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Leaders' Questions (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: He does not want to answer. He is shamefaced.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Tony O'Brien told a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health earlier today that he will not be standing down as director general of the HSE. While Mr. O'Brien was making that declaration, I received a call from Emma Mhic Mhathúna from Kerry. She asked me to raise her case with the Taoiseach. Emma is 37 years old and is the mother of five children aged between two and 15 years of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (9 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought a meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference under the Good Friday Agreement. [19725/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May recently. [18949/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, I raised with the Taoiseach the so-called customs partnership being considered by Mrs. Theresa May and its lack of fitness to resolve issues relating to the island of Ireland. Last week saw another week pass without any viable proposal being put on the table by the British Government. After successive defeats in the House of Lords, the departure of several Ministers, and several...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement at the University of Leuven in Belgium on 26 April 2018. [18947/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I noted a section of the Taoiseach's speech at Leuven. He said:The Europe of the future must do four things:1. Continue to do well what it currently does well. 2. Focus on the big new challenges facing Europe and its citizens. 3. Consider its competencies - not everything has to be done at European level; where appropriate, some things should be left to member states, regions and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed new structure of the communications and publicity section of his Department following the recently conducted review of the strategic communications unit. [19724/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Strategic Communications Unit (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Taoiseach as an gceist seo a fhreagairt. When does the Taoiseach plan to consult with the Opposition on the public opinion survey? What form will that consultation take? It was one of the recommendations in the recent report of the Secretary General of the Taoiseach's Department, Mr. Martin Fraser. Another of his recommendations stated...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: The daft.ie rental price report for quarter 1 of 2018 makes for shocking reading and highlights how the Government's rent pressure zone legislation has failed. In every single county in the State, with the exception of Donegal, the 4% rent pressure zone cap is being breached on new lets. In Dublin, average rent is now at a record high of €1,875 a month. This is 12.4% higher than the...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I mentioned earlier that we had sought to move an amendment to the Private Members' motion put forward by the Rural Independent Group in respect of reform of the HSE. Our amendment was ruled out of order and I want to register our great disappointment that this has proven to be the case. I understand the Ceann Comhairle was bound by some rule or other in making this judgment. For the...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can the Ceann Comhairle clarify ruling No. 470, its provenance and what it consists of?

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the meaning, I am asking about the ruling's origins.

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand it dates from 1994.

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was not asking the Ceann Comhairle to do that. I sought to establish, for the purpose of the record, the provenance of this ruling.

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: This is not simply a question of looking for heads, as the Taoiseach puts it; this is a matter of seeking and securing accountability. I said to the Taoiseach in my remarks that he told us - I understood this in good faith - that he would put the women and families who have been devastated by this scandal front and centre. I am now asking him to demonstrate his bona fides in that regard....

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: They have done so.

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: By now the Taoiseach will be aware of the harrowing story of Mrs. Irene Teap. Mrs. Teap was twice given incorrect cervical cancer screening results, in 2010 and again in 2013. Two years later she was diagnosed with stage 2 cervical cancer. Irene Teap died in July last year. She was 35 years old with her whole life in front of her. She has left behind a heartbroken husband, Stephen, and...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: I join the Taoiseach and every other Member in extending sympathy to the family and friends of the late Monica Barnes and to her colleagues in Fine Gael. She was one of the political women I used to look at as a child with some considerable admiration. The Taoiseach will forgive me for saying the following, which I want to put in the right way. She did not really come across like a Fine...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (8 May 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the closure of a unit (details supplied). [19924/18]