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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----caused real hurt. The Taoiseach should genuinely reflect on that fact. Perhaps he has not. I now ask him to do so and accept also that he misled people in the general election campaign.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: During the general election campaign, the Taoiseach, along with the Tánaiste, Simon Harris, and his Ministers, repeatedly claimed that 40,000 homes would be delivered in 2024. This was a ploy to fool people into believing that the Government had made real progress on housing. Of course, we all knew it was bull. We now know that, in fact, 30,330 homes were delivered in 2024. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1023. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments a person (details supplied) is entitled to. [11564/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1823. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date in respect of services for people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes, in tabular form. [12264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1824. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has provided additional funding to the National Counselling Service to conduct research about people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes. [12265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1827. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided to the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date in respect of services for people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes, in tabular form. [12268/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1828. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has provided additional funding to the National Counselling Service to conduct research about people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes, in tabular form. [12269/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1825. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, by year of the categories of funding provided, expenditure and any unspent funds in respect of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in respect of services for people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes, in tabular form. [12266/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1826. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, by year of the number of people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes who have accessed the services of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [12267/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1829. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown, by year of the categories of funding provided, expenditure and any unspent funds in respect of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [12270/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1830. To ask the Minister for Health to publish in tabular form a breakdown, by year of the numbers of people affected by adoption and the mother and baby homes who have accessed the services of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [12271/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tugann Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan deis dúinn go léir machnamh a dhéanamh ar an am atá caite agus tabhairt faoin todhchaí go cróga. Déanann muid ceiliúradh ar na glúnta máithreacha, iníonacha agus deirfiúracha ar diúltaíodh fios a bheith acu agus a tháinig timpeall ar dhúshlán doshéanta le...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The figures are shocking.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The figures do not tell that story.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Figures were released this morning to our justice spokesperson, Deputy Carthy, that make for very shocking reading. They reveal that suspects in 40,348 crimes carried out in 2024 were out on bail. This is an issue we have raised repeatedly with the Government, and I am raising it again this morning. The 2024 figure represented an increase of 5,000 on the figure for 2022. Astonishingly,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Gan dabht, tá na gaolta sin uilig an-tábhachtach ar fad. That is why I have raised the question with the Taoiseach. I am not in the least bit complacent. I am deeply concerned about the international order at this time and Ireland's place within it. Peace is not achieved by investing in and financing war. Every rule in the book is being set aside to enable Europe to invest...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about Palestine and Gaza?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Over the course of the next week the Taoiseach will engage in three crucially important meetings for Ireland's future. The first is a meeting with the British Prime Minister in which I hope the Taoiseach will press for a reset of relationships as equal partners. Then there is an EU Council meeting at a time when the European Commission has kickstarted an EU arms race, proposing a colossal...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The right to feel safe in your home, in your community and on the streets is precious. As a TD for Dublin Central, I represent communities who could write volumes on how that right has been systematically taken away from them. It is shameful that families who live in strong, resilient and vibrant communities, people who work in the centre of Dublin and those who visit our capital city...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 26. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [6074/25]