covid-19 crisis has collapsed in recent months. Today, the Taoiseach promised clarity but instead we have had further confusion. Dublin is left in limbo, our citizens over the age of 70 are left without necessary guidance, and travel advice is confused and unsure again. Most striking is the absence of any comprehensive plan to step...