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Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is important that we are clear about what we are confronting this evening. The people of Palestine live under an oppressive and brutal apartheid regime. It is a cruel system enforced and intensified by Israel's new government. The systematic violation of human rights and international law sees Palestinians killed, jailed and tortured, Palestinian homes demolished, families driven from...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Ministers present make statements and take questions?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Some 1,300 people with disabilities or acquired brain or spinal injuries live in nursing homes. These settings are entirely inappropriate to their needs. We all agree that people should get the support they need, ideally to live in their own homes or, failing that, in appropriate settings. None of this will be news to the Minister or the Government because the inappropriate placing of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----this outrage and take questions on those matters.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. I too rise to condemn the outrageous, appalling attack over the weekend at Sandwith Street in Dublin. However, I listened to the Minister's fielding of questions from colleagues on this matter and I have to say she is most unconvincing in her presentation. The reality is that in a First World wealthy state, we have endured a housing crisis for more than a decade. Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last year, when costs at the pumps were skyrocketing, nobody was scaremongering. That was a reality that every person experienced when going to fill his or her vehicle. The Minister and I are in agreement. I do my weekly shop as well. We see with our own eyes, do we not, the evidence of increased costs. It is an absolute disaster for people on small or fixed incomes. People are really...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Workers and families are struggling and families are struggling to keep up with sharp increases in grocery costs and households are being fleeced, day in and day out. Food price hikes have hit people's pockets hard and still show no sign of coming down. Last week, the Government met food retailers and the Taoiseach said the Government would have a very stark message to deliver. In...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 124. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 1 2023 on the website of his Department. [22645/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration he has given to the establishment of a domestic independent body or bodies for the purpose of the monitoring implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence for victims set out in Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting lists, specifically primary care child psychology/counselling, CAMHS and autism for the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works appointment of an expert design team to complete Phase 1 works at the national monument site, 14 to 17 Moore Street, to include the team undertaking the work; details on the work themselves; and the timeframe within which the works will be completed. [22313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works tender Phase 2 fit-out and presentation work at the national monument site, 14 to 17 Moore Street, to include the team undertaking the work if appointed; the details on the works themselves; and the timeframe within which the works will be completed. [22314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flexible Work Practices (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the recommendations regarding paternity and parental leave, and family friendly working hours for councillors proposed by the cross-party all-female councillor sub-group in 2021 will be implemented. [22261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take following the late discovery of a report (details supplied) identifying No. 18 Moore Street as a pre-1916 structure which was submitted to his Department a number of years ago but was not made available to the Moore Street Advisory Group despite the repeated requested of its members. [22315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will introduce legislation providing for maternity leave for Oireachtas Members; and the constitutional and practical concerns that prevented him from including these provisions in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022, as previously committed to. [22257/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the North Sea Summit. [20297/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: At dawn on Sunday, Israeli forces arrived at a primary school in Jubbet ad-Dhib, a village in the occupied West Bank. They proceeded to bulldoze the EU-funded school building to the ground. In the aftermath, we saw the heartbreaking image of children as young as six sifting through the rubble for their schoolbooks. The demolition of Palestinian schools is a terrifying feature of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fáilte roimh gach duine from the Banner. We also have people here from Indiana in the US and others. They are very welcome. I have made the case to the Taoiseach – I hope he has heard what I am saying – that a meeting with the sector, while welcome, is not enough in and of itself. A message to the sector asking it to bring costs down is welcome but that equally is...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach well knows, food costs are crippling ordinary workers and families. Price hike after price hike has hit people's pockets hard. There is no sign of these costs coming down. Inflation in Irish supermarkets is at the highest level ever recorded, with the past three months alone seeing food inflation soar by up to 16.6%. The average shopper is set to see their annual grocery...