Results 421-440 of 21,096 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. The Taoiseach's treatment of children with scoliosis and spina bifida who are waiting for surgery is disgraceful. These children wait in agony for operations that can save and change their lives and the longer they wait, the worse their condition gets. It is a race against the clock and against the child's condition becoming inoperable and the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Taoiseach To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education and Disability will meet next. [36565/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (18 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [36566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Sep 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1701.To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for section 39 funding from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34361/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 348.To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on any potential resolutions to a matter raised by a group (details supplied) based in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32088/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 739.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in primary schools in the constituency of Dublin central. [32305/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 740.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a second ASD class in a primary school based in County Dublin (details supplied); and if this class will be operational for the upcoming school term. [32306/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1439.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on an application for citizenship in respect of a person resident in Dublin (details supplied). [31103/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the POD system in schools no longer has the function that allows schools to enter anonymised data on children accessing SET or additional resources; and the reason this facility was not expanded prior to the review of SET allocations. [29883/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of school secretaries’ new contracts will be completed; and if that review will be complete before work on new contracts for caretakers begins. [29882/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his two-day attendance at the European Council on 27 and 28 June 2024. [29223/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the British-Irish Council. [29222/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Children with scoliosis and spina bifida waiting for spinal surgery have been repeatedly failed by the State. Confirmation that the majority of the €19 million allocated by the Government to tackle surgery waiting lists was not used for this purpose is just another broken promise to these children and their parents. It is scandalous that the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, did not act...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Thanks.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think everyone was expecting a prayer. They have all become very holy, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever you think yourself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Entire rosaries and novenas would probably be more in our line.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely. That would be nice. Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach the very shocking case of Tori Towey. Tori is, as he knows, a 28-year old young woman from Roscommon. She is living and working in Dubai as an airline attendant, and she married last March. Since then, Tori has been subjected to sustained and brutal domestic violence and abuse. When she went to the authorities to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for that update. Let me just say this: Tori is not, as the Taoiseach says, a criminal. She is, in fact, a victim. Our first concern is to get Tori home safely, and that must happen immediately. These charges must be dropped and Tori and her mother Caroline must be allowed to travel home freely and unimpeded to Ireland and to Roscommon. That is the call from this...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: "Every year I say to Shane, this time next year, I'll have justice for you. Each year, I say that to him. And each year we try." Those are the words of Shane O'Farrell's mother, Lucia. For 13 long years she has fought a fight that no mother should have to fight. Alongside Shane's father, Jim, and their family, Lucia has spent more than a decade campaigning for truth and justice for her...