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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held recent meetings with representatives of churches and faith communities as part of the church-State structured dialogue process. [6558/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to pick up on that theme. A geophysical survey of infant burial grounds will begin today at the site of the former Sean Ross Abbey mother and baby home, near Roscrea, County Tipperary. Records of deaths at the home show that 269 children died there between 1934 and 1967 but, due to the failure of the order to keep records, the number of children who died there is not known...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last year the Government spent a staggering €695 million on rent subsidies to private landlords and property owners across four schemes administered by two Departments. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection spent €175 million on the rent supplement scheme and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government spent €100 million on long-term...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [6557/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to introducing measures to ensure the more efficient and timely recruitment of nurses. However, the HSE continues to pay hundreds of millions of euro in employing temporary agency staff. Last year saw the largest increase in spending on agency staff since 2014, up €26 million to a staggering €318 million. Since 2011, when Fine Gael took...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister cannot plead ignorance or shirk blame. What plan is in place to end this misuse of taxpayers' money?

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Shinn Féin ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus cáirde an iar-Theachta Donal Creed a fuair bás i Mí na Samhna 2017. On my behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin, I would like to extend sincere sympathies to the family and friends of former Teachta Donal Creed, who passed away in November 2017. I believe Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who employed them?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister will be.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister employed them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning it was revealed, through the excellent work of "RTÉ Investigates", that nearly 60 families in the west have been issued apologies by the HSE as a result of failings in audiology services provided or not provided to their children. This is not the first time this issue has arisen. Last year, the HSE issued apologies to 49 children in the same region as a result of failings...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I could have added failures relating to autism services to the list that I presented. Cases have come before the courts because of the HSE's consistent failure to comply with the law. The Disability Act provides for children to be assessed within a tight timeframe so that tailored treatment can be identified and started but, yet again, there is delay after delay. Parents are now moved to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra ASD classes in the Dublin 7 area will be provided due to the shortage and high demand for such classes. [8511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 134. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for home care packages will be made available in an area (details supplied). [8512/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It renamed the minimum wage.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the latter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too raise the TASC report published this morning. It shows a disproportionate share of national income accrues to richer groups in society and consequently a lower share to the less well-off section of society. The report finds that the bottom 40% of the State's population receives just 22% of the national income while the top 10% receives almost 25%. It does not take a genius to work...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I could not underscore more strongly the fact that this turn of events has again dashed and damaged confidence in the PSNI. The families want to meet the Taoiseach. They look to the Taoiseach for his support and as the Taoiseach who has said famously that no citizen will be left behind in the North of Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: They have been left behind. They want to meet the Taoiseach. Will the Taoiseach meet them?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [6556/19]