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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The UK is publishing the legislation today.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is taking a very laissez-faire approach.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise two issues with the Taoiseach that I believe need to be top of the agendas of the committee on Europe and the Government. The first relates to the cost of insurance in Ireland compared to its European neighbours. The Taoiseach will know that, for the past two years, my colleague, an Teachta Pearse Doherty, has challenged the insurance industry for its rip-off practices. It...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is not, in fact, a new departure for a British Government. Departing from agreements struck and made is pretty common practice but what makes this different is the public way in which it has been presented. The Secretary of State came to the House of Commons and said that the British Government would breach international law. It is not so much that the British state has never breached...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like the Taoiseach to clarify the nature of the referendum on housing. Will the Taoiseach clarify that it is a referendum on the right to housing? That matter was clouded and fudged by the Government. It is fair to say that the record of this Government and the previous Government that the Taoiseach was part of through confidence and supply has been nothing short of disastrous. It...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Anyone who has even a passing interest in British Governments, but particularly those of a Tory variety, will understand that this is not a new departure. Sadly, it is not a new departure for Boris Johnson and his administration to walk away from prior commitments, including those held within international treaties. In this instance, the protocol is a settled matter and the withdrawal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will say again that in the Taoiseach's conversation with him, he needs to dispense with diplomatic niceties and to set out the position very clearly to him. The Taoiseach might also remind him that the North voted to remain.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Now, not alone are they proposing to walk away from binding international commitments but yet again they are turning their faces away from the democratic decision of people on our island. These stakes are very high for all of us and we cannot afford to have hesitancy or any lack of forcefulness and rigour in dealing with Boris Johnson and his administration.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That does not make any sense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, no-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I recall the Taoiseach steered the ship-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is what has happened.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise with the Taoiseach the issue of the British Government's clear intention to renege on the Irish protocol. As the Taoiseach will know, the protocol was secured after a very long negotiation. It represents the bare minimum required to protect Irish interests. It is essential to protect our economy, to ensure no hardening of the Border on our island and to ensure our peace agreements...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if an alternative dental appointment can be provided by the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been refused care in a number of DTSS services and is unable to source an alternative service. [22864/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think the Taoiseach means against climate change and for climate justice. One cannot be for climate change. That is what he said.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Climate justice is a better concept.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not populist; it is good science.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is good science.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have proposed legislation in respect of enhancedforce majeure leave to facilitate the situations that Deputy Kelly has envisaged whereby people are prevented from attendance at work for health reasons. It would surely be a travesty if people felt pressured into going to work simply for financial reasons. This is a matter of some priority. Does the Taoiseach agree with the proposition...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: Continuing on that theme, it is not only the representatives of the Sisters of Charity that the Taoiseach must speak to regarding these workers from St. Mary's, St. Monica's and the Caritas convalescent centre, but also the HSE. Many of these workers have given decades of service and worked right through the Covid-19 pandemic. They were front-line workers who were applauded, if the...