Results 4,501-4,520 of 21,404 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: He always patronises people. It is his thing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Slightly constitutional.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Shared Island Unit (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: We all know it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I got in to ask a question and then the Taoiseach talked down the clock. My colleague got a short few seconds but I will get none.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. The Taoiseach has a peculiar way of looking at the clock. All the evidence in the real world demonstrates the State does not take the matters of drug use, misuse and, above all, recovery seriously. How many detox beds are available in the State? Tell us that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: How many detox beds are there? Does the Taoiseach know? He should.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I also want to raise the matter of a citizens' assembly on the issues of drugs and drug use and misuse, as well as recovery and how the State supports and funds such an approach. I have raised with the Taoiseach the value and importance of the community participation provision within the national drugs strategy. I have brought to his attention that some within the apparatus of the State are...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to establish a citizens' assembly in 2021. [26525/20]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, the North's public prosecution service announced that 15 former British soldiers will not be prosecuted in connection with the murder of 13 civilians in Derry on Bloody Sunday in 1972. I pay tribute to the Bloody Sunday families for their strength, stamina and determination. This is another very disappointing day in their campaign for truth and justice. I share that...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Tea and sympathy for mortgage holders is of no use to them. Of course, some will be in a position to return to full payment of their mortgage sum but many others will not. The question is why the mortgage breaks were stopped for families and businesses that still require them at a time when we are still in the grip of a public emergency, when additional restrictions have been placed on...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday was a very bad day for tens of thousands of families and businesses that need breathing space in respect of their mortgages. The announcement that mortgage breaks will come to an end after this week has caused a great deal of anxiety and stress. These mortgage breaks gave homeowners and businesses some relief as the economic effects of the emergency and public health restrictions...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the operational guidelines in place for applicants that have previously accessed Covid-19 income supports who are now applying for income support having lost work as a direct result of the recent level 3 restrictions put in place in County Dublin. [27108/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the operational guidelines in place for applicants who have not previously accessed Covid-19 income supports and are now applying for income supports having lost work as a direct result of the recent level 3 restrictions put in place in County Dublin. [27109/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 624. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued for the shame and stigma imposed on unmarried mothers and their children through the policies and practices of the State. [26917/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 625. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued to adopted persons who had to grow up with no knowledge of their origins. [26918/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued to persons who were illegally adopted. [26919/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 627. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued to adopted persons for the loss of their identity. [26920/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued to adopted persons who had to grow up in abusive families due to the lack of proper assessments and follow ups. [26923/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 632. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an apology will be issued to natural fathers who wished to raise and-or have contact with their children but were denied the opportunity to do so. [26925/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (29 Sep 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 633. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an acknowledgement will be issued of the effects on past and future generations of families affected by the institutional system. [26926/20]