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Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: In addition to the questions raised by colleagues I ask about the programme for Government commitment that as part of the next wave of local government reform, the Minister, having consulted widely with all relevant stakeholders, will prepare a report for the Government and the Oireachtas by mid-2017 on potential measures to boost local government leadership and accountability. That report...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Bingo. The Minister of State has it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will the rest of us have it? I very much doubt the Minister of State will hand it to me across the Chamber. When will it be made available to Members of the Oireachtas and the public?

Order of Business (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Page 62 of the programme for Government commits to the establishment of an independent patient advocacy service and this has not been met. Last Saturday, there were rallies throughout the State standing for women in support of the victims of the CervicalCheck scandal. Despite all of the pronouncements and announcements from the Taoiseach and others, serious issues remain for the women...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I beg to differ.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not confused at all. I am clear that the political agreement in December found legal expression in the protocol drafted in March. I am clear that from the moment and hour the British caught sight of it, they have consistently rejected it. Here is what we need clarification on. The British would say we need a backstop. In other words, they disavow what was agreed to in December, in...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Over the weekend we watched as yet another calamitous chapter in the Tory Brexit debacle unfolded. Two years on from the Brexit referendum, the British Government produced a three-page document. The world was told that it represented a unified approach to Brexit in the British Cabinet. As we now know, that narrative began to unravel on Sunday evening with the resignation of Mr. David Davis...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will resume on a pitch (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30957/18]

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The much-awaited European Union summit and European Council meetings last week ended in political and diplomatic failure for Ireland. This was to be a defining moment when we would see delivery on the commitments made to Ireland in December of last year, commitments that the Taoiseach told us at the time were cast iron. Despite this, he returns to Ireland after the summit with no progress,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [28954/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Economic and Social Council (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach mentioned the report, Urban Development Land, Housing and Infrastructure: Fixing Ireland's Broken System. It is a welcome piece of work which includes a number of very welcome recommendations such as building affordability into policies designed to increase the supply of housing, starting with land and rental costs; using publicly owned land to increase the supply of housing;...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27646/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am struck by the passive stance the Taoiseach and his Government seem to adopt around the gender pay gap. By way of response to me, he blithely stated that, as a matter of fact, we already have equal pay for work of equal value. I specifically referred to that provision, which has been on the Statute Book since the 1970s, for the simple reason that we do not have equal pay for work of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I share Deputy Burton's concerns in regard to skills development and valuable pathways for people, younger people in particular, to acquire the skills they need and which are also needed by the economy at this time. I welcome the fact that the living wage technical group has recommended a 20 cent increase in the living wage. I note that recommendation is largely due to price inflation in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A (economy) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27580/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know if the Taoiseach is deliberately missing the point that is being raised. It is not a case of the media being above criticism. Of course they are not, nor should they be. For the purposes of clarity, is the Taoiseach telling us that the commentary attributed to him was wrong? Is the Taoiseach suggesting that the people who reported his comments were being deliberately...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: What part of the Trump analysis did the Taoiseach agree with in his commentary at the event in New York? The Taoiseach is hardly suggesting that people have made these things up, or is he?

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: That account of events directly contradicts what those who were at the event are reported to have said. The report reflects commentary by the Taoiseach in which he accuses the media of trivialising matters, and chasing tittle-tattle rather than being concerned with substantive issues. A direct attack on investigative journalism, on RTÉ investigative journalism in particular, is very...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It differs from the accounts of others.