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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: When I raised with the Taoiseach last week the need to extend maternity leave and benefit by 12 weeks for mothers and parents affected by the Covid-19 crisis, he said the matter was complicated and complex but that the Government would do the right thing. Yesterday, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs announced a three-week extension to parental leave to be brought in next year under...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the worst type of evasion. As Head of Government, I appeal to the Taoiseach to do the right thing for the sake of the integrity of the Dáil. There is no conceivable reason that the Minister could not present himself to make a full and complete statement and to take questions from Deputies. It is entirely unacceptable to dance on the head of a pin in the way in which the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. The Taoiseach knew that the statement the Minister, Deputy Cowen, made to the Dáil was incomplete. Astonishingly, he has attempted to justify the Minister's lack of candour before the House. It is now very clear that the Minister, Deputy Cowen, needs to come before the Dáil to make a statement and to take questions. A senior Cabinet Minister challenging the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Then publish it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Then the Taoiseach should have the Minister publish it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is becoming clear that the Minister, Deputy Cowen, will have to come before the House and take questions on all of these issues. However, for the purposes of today's discussion, I am more concerned with what the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, knew. He has confirmed that he did, in fact, know about the Garda PULSE record and that there was an allegation that the Minister had sought to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have been reluctant to raise the matter of the Minister, Deputy Cowen, on Leaders' Questions before today. I absolutely accept that everybody makes mistakes, that people learn from those mistakes and that they move on. We wanted to give the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine every opportunity to address all of the matters concerned, to draw a line under them and to move on at a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when live music in venues will recommence; the guidelines that will apply to musicians and venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the guidelines for schools on their use of reduced hours for individual pupils will be completed; and if she plans to put in place a reporting and effective monitoring mechanism within the guidelines to ensure appropriate and limited use of reduced hours in schools and the necessary oversight at departmental level. [15725/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons due arrears of the pandemic unemployment payment; when these arrears payments will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 857. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs which Department will have responsibility for youth affairs. [15724/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Functions (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 873. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the revised organisational chart for his Department will be provided. [15720/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1282. To ask the Minister for Health if a participative consultation process will be undertaken with those most likely to be impacted by the guidance of his Department on prioritisation in access to critical care in the context of Covid-19, which explicitly engages human rights and equality expertise as recommended by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. [15923/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1283. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made regarding day services for persons with disabilities further to the publication of a HSE document, entitled the Framework for the Resumption of Adult Disability Day Services; the way in which and when day services for persons with disabilities will open under the framework; the transport solutions that will be provided for persons...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (14 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1284. To ask the Minister for Health the dates on which the Traveller health advisory committee met between 2010 and 2020 inclusive in tabular form; the date on which it will next meet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15925/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Access to affordable housing was, arguably, the biggest topic during last February's general election campaign. It is little wonder, given that people had endured years of failed policy that left them paying extortionate rents and there was an inability on the part of practically an entire generation to access affordable housing and precious little council housing. This was an approach by a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Be in no doubt that this is the scale of ambition required to deliver affordable housing to our people. I have a question for the Taoiseach. On the basis of what the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government stated last night, why is it that people will have to wait until September to see the new Government's plan for affordable housing? Why is it that the Government will lose so...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----given that the Taoiseach has said he understands the immediacy of the matter and that he has not wasted a minute since coming into office? Why is there such a delay on this? Why face down the fully reasonable and ambitious plan articulated by our housing spokesperson last evening?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will take it when I can.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: When?