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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Members on the Fine Gael benches need to accept that any claims they may have made to fiscal prudence, to minding the house and to watching the taxpayers' purse have been well and truly blown out of the water at this stage. Can the Taoiseach guarantee that the 60-bed modular ward for Limerick will be delivered on time? Can he give us a precise timeline because the view among people in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am afraid the Ceann Comhairle might save that remark for his Fianna Fáil colleagues as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: He might look towards them also.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the meantime, it is incumbent on the Taoiseach to make clear which specific projects are being axed as a result of the overrun on the national children's hospital project in the health service and elsewhere, including flood defences. Across the State people have a right to receive accurate information from the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Under the watch of the Taoiseach, the Minister, Deputy Harris, has led our health service into a state of absolute crisis. In recent weeks, nurses and midwives were forced to engage in strike action because their legitimate and correct concerns in respect of the recruitment and retention crisis were ignored by the Taoiseach and his Government. GPs have protested outside Leinster House at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken or overseen an assessment of the tailored training programme for elected members of local authorities announced on the 23 May 2014 as part of the programme of local government reforms announced in 2014. [8328/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Preparations (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if additional staff have been recruited in his Department to work on Brexit preparedness. [5488/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the next progress report in respect of A Programme for a Partnership Government will be published. [5188/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group. [5189/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [5487/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the civil registration Bill will be introduced. [7241/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when he last spoke with the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission. [5187/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north east inner city initiative. [3892/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Jesus.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Just so that I have the record of the Dáil straight, it is the most expensive hospital per bed. I reckon that still makes it the most expensive hospital but I will not quibble with the Taoiseach over that. It is not just that there was a miscalculation of the costs. That happened for sure and there are governance issues that percolate all the way down through the board reappointed by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are three extraordinary facts at the heart of this fiasco. The first is the extraordinary achievement of delivering what we are advised will be the world's most expensive hospital, ever, at an overrun to the taxpayer of €450 million. This is extraordinary stuff. Second, it is extraordinary to hear the Taoiseach again try to justify or explain away this fiasco, as if to suggest...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Policing Plans (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to receive the policing plan for 2019 for An Garda Síochána. [6824/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social and affordable homes constructed in the Dublin 1, 7 and 11 areas (details supplied) in the past five years in tabular form. [6832/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 760. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social and affordable homes that will be constructed in the Dublin 1, 7 and 11 areas (details supplied) over the next five years in tabular form. [6833/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (12 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 781. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the film forum will meet; and the stakeholders that will be invited to participate. [6941/19]