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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, has withdrawn from the Low Pay Commission. Its general secretary, Patricia King, stated that it did so because the commission was not prepared to go beyond an increase of 1% in the minimum wage for 2021. A 1% increase would mean an increase of 10 cent an hour for the workers affected - the thousands of low-paid workers who have kept us going during...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The only thing that is extraordinary is the Taoiseach's extraordinary lack of fairness and his even more extraordinary lack of self-awareness in this regard. Let us rehearse the facts again. The Government's new wage subsidy scheme excludes 153,000 workers who earn €151 a week, or less. They are not eligible and are excluded from the scheme. That hurts those workers, it hurts their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a station at Ballybough to service Ballybough, Croke Park, East Point and north Docklands will be considered in the DART extension programme. [25694/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff from each of the CHOs redeployed from their contracted role to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25817/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dental staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25818/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE addiction staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25819/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE disability staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25843/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE primary care staff in CHO 9 that have been redeployed to provide Covid-19 swabbing functions in test centres in each month from May to September 2020, in tabular form. [25844/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can I have an answer on disability services please?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is the Taoiseach committing to ring-fencing the funding? The providers have sent him a figure.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are in correspondence with the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [25001/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise the very deep sense of abandonment felt by citizens with disabilities, their families, carers and service providers. The Government has yet to allocate the necessary additional funding for disability day services to enable them to deal with the impact of Covid-19. We are now six months into this pandemic. The disability services submitted their funding requirements to the HSE in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise again the issue of evictions and the urgent necessity for a ban on rent increases. I am sure all of us, as elected representatives, are very well aware of the kinds of pressures people are under in our communities. There is a very particular burden and pressure on those in the rental sector. Thousands of workers are now without employment. The reality for many people in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [23927/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: In September last year, my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, submitted a report to the Central Bank into the practice of dual pricing by the insurance industry. As the Taoiseach will be aware, dual pricing is the practice used by insurers to rip off their customers with artificially high premiums when they renew their insurance policy. Earlier this month, the Central Bank completed phase 1...

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the UK Prime Minister. [22608/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of this morning's COBRA meeting with the British Prime Minister my colleague, deputy First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, emphasised the ongoing need for an all-island approach to Covid-19. We have consistently raised this matter in respect of profiling the disease and projections but also in terms of testing and tracing. This approach is also important for cross-border...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The situation is extraordinary. The Opposition has sought to assist Government by waiving critical things like pre-legislative scrutiny. It has been given a fair wind. At times, it has not played that hand very well in our view but the reality is that on Friday, restrictions were imposed right across the city and county of Dublin which have had very serious effects. Dublin is not alone in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No.