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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (10 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Data Protection Commission was consulted by his officials when drafting the Retention of Records Bill 2019. [16827/19]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Táim buíoch as an deis labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo um thráthnóna. Once again, the European Council meets tomorrow to discuss the Brexit debacle and specifically to discuss another request by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, for an extension to the Article 50 process. Brexit was a bad decision made worse by the refusal of the British Government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would have thought that the DUP's position is very clear. I want to raise the DeSouza case as well. Does Deputy Burton have a problem?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The DeSouza case represents a real breach of faith by the British Home Office, which, as has been pointed out, now insists that persons are British citizens even when they clearly are not. Not only that, people now have to pay the princely sum of £400 in order to renounce a Britishness that does not pertain to them. This case has caused very considerable anger right across the North of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think that is a very worthy question in respect of Palestine and I would be interested to hear the Taoiseach's answer. It is hard, when we look at Germany now and witness its political and economic strength, to imagine what it was like 30 years ago when it was divided, disunited and split by the iron curtain. I very much welcomed the fact that Chancellor Merkel made the equivalence...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: What I would like to know is the extent to which the Taoiseach has had discussions with Chancellor Merkel in respect of Irish reunification. Has he started that conversation? I imagine it is a conversation in respect of which she could offer very valuable insights and perhaps some wisdom.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Northern Ireland and the meetings and engagements he attended. [12012/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk. [15015/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tomorrow marks the 21st anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. It was and is an agreement that, despite the challenges that remain as a result of the partition of our country, we can collectively hold up as an illustration that tolerance and inclusivity are the way forward for our island. Over the past two decades, our island has changed beyond recognition and for the better....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is the Taoiseach following events and listening to the increasingly hawkish rhetoric from the Israeli Government? As he is aware, there is an election taking place in Israel today and the Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, has pledged that if he is re-elected, he will annex illegal settlements. As the Taoiseach is aware, the settlements are in contravention of international law and have been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Perhaps the Taoiseach knows more about the situation in the North than in the jurisdiction of which he is Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fine Gael thinks it is hilarious.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where is it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Having said that he does not wish to deal with statistics, the Taoiseach reached for statistics. He has typified the stories I told him as accusations. They are nothing of the sort. They are the experiences of two people in Cork, namely, an 84 year old woman and an elderly man who fell and was left on the pavement for two hours. That is not an accusation. It is a scandal and an utter...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last Tuesday, I raised with the Tánaiste the critical issue of hospital overcrowding, and given the continued state of crisis in our hospitals, I want to raise it again today with the Taoiseach. Last week there were serious problems in Cork University Hospital, CUH, and a black status escalation was declared, which meant that the hospital was at maximum capacity and was deemed unsafe to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the two extra weeks parental leave for parents in the first year of a child's life announced in budget 2019; when the legislation to enact this measure will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16341/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to introduce the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill. [16399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (9 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to introduce the redress for women resident in certain institutions (amendment) Bill. [16400/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Agreed.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (3 Apr 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the latest throw of the dice by Theresa May in reaching out to Jeremy Corbyn is welcome, it provides no certainty that anything conclusive will emerge much less that the withdrawal agreement will be endorsed and, therefore, the backstop will become operational. As others have said, the circus at Westminster is certainly something to behold. The default position of a crash-out Brexit...