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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]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too ask the Taoiseach to publish that memorandum. Perhaps in the first instance he would share it with the Opposition so we can get a sense of the sectoral preparations. However, the point I made on Leaders' Questions still stands - there must be a far more comprehensive and long lasting response in the event of a crash and that revolves around resolving the constitutional issue and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nobody is gainsaying the contribution of voluntarism in the past but we are now at a point where massive public investment is envisaged in a national maternity facility and people need clarity and certainty. The Taoiseach said that he cannot give that certainty because the matter has not yet been resolved. It was to have been resolved at this stage, but it still is not. When will it be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The new National Maternity Hospital to be housed at St. Vincent's has been mired in controversy. Public opinion is clearly that it must be owned and operated by the State. Some 19 months have passed since the Sisters of Charity announced that they were to end their involvement in the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group. Last week, the Minister for Health confirmed that the withdrawal of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held recent meetings with representatives of churches and faith communities as part of the church-State structured dialogue process. [50346/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning it emerged that a former senior manager of commercial lending at Irish Nationwide, Mr. Tom McMenamin, has been fined €23,000 by the Central Bank, following an eight year investigation for reckless conduct. As the Taoiseach is aware, Irish Nationwide cost the State and the taxpayer €5.4 billion, so the rap on the knuckles he received is astonishing. Despite the...