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

Mary Lou McDonald: The east-west border issue is de-dramatised automatically when we recall that the island is, for the purposes of quarantine and animal health and protection, regarded as "fortress Ireland" in any event. I assume that Michel Barnier was referring to that type of thing. None of us wants an east-west border, and certainly not a north-south border, but this is the hand we have been dealt; it is...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker. [28955/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The "This is Me" campaign held a rally on Saturday last. This campaign is part of a grassroots campaign to improve transgender healthcare in Ireland. While progress has been made globally in this area, in this State the treatment of trans and non-binary communities leaves a lot to be desired and the current healthcare system is not fit for purpose and is letting citizens down. It is my...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has become clear that the Government has no sense of urgency or seriousness in addressing the CervicalCheck scandal. Instead of pursuing a genuinely victim-centred approach, it has opted to manage and contain the matter. An authentic approach would have put the affected women and their families first in a dedicated and comprehensive manner, rather than in a piecemeal way involving mere...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has not told me when the examination of the 3,000 slides will begin. I could also reflect on the Taoiseach's confirmation that the Scally report will be produced in its own good time. I am not challenging the process, which has to be independent. I would have thought that a Government that understood the urgency and seriousness of these matters would give one direction to Mr....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Ms Christine Lagarde. [30411/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (11 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protected disclosures policy and procedures in place for employees in the further education sector prior to enactment of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and the Higher Education Authority's role in the oversight and implementation of such disclosures prior to 2014. [31164/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can they be published?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is important not to have a false argument. Although there are brass plate operations, I did not hear anybody make a blanket assertion that all of the large foreign direct investment corporates are simply brass plate operations. I hear an increasingly unanswerable case for fair taxation, for large corporate entities to pay their fair share, but that does not represent an attack on large...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course. Everybody wants people to be in jobs. That is the type of nonsense that has prevented a thoughtful debate on fair taxation in this jurisdiction. The minute one mentions fair play in terms of corporate entities-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I support foreign direction investment and the generation of high quality jobs, just as the Deputy does.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Everybody wants people to have decent work. Taxes are needed because we have to pay for things.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have seen documents from the Department of Finance and the then Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation related to the decision taken by the former Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan, to raise to 100% the amount of intangible assets multinationals could write off against profits in any given year. The result of this decision was a massive placing onshore of billions of euro of such...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know how many Government backbenchers there are.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the point. An equal point is that is a very small group.

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...