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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very concerned at the news this morning that AIB, a State-owned bank, is to proceed with 1,500 job losses and that there has been minimal consultation with the unions. Astonishingly, at the same time as AIB proposes to let 1,500 staff go at a time of very high unemployment, it is also seeking to buy back Goodbody Stockbrokers at a cost of more than €100 million. Not alone that,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Figures published yesterday by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland show a surge in mortgage approval rates for October, driven by first-time buyers. Behind that figure is a very worrying spike in house prices, which reflects the broken housing policies of this Government and the previous one. On average, first-time buyers are now borrowing €10,000 more than was the case...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will try to bring the Taoiseach in touch with some glimpse of reality. The people I referred to who are locked out of the housing market do not have massive household savings. In fact, many of them are struggling just to get by. They pay rent, which has gone through the roof, and they struggle to have any savings. Many of them have lost work and income. They are relying on a proactive...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [38622/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I met this morning with Sophie Redmond. She is 11 years old. She wrote me a letter and I want to put it on the record of the Dáil. I know she has written to the Taoiseach as well. Here is what she had to say. Dear Mary Lou, Thank you for supporting me. My name is Sophie Redmond and I am 11 years old. I love watching your videos on Instagram. [So that is good.] I like how you...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Garda Reform (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to reflect on the new operating model for An Garda Síochána, which the Taoiseach correctly said is designed to provide more visibility and a more responsive and localised policing service to communities. This is not the reality on the ground and certainly not in the constituency I represent. The reality is that there is a lack of Garda presence, especially in the evening...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination. [39895/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach is aware, responsibilities for domestic violence supports and services are spread across multiple Departments and State agencies. Safe Ireland has called for the urgent roll-out of a funded national service development plan as the start of a comprehensive and long-term response to the enormous everyday problem of domestic violence. Domestic and gender-based violence...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: We believe people should have the right to retire with the State pension at the age of 65 if they so choose. The idea of sending someone to stand in a dole queue at the age of 65 is just wrong. When people have reached that age they have worked their shifts and paid their dues. We are putting a motion before the Dáil tonight calling for the State pension age of 65 to be reinstated. I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Bruton cannot do that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not generally allowed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the same subject but from a slightly different vantage point, given that the motion in question is around the potential removal of a judge from the Supreme Court Bench, that is a very serious matter and I do not think it is desirable that a motion can be put down and that it lingers on the Order Paper indefinitely. Is it not in our interests that we deal with the matter either way,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. His reiteration of the position of the Irish Government, the Irish State and the Houses of the Oireachtas that there must be a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane is absolutely essential. I join the Taoiseach also in reiterating the fact that agreements entered into must be honoured and delivered on. As he rightly points out, at Weston Park and following...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night the British Government announced that it will not hold a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane. This has come as a devastating blow to the Finucane family. Pat's widow, Geraldine, and his three children, Michael, Catherine and John, have fought for three long decades for truth. They had hoped that this week the British Government would finally seize the opportunity to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Attendance (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 536. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the findings of the Covid-19 return on school absenteeism recently completed by Tusla. [40394/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 537. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of home school applications received between August and November 2020 that have not yet been placed on the home education register. [40395/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019 will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40459/20]

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, you can.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (26 Nov 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to help facilitate a remote visit between a person (details supplied) based in County Dublin and a family member currently resident in a long-term care facility. [39417/20]