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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government commits to introducing measures to ensure the more efficient and timely recruitment of nurses. However, the HSE continues to pay hundreds of millions of euro in employing temporary agency staff. Last year saw the largest increase in spending on agency staff since 2014, up €26 million to a staggering €318 million. Since 2011, when Fine Gael took...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister cannot plead ignorance or shirk blame. What plan is in place to end this misuse of taxpayers' money?

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Shinn Féin ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus cáirde an iar-Theachta Donal Creed a fuair bás i Mí na Samhna 2017. On my behalf and on behalf of Sinn Féin, I would like to extend sincere sympathies to the family and friends of former Teachta Donal Creed, who passed away in November 2017. I believe Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Who employed them?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister will be.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister employed them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning it was revealed, through the excellent work of "RTÉ Investigates", that nearly 60 families in the west have been issued apologies by the HSE as a result of failings in audiology services provided or not provided to their children. This is not the first time this issue has arisen. Last year, the HSE issued apologies to 49 children in the same region as a result of failings...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I could have added failures relating to autism services to the list that I presented. Cases have come before the courts because of the HSE's consistent failure to comply with the law. The Disability Act provides for children to be assessed within a tight timeframe so that tailored treatment can be identified and started but, yet again, there is delay after delay. Parents are now moved to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra ASD classes in the Dublin 7 area will be provided due to the shortage and high demand for such classes. [8511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (20 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 134. To ask the Minister for Health when funding for home care packages will be made available in an area (details supplied). [8512/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It renamed the minimum wage.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the latter.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too raise the TASC report published this morning. It shows a disproportionate share of national income accrues to richer groups in society and consequently a lower share to the less well-off section of society. The report finds that the bottom 40% of the State's population receives just 22% of the national income while the top 10% receives almost 25%. It does not take a genius to work...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I could not underscore more strongly the fact that this turn of events has again dashed and damaged confidence in the PSNI. The families want to meet the Taoiseach. They look to the Taoiseach for his support and as the Taoiseach who has said famously that no citizen will be left behind in the North of Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: They have been left behind. They want to meet the Taoiseach. Will the Taoiseach meet them?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [6556/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Northern Ireland and the meetings he attended. [7985/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Some 764 days ago, when the Executive was brought down, it had fallen into massive public disrepute. Of course Deputy Micheál Martin and others would know that if they were actually organised on the ground, as some of the rest of us are, and if they enjoyed an electoral mandate from the communities that said they would not tolerate the likes of the renewable heat incentive scheme. An...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I invite the Taoiseach to reiterate that the backstop, the Irish protocol as per the withdrawal agreement, remains the bottom line for this State and for the Government. Can the Taoiseach confirm that he told Mrs. May at dinner that this is the case? Can he confirm that the backstop cannot be time limited in any respect and cannot contain unilateral exit clauses, which would render the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Feb 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [8286/19]