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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: What date?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I just want a date.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Acting Chairman-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a reformed structure of Cabinet committees. [15949/20]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: We discussed some of these matters yesterday and the Taoiseach again set out for us the committee structure, for which I thank him. Yesterday I asked him about the Government co-ordination committee and he explained that this was the forum in which the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and the leader of the Green Party would meet and discuss matters. I asked the Taoiseach yesterday if that was the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The ban on evictions, notices to quit and rent increases expires on Monday next. As the Taoiseach will be aware, tens of thousands of renters who have lost income due to Covid-19 are protected by this ban and without it, they will be immediately at risk of eviction or perhaps homelessness. There were worrying reports in last weekend's papers that the Taoiseach is being advised not to extend...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Correct.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I did.

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (15 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I extend my sincere congratulations to Deputies Calleary, Chambers and Fleming, respectively. The appointment of a new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine happens at a crucial time for the agriculture sector on our island. Family farms face an uncertain future and the threat of Brexit remains real. It is an important job and I wish Deputy Calleary very well in his role. ...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: No, I am not.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Which the Taoiseach prevented.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise the issue of the sacking of the former Minister, Deputy Cowen. Many were left scratching their heads as to what changed between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. yesterday. The Taoiseach moved very swiftly from fully backing his man to sacking him. People wonder whether the Taoiseach learned something new and whether there is another twist in the tale or another piece of information. The truth,...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I have the record of what the Taoiseach said yesterday. He made clear that he was fully aware of all aspects of the story regarding Deputy Cowen from the beginning. That is not an assertion of mine; it has been clarified by the Taoiseach. He said: I spoke to the Minister, Deputy Cowen, the weekend before last and he adamantly denied any suggestion or implication that he would have evaded...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I commend Deputy Kerrane for bringing forward this important motion at this time. On 11 June, the National Women's Council of Ireland, NWCI, submitted a petition signed by more than 28,000 people to the then Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar, calling for an extension of 12 weeks to maternity leave and pay. He said he would give full and meaningful consideration to this request. However, after...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was the Government co-ordination committee convened to deal with the issues regarding the Minister, Deputy Cowen? Is that the mechanism the Taoiseach uses to brief his partners in Government on all of the serious issues arising, including the contested Garda PULSE records that suggest the Minister sought to evade a Garda checkpoint? The Taoiseach has said the co-ordination committee...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: If I have heard the Taoiseach correctly, he will have housing, health, education, Europe, Brexit and the North, the Green Party will have environment and climate change, social affairs and equality, and the Tánaiste and Fine Gael have economic recovery and investment.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I mean by way of chairing. We are discussing the Chairs of the committee. That is implicit. That is a strange tripartite division of labour. It seems that Fine Gael will have its fingerprints all over the economic strategy and approach of this Government. That is not something I welcome. That certainly is not something that working people across this State will welcome because they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is reaching.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a high-level review of the economy to be led by his Department. [15760/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Growth (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might set out for us the arrangements for chairing each of the Cabinet committees. If I understand it correctly, there will be a rotation between the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the leader of the Green Party. Will the Taoiseach set that out, and the basis upon which these committees were allocated to each of them? I refer to the high-level review of the economy. This...