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- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----critical tension between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed, Leas-Cheann Comhairle, or perhaps I might.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It seems that the Tories' difficulty is Fianna Fáil's opportunity to run away again from the Irish electorate-----
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and to deliver more of the same, more failure and more homelessness, and yet to cry crocodile tears. Bravo, Deputy Micheál Martin. Well done. That is some kind of stability, as described by the soldiers of destiny. However, I will go on to more prosaic matters, which might be less provocative and upsetting to the delicate souls on the Fianna Fáil benches. The European...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is why, since the Brexit referendum result became clear, we have been unequivocal in stating that Brexit presents the most serious social, economic and political threat to our island in a generation. We have been clear in stating that the Government’s approach to negotiations had to be guided by the fact that citizens in the North voted to remain and that democratic verdict had...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I was very struck earlier by the Taoiseach's response to the Anti-Evictions Bill 2018 and, frankly, by its coldness. I understand the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has sought Cabinet approval for measures to strengthen the powers of the Residential Tenancy Board. We welcome the proposed extension of notice to quit periods but the Taoiseach needs...
- Death of former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Sinn Féin, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus cairde iarTheachta Paddy Harte, a fuair bás i mí Eanáir. On my own behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin I extend sincere sympathies to the family and friends of former Teachta Paddy Harte, who passed away last January. As has been said, Paddy had a lengthy career in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not extreme.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It states that one cannot move people out and leave them homeless.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: For unity.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is that it?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I spoke with the British Prime Minister last night and reiterated the common position of all of us here, which is that the basic protections afforded to Ireland in the withdrawal agreement, particularly the backstop, are non-negotiable and cannot be unpicked or diluted. I spelled out to her the need to ensure that the commitments agreed in last December's joint report by British and EU...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the Taoiseach that would not be a helpful thing to do. As he well knows, that is something which we have not done. In fact, considerable and very fruitful efforts have been made to ensure cross-community and cross-party support for a consensus against Brexit in the North. Brexit is a British Tory invention. All this disruption and tension is not of our making or of the making...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all primary schools; the primary schools that have a kitchen or a canteen; the primary schools that do not have a kitchen; and the primary schools that do not have a canteen, respectively, in tabular form. [52411/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new school build contracts include the provision of a kitchen and a canteen for students and teachers. [52412/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (12 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 is reliant on enactment of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017 [52253/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, the height restrictions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is never one to interrupt.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: One would not think that normally given the commentary.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A on the economy last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [50347/18]