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Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach will be familiar with the public sector trends research carried out by the Institute of Public Administration, IPA. In its latest study published in December, it found that the proportion of women on the boards of non-commercial State agencies varies greatly by parent Department. The highest proportion of women are represented on traditional feminised boards with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Appointments to State Boards (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the appointments he has made to State boards and other bodies under the aegis of his Department since February 2018. [9288/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the HSE was fined after pleading guilty in Kilkenny District Court to two charges relating to conditions at the psychiatric unit in St. Luke's General Hospital and two charges relating to the non-signing of seclusions orders by a consultant psychiatrist. The chair of the Mental Health Commission, Mr. John Saunders, stated, "As a regulatory body, it is entirely unacceptable to find...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. I am aware of all of that work and, undoubtedly, it marks progress. I discussed these matters when I met the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, some months ago. However, I am now making a different proposition and a different point to the Taoiseach. Rather than proceeding in an ad hocor discretionary way, we should establish multi-agency review processes of these...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night, we witnessed the mother and sister of Clodagh Hawe, Mary and Jacqueline, speak about her brutal murder and those of her three sons, Liam, aged 13, Niall, aged 11, and Ryan, aged six, at the hands of her husband and the children's father in August 2016. Anyone who saw last night's programme has been deeply affected by the utterly terrifying and heartbreaking story, as well as by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit places available for school years (details supplied) in tabular form. [9521/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early intervention places for children of pre-school age that are on the autism spectrum for school years (details supplied) in tabular form. [9522/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for an ASD unit place for school years (details supplied) in tabular form. [9523/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for early intervention places for children of pre-school age that are on the autism spectrum for school years (details supplied) in tabular form. [9524/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational alternatives provided for children with autism that are unable to secure an ASD unit place and are unable to attend a mainstream primary school due to the degree of their disability. [9526/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary allocation for the provision of an ASD unit in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [9525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 375. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applications for home help or home care packages submitted to the HSE by medical social workers or public health nurses and assessed in favour of provision are not being provided on the basis that the funding is not available to provide the supports and the HSE is unable to advise when the funding will become...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for home help or home care packages on the pending list of the HSE. [9502/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (26 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures put in place to enable Irish citizens resident in Northern Ireland to apply for an Irish driver licence post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9470/19]

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Every deadline has been missed.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Our healthcare system is in crisis as every day brings new headlines which tell of the litany of failures inherent in the system. We have had a series of scandals, including that of CervicalCheck. Over the course of that debacle, the bravery of women like Emma Mhic Mhathúna has shone a light directly on the incompetence of the Minister for Health. That scandal continues with the...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is a coalition in all but name. The Taoiseach certainly has the measure of the leader of Fianna Fáil because he knows that Deputy Micheál Martin will fall into line once pressure is applied. This is not about Brexit. This is not about avoiding an election. The national interest is not served by retaining a Minister who is clearly failing. Today, supply and confidence...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [7984/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Project Ireland 2040 recognises the importance of cross-Border co-operation and investment in developing the Border corridor, specifically the Donegal and Derry region. Derry and Strabane District Council has in place an ambitious, inclusive strategic growth plan and, as part of the plan, the council is trying to secure a city deal for the region from the British Government. Its plan also...