Results 521-540 of 20,575 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the senior officials group on digital issues, chaired by his Department, will next meet. [25578/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Committee Stage of the mother and baby redress scheme legislation continues in the Seanad this afternoon and will move to Final Stage in the coming weeks. There is no commitment from the religious orders as to their contribution to that redress scheme. Unfortunately, the Government has still not resolved shortfalls in the legislation regarding children who were boarded out and children...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let me try this again with the Taoiseach. I have told him that the HSE is now warning about the increasing and unpredictable cost of the national children's hospital. It is of such a scale that the cost will eat up one third, or perhaps more, of the budget and put a question mark over other much-needed infrastructure. It seems that the Minister for Health has a figure. He will not share...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Minister not claim he had an estimate?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The HSE has warned that the rising and unpredictable cost of the new national children's hospital will have a significant impact on its ability to deliver other capital projects across the health service. At least a third of the capital budget for this year alone will be spent on the new children's hospital, yet we still do not know what the full cost of that will be. This puts desperately...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the Taoiseach acknowledges the scale of this crisis, and that is perhaps welcome, I hear no urgency or real sense of purpose from him in dealing with this issue. He lists off the things that he envisages as solutions to this crisis but the reality is that the number of homeless people and homeless children continues to rise. Let me ask him again. Faced with this crisis, what does he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: He sat around the Cabinet table and designed the policies that have led to this calamity. Let me ask again. What will he do now to change direction, to enhance things and to give a real emergency response to these families who find themselves in crisis?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: A few weeks ago, a young family in Dublin saw their lives unravel. They were renters living with their two small children and like anyone else, they just want a secure home for their kids to grow up in and to build their lives as a family. Their nightmare began when they were evicted. Their lives were turned upside down. They now sleep in emergency accommodation. It is hard to imagine...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legal Aid (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position on the reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels. [25673/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated capital expenditure cost of providing one staffed additional family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons for the delay in completing the reasonable accommodation fund review and consultation, due to be completed by the end of 2019 under commitments within the comprehensive employment strategy; when the review report will be published; if the report will include recommendations to address the concerns of deaf people...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total annual number of victims of domestic violence who received rent supplement from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence from 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staffed domestic violence refuge centres and the number of supported units open in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated current expenditure cost of providing one additional staffed family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality Tusla's funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of safety orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/23]