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Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the priorities of his Department in 2019. [3890/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Priorities (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: On Brexit, I invite the Taoiseach to again confirm to the Dáil that the negotiations remain a matter for the British Government and the EU bloc and that there will be no bilateral negotiations between Ireland and Britain on the matter of the backstop or any alternatives thereto. Last week I raised with the Taoiseach the urgent need to publish an affordable housing scheme, something...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Last year I raised with the Taoiseach the scandalous interest rates being charged by licensed moneylenders who can charge up to 187%. On Monday, Amigo Loans – I kid you not – Amigo Loans, which I raised before with the Taoiseach, started lending here. It is licensed by the Central Bank to charge interest rates of up to 49.9%. It specifically targets people who have a poor...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I beg to differ on that.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: We are two days in and there are seven days to go, but all the Taoiseach has to offer is robotic monologues. Nothing he has said has within it the seeds of resolving the dispute. What can resolve it, as we have said to the Taoiseach consistently, is positive respectful direct engagement. That means engagement with no threats or sabre rattling on pensions or pay, engagement with no...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The very fact that nurses and midwives are engaged again today in industrial action is a reflection of the Taoiseach's incompetence. The failure of his Government to address the recruitment and retention crisis now gripping the health service and his inability to grasp this issue has led to a national crisis. It is not good for taxpayers that nurses and midwives are on picket lines. Has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Management (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Civil Service employee assistance service provides supports to staff and management of the Civil Service in the area of domestic and gender-based violence; if the service plans to incorporate workplace awareness of domestic abuse into its work programme and people managers’ guide. [5482/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to provide for domestic homicide reviews as has been introduced in the UK under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crimes and Victims Act 2004. [5090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the six additional protective services units scheduled for delivery by the end of quarter 4 2018 have been established in DMR south central, Waterford, Kerry, Kilkenny, Carlow, Limerick and Galway Garda divisions; the status of the appointment or assignment of the full personnel complement for each unit, and the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the delivery schedule for the remaining divisional protective services units by division name and the date by which each unit is due to be delivered, in tabular form. [5522/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work he is undertaking to develop schemes in respect of cost rental and affordable housing; and when details in relation to same will be published. [5194/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (5 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Dublin City Council will receive a response to a request to assist with phase 2 of its housing insulation programme. [5195/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: And sanctions-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [2541/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Minister, Deputy McHugh, give the Taoiseach any feedback from the very large conference held in the Waterfront in Belfast at the weekend? I hope he gave the Taoiseach a sense of the frustration among a very large and broad gathering of people, and also the sense of ambition that was expressed in terms of Ireland after Brexit. It is really important for the Taoiseach to hear those...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----in accordance with and chiming with our historical experience-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----is extremely important.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We need to know the Taoiseach's view on sovereignty and fiscal sovereignty.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a previous occasion when the Taoiseach was away, I asked for the Government to set out its vision for the future of Europe. He was not there on that occasion, but I repeat that call again today. We need to know where the Government stands on these issues.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I direct the Taoiseach to the hearings of the justice committee of the House to familiarise himself with the extent of the loss of citizens' rights that Brexit will entail. He should inform himself in that regard. It is a matter of astonishment that the events in the House of Commons last evening were being depicted as a great success for Theresa May within sections of the British media....