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Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, announced a new charging regime for the collection of household waste that is grossly unfair. It fails to recognise that many people will not be able to afford increased charges. The Taoiseach's Government failed to include any meaningful alleviation measures for those on low incomes....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (4 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 611. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average wait times in processing domiciliary care allowance applications; if she has satisfied herself with the length of time it is taking for a decision to be made; and if she will allocate extra resources to the section in order to process the applications in a more timely manner. [31530/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is special designated status an official Government policy and supported by everyone around the Cabinet table? What has the Taoiseach done to advance that proposition? I share concerns that there might be a tendency to rely on others to do the work which rightfully falls to the Government, State and Taoiseach in particular.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: There was considerable commentary on the Taoiseach's choices for Ministers of State, particularly with regard to gross gender imbalance. In the media coverage the Taoiseach or someone from his camp was reported as saying that the advisers appointed would make up for this gender imbalance. Not alone that, it seemed to be a formula for the lovely girls entering the fray. Can the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might clarify that it is not his thinking.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Micheál Martin did not say that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the view of the Taoiseach on recent reports that up to nine hospitals have suffered outbreaks of the lethal superbug, carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE? An unspecified number of deaths have resulted and Tallaght hospital was particularly affected, with wards closed and 700 operations cancelled. The increase in superbugs in hospitals is the result of too few staff,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In March 2015, six houses at Milford Manor, Newbridge, County Kildare, were destroyed by fire in less than an hour. A subsequent engineer's report commissioned by the residents detailed serious shortfalls in building and fire safety standards. In the aftermath, the then Minister, Deputy Kelly, announced that an independent review would be undertaken to support owners and residents living in...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will put them on to the Taoiseach's office.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will send them up to Blanchardstown. It is only a stone's throw from Cabra.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am just obliging him. I will direct people to Blanchardstown.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raise with the Taoiseach the latest debacle surrounding bin charges. Yesterday, the Cabinet agreed a scheme that will bring to an end the flat rate charge and introduce a system that will undoubtedly result in householders paying much more in waste collection charges. This move is a telling demonstration of the political gimmick that is new politics, which is nothing but the same old...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach wash his hands and walk away from this mess? What will he do for people who cannot afford these additional charges and have been left to the whim of private operators?

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I should probably thank the Taoiseach for his open and shut commitment to market forces and unapologetic presentation of the privatised model. I am astonished by his absolute lack of empathy or understanding for many citizens who, having heard this news, are now panicked and fearful of the charges they will face. The Taoiseach seems to live in another place where inability to pay does not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his expectations and those of the HEA regarding board members and audit committees handling whistleblowers’ cases in institutes of technology and universities. [30313/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a board of an institute of technology or university was not told about a whistleblower’s case, the sanction for the executive or the persons of the college. [30314/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sanctions in place for board members and audit committees of institutes of technology and universities that fail in their duty of care to whistleblowers; the date on which the attention of boards and-or the audit committee was drawn to whistleblowers in these colleges. [30315/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some cases board members and audit committee members are also CEOs of ETBs and are responsible for handling their own ETB whistleblowers and are failing to deal with these matters; if this has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been cases in which the HEA and-or his Department have taken action to date in 2017 against a whistleblower in such cases; and if his Department and the HEA are willing to intervene and remove members of a board for failure to act and protect a whistleblower. [30317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Protected Disclosures (28 Jun 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HEA and his Department, by failing to have proper measures in place, are causing risk and reputational damage to colleges and persons; and if his attention has been further drawn to the costs associated with same. [30318/17]