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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: He has no mandate for it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: None of us has a mandate to dismantle Irish neutrality.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is precisely what the Taoiseach is seeking to do.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a complete red herring.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is factually inaccurate-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is factually inaccurate and shocking that the Taoiseach could be so inaccurate or ill-informed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is shocking, utterly shocking.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government committed the Government to upholding Ireland's triple lock neutrality protection. However, as was confirmed this morning, the Tánaiste sought and received the approval of the Cabinet to bring forward legislation to scrap the triple lock by removing the requirement for the UN mandate. In giving the Tánaiste this green light, the Government has started...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: But not legal obligations.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not an answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach now claims that there is clarity with the British Government. He might alert us as to when he received that clarification from the British Prime Minister. Has the British Government clarified that it does in fact have a legal obligation to accept returns? It has acknowledged operational arrangements but it has not gone so far as to acknowledge a legal obligation. Can the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has displayed incredible incompetence in recent days in dealing with migration and returns to Britain. The Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, claimed at the justice committee that 80% of those applying for asylum in this State are coming from Britain via the North. At the weekend, the Tánaiste then carelessly jumped in two feet first, pointing to Britain's Rwanda deal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The hospital is unsafe. The Taoiseach should acknowledge that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not in question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tá fáilte romhat, a Edwin. I am not used to seeing you in this setting, but you are very welcome. I am sure we all agree on that. Over the last few days people have listened in horror to the testimony presented at the inquest into the death of 16-year-old Aoife Johnston. Aoife died in University Hospital Limerick on 17 December 2022. The inquest is ongoing and we await its...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach says he is listening, but clearly he is not. If everything were as rosy as he portrays, how is it that University Hospital Limerick consistently has the highest trolley count? How is it that front-line staff and their unions consistently have said they do not have the staff to deal with the level of demand? This is a hospital that is enduring surge every single day. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The facts as they present on the ground are that the emergency department is not safe. People do not believe the hospital is safe, and that is a major problem. The panels have been established. Additional staff are needed, as are additional hospital beds. We have to start from a position of acceptance. The Taoiseach can quote whatever figures he wishes. We could go into the history...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: For young Dubliners in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Stardust Ballroom was the place to be. It was a huge venue that hosted cabarets, concerts and discos at weekends. Such was its popularity that you could get a bus from the quays in the city centre directly to the nightclub in Artane. With three bars, a stage and a large dance floor, it was a wonderland for night-time revellers. At...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am happy to confirm for the Taoiseach that the health policy is very much on our website.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, it did not. It was never-----