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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020 that the Government is seeking to rush through the Dáil this week is a far cry from the Fianna Fáil new deal for renters that was promised by the Taoiseach just a few months ago. In fact, he and his Government are now moving to allow for rent increases, notices to quit and the misery that will ensue in the heat of a global pandemic....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [18794/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is incorrect.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to record our disappointment at the fact that Government parties have voted to maintain a discriminatory system which penalises people on the Covid payment. That is a disgraceful action, particularly given the public backlash over the €16,000 pay increase for three super junior Ministers. I understand the Taoiseach has been publicly shamed into stepping back from that position...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it true that the Taoiseach's salary, notwithstanding this cut, will be €1,500 higher than that of his predecessor, Deputy Varadkar?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: As I said earlier to the Taoiseach, it is clear that this is blatant discrimination against one section of the population. It is a policy that would penalise them uniquely, not others, for travelling overseas even though the Government's advice is just advice, and confused and ambiguous advice. It is important that the statutory instrument in question is rescinded. There is a motion on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Taoiseach is not suggesting that those 287,000 recipients of the Covid payment are scamming the system or that they qualify as scammers. I would like him to make that very clear. These are people who have lost work and hope to return to work as soon as they possibly can. They are out of work because we are in the throes of a public health emergency. It is the case that the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It does feel like the Government is picking on a very particular section of the population. The Taoiseach avoided each and every one of my questions, so let me put a very straightforward question to him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: An individual in receipt of the Covid payment will be penalised by loss of that payment should he or she travel abroad. Will the Taoiseach tell us when that decision was taken and who decided to change the social welfare guidance? Was it the Tánaiste or the Taoiseach and was it discussed at Cabinet? More to the point, will he tell us if he sees fit to end this ludicrous, farcical and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: They were the Taoiseach's words.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, we had the debacle around the Government's green list. Its travel advice was, and is, confused and ambiguous and relies on citizens using their best judgment. Personally, I would prefer that nobody travel abroad this year but the fact remains that we have been given advice only, not a firm instruction, much less a legal requirement. Despite this, the Government has taken it upon...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to correspondence issued by this Deputy on 29 June 2020 regarding the decision made by Dublin Bus to cancel provision of school transport services to a school (details supplied), the reason for the decision; if he has raised the matter with Dublin Bus; if he has raised the issue with the Minister for Education and Skills; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the delay in receiving leaving certificate calculated grades will impact on students that have applied to study at an EU member state university many of whom require results in August 2020 to secure an offer of a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18194/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide guidance for students that have applied to study at an EU member state university that will be impacted by the decision to delay the issuing leaving certificate calculated grades until September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has notified her EU counterparts of the decision to delay issuing the leaving certificate calculated grades until September 2020; if she has proposed plans to accommodate students studying at EU member state universities; if she requested flexibility for students coming from Ireland to study; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence issued from this Deputy on 29 June 2020 regarding the cancellation of school transport services to a school (details supplied), the reason for the decision; if she has raised the matter with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport; if alternative school transport will be provided; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an English language school (details supplied) is refusing to refund students for courses and examinations cancelled owing to Covid-19; and if the matter will be examined in view of the obligations for a provider to have established policies and procedures for the refund of fees to students in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 930. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE recently amended its public statement of 6 August 2019 in response to the Independent Rapid Review of Specific Issues in the CervicalCheck Screening Programme as a result of a dispute in the accounts of a phone call which took place between a contributor to the report and an official in his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (28 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 931. To ask the Minister for Health when persons diagnosed with stage III melanoma will be able to access adjuvant immunotherapy nivolumab pembrolizumab as advised by the National Cancer Control Programme and approved by the HSE for reimbursement in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18151/20]

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Brady. The multi-annual financial framework negotiated every seven years provides member states with the opportunity to point the European Union in a new direction towards a fairer, greener and more equal Europe. The negotiations on this budget have taken place during unprecedented times and they were lengthy. The people of European Union, and indeed the...