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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The history of carbon taxes in this jurisdiction is that they have not had the effect of reducing emissions. That is just a fact. It has been patchy but the trajectory is going in the wrong direction. The Government has had €400 million per annum to invest to support behavioural changes and it has failed abjectly. This is a case of the Government believing its own hype and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Certainly. I want to place on record, lest there be any misunderstanding, that Boris Johnson's behaviour is not driven by ignorance. It is not that, as Deputy Martin suggests, he does not understand. Boris Johnson understands full well the consequences of his recklessness. It is not ignorance of Ireland; it is more belligerence towards Ireland, North and South, that is at play, and I want...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the number and type of Cabinet committee meetings held since June 2019. [37285/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In 2015, we in Sinn Féin published a fully costed ten-year plan to increase the capacity of the health service to achieve equality of access and to ensure it is funded on a fair and sustainable basis. That was followed by the all-party Oireachtas committee's plan, Sláintecare, which similarly provided for the development of a single-tier universal public health service over ten...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contact and engagements with the US Vice President, Mr. Mike Pence, during his recent visit here. [37286/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, Tom Suozzi, a Democratic Representative, and Peter King, a Republican Representative, introduced a resolution to the US Congress which supports the avoidance of a hard border and protection for the Good Friday Agreement in the Brexit process. It insists that any new or amended trade agreements and other bilateral agreements between the governments of the United States and Britain...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach the chronic overcrowding in our hospitals. I echoed the concerns of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, which has told us that this crisis is putting patient care at risk and has described the situation as being beyond unsustainable. Today, we woke to the news that University Hospital Limerick has 82 patients without beds, the highest...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----the Ceann Comhairle allowed Deputy Micheál Martin to run over by one minute and 11 seconds?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was not; it was one minute and 11 seconds.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last year's crime figures make for very sobering reading. Right across the country, people are experiencing big problems with criminality and anti-social behaviour. People in towns and villages across rural Ireland live in fear of burglary and break-ins and this, in turn, has a devastating effect on community and family life. Knife and drug crime is now a daily concern and, indeed, a daily...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the Taoiseach that it is not only about zero tolerance for crime and criminality but also zero tolerance for poverty, exclusion and the scourge of addiction. On that point we agree. It is beyond explanation that we are still waiting for Fitzgibbon Street Garda station to be reopened when it is located in the area with the highest crime rate in the State. Frankly, it is beyond...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will funding for the A5 be provided for in the budget next week? There has been much discussion of Brexit in the House and its effect on the island as a whole. All Members are aware of the impact Brexit will have on the north west of Ireland. Derry is Ireland's fourth-largest city but there is no rail or other proper transport infrastructure between it and Dublin. Partition has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the best option.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a terrible option.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is a nice little chat between the lads.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [37277/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E (health) last met; and when the Cabinet committee on social policy and public services will meet. [38483/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not sure whether the Taoiseach is aware that engineers have identified structural flaws in 17 public school building projects that house 18 schools. This came to light during the summer. Educate Together is the patron body of several of the affected schools, including one in my constituency. These schools are in addition to the 22 schools that were found last year to have had...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his contact and engagements with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson. [37276/19]