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Order of Business (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that a "Yes" or a "No"? I do not understand the answer.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are some people who believe that a woman should be forced to continue pregnancy in any set of circumstances, even when doing so will have a devastating impact on her health, or might even claim her life, or if there is no chance of the child surviving and all the heartbreaking trauma that comes with that unbearable situation. On the face of it, their message might sound somewhat...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach. I share his view that not alone hard law but bad law has given rise to so many hard cases. He wonders, not unreasonably, how it is that those who contend there is another route to deal with these cases have not come forward with that proposition. There is no proposition because it is not legally possible unless we repeal the eighth amendment.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also extend our solidarity and condolences to the communities, friends and above all the families of Ana Kriegel and Jastine Valdez, a girl and a young woman who have lost their lives so horribly and cruelly. We can only imagine the feelings and heartbreak of their loved ones at this most difficult time. Three days from now, the people will go to the polls to vote on whether to repeal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, has met since June 2017. [20956/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policy Functions (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [19916/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [19915/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role he and his Department’s officials are playing in the State's bid to obtain a seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2021. [21284/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Staff (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the division of responsibilities between his Department and the Department of the Taoiseach in respect of Brexit negotiations. [20957/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adult Mental Health Services Data (15 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 399. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the number of cancellations for CAMHS appointments at the HSE James Joyce Centre, James Joyce Street, Dublin 1 in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the annual number of appointments scheduled for the same period. [21038/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (10 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry tendered for the CervicalCheck contract; the year or years the tender was submitted; and the reason the tender was unsuccessful. [20591/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the Taoiseach's visit to the North. I thank him for his report on the visit. I take it that Warrenpoint was chosen specifically with the Brexit dynamic in mind. The significance of the port in Warrenpoint cannot be overstated. It has a growing reputation. Its location is halfway between Dublin and Belfast, and is at the centre of growing trade on the island of Ireland and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Warrenpoint port on 30 April 2018. [19914/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on staffing levels in his Department. [19723/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff Data (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The international, EU and Northern Ireland division of the Department of the Taoiseach is the lead section for the Brexit negotiations and for matters pertaining to the North. Can the Taoiseach provide a breakdown of how many staff are assigned to each strand of this work in the division? How many people are assigned to the EU-Brexit responsibility and how many are assigned to work on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach announced the global Ireland 2025 plan in Toronto last August and said at the time that it would be published by the end of 2017. That did not happen. The Tánaiste then said in January that it would be launched over the course of the St. Patrick's Day events in the USA. That did not happen either. Nobody here will argue with the intended outcomes, which we are told are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government contains a range of commitments to young people, their schools and their communities. The collapse of Carillion has had a negative effect on these commitments on two fronts. First, schools building projects awarded to the Carillion consortium face indefinite delay, despite some work being near completion. These are not the only projects stalled as a result of...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nobody wants accountability more than Emma or other women and families in her circumstances. I do not believe the Taoiseach's response, to be blunt. What I see is a person who leads the Government and who knows well what needs to happen and what is the right thing to do. I do not dispute the sequence of events and share the Taoiseach's view that the most egregious offence was the...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Those are disgraceful remarks. The Taoiseach is dodging the question.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the Taoiseach's answer to Emma?