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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Mr. Xavier Bettel. [28085/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I can only assume Fianna Fáil proposes to support Sinn Féin's motion later this afternoon to stop the deal.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very glad to hear it, given that the mandate for the deal emanated from Fianna Fáil 20 years ago.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask the Taoiseach about Brexit. The Tánaiste has described a hard Brexit as an ugly outcome and he is right. We are all very well aware of the potential catastrophe that could visit our island in such a scenario. We all agree that we cannot countenance an economic border on the island, that there can be no hardening of the Border and that the Good Friday Agreement must be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, that was not an answer but a studied evasion.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked how, in the event that there is a crash, the Government would attain the shared objectives of there being no economic border, no hard border and no damage to the Good Friday Agreement, but we heard no straight answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: As we meet here this afternoon, farmers are at the gates protesting against the trade deal agreed between the European Union and Mercosur countries just over a week ago. All of the main farming organisations across the island are utterly opposed to the deal and for very good reason. The Mercosur deal represents a sell-out of Irish farmers and their families. It is devastating news for the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach will not convince any sensible person, and certainly not any farmer, that he is protecting his or her interests in any shape, make or form by allowing our market to be flooded with South American beef. It makes no sense. Nobody believes the Taoiseach when he gives us this line that he is conscious of the needs of the rural economy and farming families, when out of the other...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee A (Economy) has met to date in 2019. [29687/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May recently. [28084/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the social media policy of his Department. [29116/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the European Council held from 30 June to 2 July 2019. [29688/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [29118/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: British-Irish Council (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon. [29686/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will advance the scoping group on sexual violence recommendation that further consideration be given to the development of appropriate supplementary data collection exercises to explore the experiences of sexual violence for members of vulnerable and minority groups in view of the fact that a national survey by its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Recognition (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce legislative and related measures to develop gender sensitive reception procedures and support services for asylum seekers as required by the Istanbul Convention. [30233/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce legislation to provide for the full implementation of Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention, which requires that autonomous residence permits be granted to victims of domestic violence. [30256/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resources centres and the county in which each is located, in tabular form. [30216/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Administration (10 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the operating cost of the Residential Tenancies Board for 2018 and to date in 2019. [30142/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In late 2015 and early 2016, three whistleblowers made protected disclosures to the Department of Defence outlining concerns on a lack of training and protection from the chemicals used in Casement Aerodrome at Baldonnel. Informal research by one of the whistleblowers raised questions over a number of deaths of former Air Corps personnel with 73 deaths occurring amongst former personnel aged...