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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Deputy is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States of America and his meeting with President Donald Trump. [14006/18]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has just published the scheme of the Bill which will be introduced if the referendum to remove the eighth amendment succeeds. I welcome that and I trust it will provide the necessary clarity on many of the legislative issues involved. Whatever about the level of confusion sown yesterday, there should be no confusion as to the necessity to repeal the eighth amendment. Issues...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: There was a harrowing, heartbreaking letter from a victim of rape carried in The Irish Timeson Monday. I do not know if the Taoiseach has read it. This person was a victim of marital rape and the letter was shocking. The author wrote bravely and with considerable dignity. Her words reflected the trauma of being sexually assaulted and the additional horror inflicted when the perpetrator is...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The case is concluded.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have not criticised the judgment. I have reflected the real, lived experience of a woman, as published in a newspaper. If the Ceann Comhairle would do me the courtesy of allowing me to get to the substance of my question-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Implicit and explicit in what I am saying is the true, accurate, real-life reflection of the reality as experienced by this woman and many others.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are significant issues relating to inconsistencies, leniency and light sentencing, particularly when it comes to sexual crime. I believe this underlines the need for sentencing guidelines. I understand that the Judicial Council Bill 2017 contains provision for a sentencing information committee. However, it does not recommend the drafting of guidelines, and as such I believe it will...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am not presuming for a second to second-guess any member of the Judiciary. This case went through the courts. The accused was found guilty. The sentence was handed down and the matter was then appealed. That all happened. Furthermore, I am not referring to mandatory sentences. I have raised this issue many times and I am simply highlighting again the fact that there is now a deep...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Mr. Xavier Bettel, on 5 March 2018. [14008/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Acting Chairman did not stop anyone else.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Acting Chairman did not stop other colleagues, but how and ever.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Acting Chairman did not. I watched very carefully.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can actually read the clock-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----I am very gifted that way.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Acting Chairman, we can read the clock. I am numerate, you know.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to place on record that far from being deferential to the Putin regime, I recognise its anti-democratic and authoritarian nature. I have no issue putting that on record. However, the issue at play in the actions taken by Government are not about Russia, in the first instance, they are about Ireland and Ireland's policy stance and particularly our position as a militarily neutral...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would be interested to hear the Taoiseach's answer to the previous questions. I wish to raise with the Taoiseach in as friendly a manner as I can, given apparently that is the ordre du jour, his remarks in respect of the withdrawal agreement at the European Council meeting last week. The Taoiseach stated - he may correct me if I am wrong - that he would rather have the right deal in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----in its failure to produce anything credible, workable and in legal text. The Disneyworld stuff around technological solutions has been dismissed at a European level, has been dismissed within the Dáil and is worthy of dismissal again, but it is a grave mistake to create an impression that we are fine about further delays until October. I actually agree with the Tánaiste.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Pardon?