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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would have thought that time would be set aside to discuss this plan, this whole-of-government approach, because the issues are very real in terms of how we transition to a low-carbon society and economy and how we achieve climate justice. A debate on this is very urgent. The Government ought to have scheduled time for it this week.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the same issue, can the Taoiseach explain to us why it is that Ruth Morrissey discovered the fact of this appeal through the media? Can he explain to us how it was that nobody had the decency or the common sense to contact her directly or to contact her legal representative? Whatever the legal twists and turns of this appeal and whatever way the Government might pursue the laboratory, can...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. The Government's climate action plan was launched yesterday with great aplomb with members of the Cabinet arriving in a hybrid bus, which I understand is one of very few such buses in the fleet. Is there three of them?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nobody is criticising them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: She tells of how these had traumatic affects on people's lives. She describes a culture of fear. Are there more Majellas out there? What will the Taoiseach do establish the full facts? Majella said yesterday that she spoke with Deputy Michael Noonan who was Minister for Justice in 1983, but she spoke to him ten years ago and at that point he said to her that this was an internal Garda matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The mind boggles as to how this could ever have been an internal Garda matter. I understand that Deputy Michael Noonan has not responded to this matter. Should he now make a statement and has the Taoiseach spoken with him on the issue?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the Taoiseach that the next steps must in the first instance be dictated by Majella but I also think that the State has an obligation, retrospectively, to ensure, for example, that she is awarded her full pension. There is an obligation on the State not to speculate that there may well be other Majellas but to establish the full facts of the matter. It seems anecdotally that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is right that those of us who grew up in the 1980s recognise this atmosphere and ideology as set out through Majella's story. It is important in the here and now that we give absolute assurances, and that it is made absolutely clear, that we in fact live in a different Ireland. On that basis, the former Minister for Justice, Deputy Michael Noonan, should make a statement and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We will try. I want to raise the case of Majella Moynihan. I am sure all of us, listening as Majella told her devastating story, have been moved and deeply saddened by her experiences. For those of us who were children in the 1980s, I think this transported us back to that Ireland - that awful, oppressive, misogynistic Ireland. Majella told her story. She told of her background as a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens Assembly (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Taoiseach the terms of reference for the citizens' assembly on gender equality. [25416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Carer's Allowance Payments (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that guards in the Irish Prison Service whose families are in receipt of a carer's allowance have recently had their payments suspended following an instruction by inspectors from his Department that all carer's allowance payments be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25088/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (12 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, EU and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [24205/19]

Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the opportunity to speak on these statements on the North in the Dáil. Far from suggesting anybody should butt out, be quiet or be reticent in our discussion on the North, on the contrary, it is incredibly important that the Oireachtas has ongoing engagement on progress, dilemmas and politics in the North. I only wish debates on matters in the North were more regular. I have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 958. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the final report of the independent review of the role and remuneration of elected members to local authorities will be published. [23318/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Seanad reform implementation group. [24204/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the Taoiseach has "noted" the report and said that it will be reflected on and discussed, he seems to have no appetite to act. I know from speaking to people that although the Seanad for all of its importance may not be the stuff of excited conversation on a daily basis in the real world-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----nonetheless there is a general sense that Seanad reform is a bit like rural broadband, namely, something that is spoken of at length but which never happens. I question the political will of this Government to deliver reform. The Taoiseach has expressed strong views on proposals for reform and that is all very well and good but given reform of the Upper House has been a matter of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President Macron of France. [23294/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if will report on the recent informal meeting of the European Council. [23296/19]