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Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after “co-responsibility for care, especially within the family;”: “— scrutinise the structural pay inequalities that result in women being disproportionately represented in low pay sectors;” May I say something about the amendment?

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move and I sit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27549/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Government made a decision on the legislation necessary for the extension of presidential voting rights to the diaspora and people living in the North? When will the legislation be published? When does the Government propose to establish the commission? Does the Government intend to hold a referendum on this matter in the autumn?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why then did the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, contradict Commodore Michael Malone? There have been expressions from very senior levels within the Defence Forces describing the relationship between them and the Department of Defence as toxic, broken and dysfunctional. That is not a sustainable situation. The Minister of State then came out and openly contradicted the commodore and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In recent days there has been considerable controversy surrounding the recent decision of the Naval Service to dock two vessels because of the continuing recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces. As the Taoiseach knows, the officer in command of the Naval Service, Commodore Michael Malone, wrote in a Defence Forces newsletter on 27 June that 540 personnel had left the service...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions in which a protective services unit has been established to date; the Garda divisions in which a protective services unit is due to be established by the end of quarter 4 of 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the buildings, office equipment, cars, technology and trained Garda personnel are in place for each of the divisional protection services units established to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29334/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoption tracing inquiries received by Tusla in the past 12 months by domestic and intercountry adoptions in tabular form. [29465/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoption information inquiries, including GDPR or subject access requests, received by Tusla in the past 12 months by domestic and intercountry adoptions in tabular form. [29466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Gender Proofing of Policies (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 695. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the national childcare scheme has been gender proofed. [29598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Christmas bonus will be available in 2019. [29279/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has formally commenced the scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 237. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Cappagh Hospital for surgery. [28857/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [26555/19]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Shinn Féin, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus le cairde an iarTheachta Mark Killilea, a fuair bás i Mí na Nollag. On my behalf and that of Sinn Féin, I wish to express sincere sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of former Teachta Mark Killilea who passed away last December. Bhí gairm fada...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely. There has to be order between the parties of Government. Ulster Bank's announcement of the sale of €900 million worth of loans to vulture funds, including 3,200 family homes with domestic mortgages, is unacceptable and morally bankrupt. The sale is only possible because the Government has given political cover and support to vulture funds. Fine Gael is as responsible...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: It was "No".

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

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not. It is terrible.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Sinn Féin will look after workers. How utterly counterproductive.