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

Mary Lou McDonald: Having said that he does not wish to deal with statistics, the Taoiseach reached for statistics. He has typified the stories I told him as accusations. They are nothing of the sort. They are the experiences of two people in Cork, namely, an 84 year old woman and an elderly man who fell and was left on the pavement for two hours. That is not an accusation. It is a scandal and an utter...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Last Tuesday, I raised with the Tánaiste the critical issue of hospital overcrowding, and given the continued state of crisis in our hospitals, I want to raise it again today with the Taoiseach. Last week there were serious problems in Cork University Hospital, CUH, and a black status escalation was declared, which meant that the hospital was at maximum capacity and was deemed unsafe to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the two extra weeks parental leave for parents in the first year of a child's life announced in budget 2019; when the legislation to enact this measure will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16341/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to introduce the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill. [16399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to introduce the redress for women resident in certain institutions (amendment) Bill. [16400/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Agreed.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the latest throw of the dice by Theresa May in reaching out to Jeremy Corbyn is welcome, it provides no certainty that anything conclusive will emerge much less that the withdrawal agreement will be endorsed and, therefore, the backstop will become operational. As others have said, the circus at Westminster is certainly something to behold. The default position of a crash-out Brexit...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the March 2019 meeting of the European Council; the issues that were discussed; and if he held bilateral meetings before or after same. [15012/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Citizens Assembly (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I, like others, welcome the focus on gender equality. The deliberative methodology of the citizens' assembly affords an opportunity to delve into the fundamentals of gender inequality. Some of the issues have been rehearsed, such as the gender pay gap and the absence or invisibility of women at senior levels in public institutions, and the universities have been correctly cited. It is...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Citizens Assembly (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plans for a citizens’ assembly on gender equality. [12013/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Page 55 of the programme for Government commits to timely access to orthodontic care. More than 7,500 children who availed of public orthodontic services in Dublin are to have their files reviewed. Many of these children were left irreversibly damaged after services were withdrawn in the mid-1990s. A report commissioned in February 2015 found that patient safety was put at risk and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Leo fiddles while Rome burns. I am glad the Taoiseach has shared with us his deep commitment to homeownership. I am glad he at least recognises that there is a crisis and that homeownership for a whole generation is off the cards unless their mammy and daddy can help out with a deposit. The Taoiseach is missing the point of my question, perhaps deliberately. I have set out for him the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Ceann Comhairle or, rather, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am sorry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was just getting the Chair's title right. Last week, I raised with the Taoiseach the UN special rapporteur on adequate housing's damning condemnation of the Government's record on housing. New research published in The Economic and Social Reviewfurther illustrates the points I raised last week and shows that many households and individuals are paying more than half of their incomes on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: According to page 33 of A Programme for a Partnership Government, the Government "will seek to alleviate pressures affecting household budgets across energy, childcare, medical and insurance costs." The Tánaiste may know that Electric Ireland and PrePayPower have announced price increases for gas and electricity, raising the cost of living further for ordinary working families. This...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The status black escalation, as the Tánaiste knows, is essentially a declaration that a hospital is no longer safe. In Cork University Hospital, as I said, the position was unsafe for patients in the first instance but also for staff. Some of those staff, who have worked within the system for decades and up to 30 years, told us directly that they have never seen the like of this...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Over the last number of months, we have regrettably borne witness to the scale of the crisis facing our health service on the watch of the Minister, Deputy Harris. The debacle surrounding the cost of the national children's hospital rumbles on, nurses and midwives have had to engage in industrial action, one-in-seven consultant posts is vacant and support staff have announced their intention...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (2 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy on direct provision residents’ voting rights, access to election related materials and the right to meet with candidates in the public areas of centres. [15155/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the mechanisms she has put in place to enable the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related institutions to facilitate the active participation of former residents in recommending actions and solutions to address their concerns including those issues raised in the reports of the facilitated meetings and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (2 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 490. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the mechanisms she has put in place to enable the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related institutions have a role in monitoring the implementation of measures designed to support former residents. [15445/19]