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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to prioritising the prevention and reduction of crime by providing investment in An Garda Síochána. Last week, my colleague, Deputy Jonathan O'Brien, raised with the Taoiseach the crisis in Garda resources in Cork city and referred to reports showing that just two gardaí were available for patrol on one particular night. He asked the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today we learned that specially trained gardaí cannot take up their positions in a long-promised sexual offences investigation unit in west Cork because of a lack of personnel. Does the Government agree that the people of Cork have a right to feel safe on the streets of the city and in their homes? Does the Government appreciate that there is a real crisis in Garda resources and, if...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Minister for Justice and Equality come to the House to make a statement on the lack of Garda resources in Cork?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not in Cork.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and the Government is duty bound to intervene.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Housing and securing a roof over one's head is, without question, the biggest dilemma facing many ordinary people. It is the biggest challenge facing workers and families in their daily lives. I was in Cork yesterday and I was greeted by the results of the Government's disastrous housing policies. In Fairhill, I met a young woman who is at her wits' end. She earns too much to be eligible...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I might suggest that the Taoiseach go back to Cork, not for the purpose of a photo opportunity with a hard hat on, but to actually talk with the people who have told me, and who I am sure would tell him, of their huge anger and frustration. The houses are not available and there is no point in the Minister trying to bamboozle people with statistics. The lived reality is that people cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the capital funding required to complete the upgrades needed to maintain services at a resort (details supplied). [48016/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the Climate Action Plan 2019. [46522/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent communication with the President of the European Council. [45284/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy will next meet. [45285/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number and types of Cabinet committee meetings held since June 2019. [46523/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report in respect of the Programme for a Partnership Government will be published. [44408/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on security will next meet. [44407/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Services last met. [46344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (7 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the amended terms of reference of the scoping exercise into the circumstances leading to the death of a person (details supplied) and related matters submitted by a person to his Department earlier in 2019. [45817/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course they do.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course the Constitution and Standing Orders count for something. Nobody is contesting the contrary. What we are hearing, however, is an interpretation without the benefit of any information before us. With all due respect, all of this has been very last minute on the part of the system. That is not the fault of the Members.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not disputing that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We were informed at 9 p.m. last night.