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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emergency Planning (22 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Office of Emergency Planning has carried out an examination of the potential for a rapid response unit to be deployed when necessary to co-ordinate offers of help and assistance to those experiencing hardship following a severe weather event as per the Programme for Partnership Government. [13244/18]

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to share time with Deputy Cullinane.

European Council: Statements (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Since the Brexit referendum, Sinn Féin has argued consistently and vigorously for the North to be given a special status designation within the European Union. This is the only way to avoid the imposition of a hard border on this island and to ensure that our all-island economy and our peace agreements are protected. Special status means the North staying in the customs union and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Negotiations (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are all concerned to ensure the European Union will hold the line in there being no hard border on the island and there being full protection for the Good Friday Agreement in all of its parts. The indications are that our European partners understand this. Nonetheless, nothing is finished until it is finished and nothing will be achieved, in a legal sense, until it is written in a legal...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Negotiations (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----which Deputy Micheál Martin disavowed, but it was on the clár and voted on. I do not want to be distracted by that piece of strangeness. The Border is 300 miles long and porous.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Negotiations (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Europeans are very clear that they want to protect the Single Market which it seems trumps all else. Therefore, t he stakes are very high for us. The British have not come forward with what they view as the backstop. I seek reassurance from the Taoiseach. I do not blame him for the inefficiency and the messing of the British system. It would be unfair to do so, but we have a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: To reiterate the question put by Deputy Howlin, if the Sinn Féin motion is passed by this House, will the Taoiseach accept that, will he respect that and will he act in accordance with it?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the SDLP, Mr. Colum Eastwood MLA. [11217/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with representatives of civic nationalism from Northern Ireland on 27 February 2018. [11218/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I very much agree with the Taoiseach when he says civic nationalism and civic unionism need to have a conversation and also that he would meet the group which drafted that letter from the civic unionist side of the public discourse. I think it is extremely important and very heartening that this initiative has been taken within the unionist community. I met the Secretary of State, Karen...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday the Dáil debated a Sinn Féin motion calling for the disbandment of the strategic communications unit. If he were wise, the Taoiseach would take heed and credence of that. Questions have arisen not just about value for money - I do not wish to conflate the issue of advertising either as Deputy Catherine Murphy has said - but, more importantly, the appropriate uses of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to reform the strategic communications unit. [12933/18]

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tá sé seo ar fad cloiste againn cheana féin. The Taoiseach has sung that song previously. It is very alarming that he is simply satisfied that the runaway levels of rent inflation have started to abate. It seems, in the Taoiseach's mind at least, that the mission has been accomplished. In Dublin average rent stands at €1,511. As it happens, I heard the interview to...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: All they get from the Government is a recitation of statistics and a deaf ear. That is not good enough. The Taoiseach should recognise that the Government's policy is failing, unless he believes it is acceptable for the average Dubliner to have to find in excess of €1,500 just to cover the rent. If that is his view, it is not one I share with him. I again put it to him that we need...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Foilsíodh an tuairisc reathúil is déanaí den Bhord um Thionóntachtaí Cónaithe ar maidin. Cuirfeadh sé gruaim ar dhuine é a léamh, a Thaoisigh. Sa cheathrú cuid de 2017, bhí ardú 7.4% ar theach a fháil ar cíos. Tá an cíos ar an mheán €1,054 ar fud an Stát. Tá an cíos ar an...

Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was at the event in Washington last week when the Taoiseach told his tale on how he intervened on behalf of Donald Trump with regard to a planning application close to Trump's Doonbeg resort in County Clare. The relaying of this tale raised a real concern for many people because of the past experiences in the State of political and ministerial interference in the planning process and all...

Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question relates to the planning and development Bill, which I understand is due for publication this year. Can we have the law amended to ensure that such contact is legally prohibited?

Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. It is the next Bill.

Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: As I explained, the scenario set out by An Taoiseach in Washington was one of contact that was made to him, while he was overseas, by a very wealthy and influential businessman-----

Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach told the story of how he intervened in that. I am asking-----