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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce the necessary legislative or other measures to provide for the setting up of appropriate, easily accessible domestic violence refuge accommodation in sufficient numbers to provide safe accommodation for and to reach out proactively to victims, especially women and their children, as committed to when ratifying the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (26 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has refused to provide persons with a copy of their testimony to the commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13374/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Low Pay Commission Remit (26 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she has taken to strengthen the role of the Low Pay Commission in respect of the gender pay gap. [13189/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Child Abuse Reports (13 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a copy of the United Nations special rapporteur report on the sale and sexual exploitation of children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12538/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (13 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the barriers to An Garda Síochána sharing case related information in a multi-agency risk assessment conference setting with departmental agencies and front-line domestic violence organisations. [12451/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (13 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a memorandum of understanding between An Garda Síochána, departmental agencies and front-line domestic violence organisations would enable it to share case related information in a multi-agency risk assessment conference setting. [12452/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (13 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the domestic violence risk assessment tool under development by An Garda Síochána will be used by partner agencies and front-line domestic violence agencies. [12579/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (13 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to address the failure by the restorative justice unit to provide a provisional offer for redress to 14 survivors of the High Park Magdalen laundry which was in operation into the 1980s. [12554/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (7 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider introducing a set number of days per year for paid domestic violence leave for public sector workers. [11365/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the end game of the Brexit saga a critical issue will be the stance of the Taoiseach and the Government in respect of what is acceptable as a final outcome. I did not understand the point Deputy Micheál Martin was trying to make in regard to the backstop. I am assuming he was not suggesting or encouraging that the Government might resile from the content of the backstop. If he was,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the Prime Minister of Portugal, Mr. António Costa. [10782/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the Taoiseach that the all-island civic dialogue has been a necessary and useful exercise. I am interested to know what his future plans for the dialogue are. Does he foresee it becoming a forum for exchanges on Ireland post Brexit? Whatever way this lands and whether it is hard or soft, Brexit will have huge implications for the entire island. We need to work to involve...

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the all-island civic dialogue held on 15 February 2019. [9459/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in contingency planning in respect of Brexit. [9457/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: At this stage, with just 24 days to go, I ask the Taoiseach to confirm to the Oireachtas that he has not given any undertaking or intimation to any negotiating party that his Government or the Irish State will be in any way resiling from the backstop or Irish protocol, as it is currently drafted. It is important that he makes that clear. We may speculate as to what the British Government...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The residents and owners of some boom-time developments across the State are facing massive repair costs and possible eviction due to building defects. Some of these include fire-safety issues, rotting roofs and defective balconies. The people concerned have bought or rented homes in good faith, but the Government has all but ignored calls to assist them. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: That is precisely what our amendments sought to do.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The purpose of this emergency legislation is to guard against the worst effects of a hard Brexit. I think everybody in the House has co-operated with Government because we recognise the necessity for contingencies for such a scenario. It is inexplicable therefore how so many of our amendments, moved in that spirit of being prepared, have been ruled out of order. They have covered such...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to talk about people.