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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Oh wow.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: For the first time, the Taoiseach and, by extension, the Government have openly accepted that they have missed their targets. I suppose that is progress of some sort. The fact remains that the Taoiseach deliberately and repeatedly used a figure of 40,000 new homes for 2024 when he has to have known that this was not going to be delivered. He cites Deutsche Bank but he knows that by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ten minutes?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Jesus.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: You want ten minutes of me.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am more than happy to speak for ten minutes; I have a lot to say. Forty thousand is the number of new homes the Taoiseach and Simon Harris said they would build last year. It is a number that was repeated again and again throughout 2024, going into overdrive in the lead-up to last November’s general election. Let me recall for the Taoiseach some of his bluster. On social media...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding provided to county councils for road gritting is restricted solely to regional and national roads. [2183/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Safety (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contingency measures his Department has in place to ensure that funding is provided for council municipal districts such as the Edenderry local electoral area in Offaly, which has no national roads and therefore does not meet the criteria for additional funding from central Government for essential road safety services during...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if An Garda Síochána is still using a building (details supplied) or whether it has instead been transferred to another Department, State agency or body; and if so, to provide the relevant details regarding this change of use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools in north Offaly that were forced to close during the severe cold weather the country experienced from 6 to 10 January 2025, in tabular form. [2186/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Local Authorities (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Offaly County Council on an annual basis from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [2183/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Weather Events (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures in place for county councils to apply for additional funding during severe weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2185/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 659. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the supplementary welfare allowance can be used to replace gas boilers for those who do not have the means to pay to replace them on their own (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2454/25]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to set back the goal of ceasing trading with companies that profit from the dispossession, the apartheid and the brutal dehumanisation of the Palestinian people. I regard this as a stunning betrayal. Humanitarian aid is necessary and reconstruction is absolutely vital, but we need to be clear that on their own these are not enough.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Israel must be held to account. There have to be consequences for the Netanyahu regime and its genocidal actions. I feel certain there will be a united call from these benches, the Opposition benches, and from the Irish public that this Government should do the right thing by Palestine. I have said before that elections are where Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael make their promises and it...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am having a serious episode of déjà vu.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: All of a sudden, I am transported back to 2020. The Tánaiste spoke of a balanced programme. I have to say what is manifest and obvious: you have got the gender balance wrong. You are very male. Some of you are pale but you are very, very male. In politics in a representative democracy, we should strive to reflect and mirror the communities we represent, inasmuch as we can. I have...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Teachta Farrell and Teachta Doherty for this nomination. Government, of course, is not about one individual but the person elected as Taoiseach, their politics, their priorities and their values undoubtedly shape the future of the country. The Taoiseach and, by extension, the Government, must lead from the front and by example, demonstrate in word and deed that the public interest...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and any attempt to railroad us will be met head on without fear or hesitation. We will stand our ground and we will always stand up for those who depend on us to fight their corner. The people of Ireland have worked hard and the State now has unprecedented wealth and resources: everything needed to build a fair and equal society. The State has never been richer but so many of our...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (23 Jan 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Our work and our ambition for building a better, fair, equal and united Ireland has never been more important. We stick to that task with real belief, with renewed hope and refreshed determination. It is in that spirit that I accept this nomination.