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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: On 14 November, I think it was, I was in Sligo Grammar School at a remembrance service which was absolutely wonderful and inclusive.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed, all of the party leaders had been invited but I went and I paid my respects there. This is the list of the categories of workers to which this flat-rate expenses scheme applies. It includes people such as panel beaters, kitchen porters, nurses and members of the Defence Forces, whom we all know are appallingly paid at the lower ranks in any event. The Taoiseach wants to create for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: By the way, Deputy Pearse Doherty advises me that the Taoiseach's response indicated that none of this kicks in until 2020. In the answer Deputy Doherty received, he was advised that it takes effect from 1 January 2019. The date is looming. I ask the Taoiseach again. Notwithstanding his jibes against me, will he, for once, empathise-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----put himself in the shoes of retail workers, of shop assistants-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and give them a break for once?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I see arriving into the Gallery some of the Stardust families who have handed in a petition today. I extend a very warm welcome to them and wish them the very best in their campaign to reopen the inquest into that fire on St. Valentine's Day 1981. Tá fáilte romhaibh. At the weekend, to rapturous applause, the Taoiseach made the bold claim that he would, if re-elected, deliver...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----intangible assets, would have raised €750 million.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: When it comes to priorities, it is obvious where the Government stands.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ordinary workers fall to the bottom of the pile yet again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach instruct Revenue to scrap this move without delay?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Antonio Tajani. [45717/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Ms Arlene Foster. [45718/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 34. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Cavan; the engagements he undertook; and if he met with stakeholders to discuss the impact of Brexit. [45719/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Digital Strategy (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 37. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently announced consultation process in respect of the national digital strategy. [46732/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent ASEM summit. [46733/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [46734/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 576. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take following the resignation of a person (details supplied) from the mother and baby homes collaborative forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47801/18]

Dublin (North Inner City) Development Authority Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Deputy Lahart for introducing the legislation. It recognises the decades of social and economic neglect the north inner city of Dublin has endured. Fianna Fáil is no doubt acutely aware of successive Governments' failure to deliver the political and policy decisions necessary to tackle the embedded inequalities in this part of our city. The Deputy’s party leader was a...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Public Sector Reform Implementation (14 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the public sector reform measures under way in his Department. [45087/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Communications (14 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in developing a single Government visual identity. [45086/18]