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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is pathetic.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: He is not answering the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever about me borrowing the phrase from Fine Gael about those who get up early, which was well spotted, they have clearly forgotten about them as well. The more astonishing thing is that Fianna Fáil hook, line and sinker, all like nodding wee dogs, is going along with the Fine Gael agenda.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Incredible. Who would have thought, but there you go. I will tell the Taoiseach what workers want. They do not want to listen to his bluster. They want to be able to pay their bills. They want to be able to feed their children. They want to be able to run their homes. Erika wants to have a second child, but that is not on the cards. Erika and her family do not want to be forced out...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have some very witty Members on the Labour Party benches urging Deputy Healy-Rae to talk to his brother. The big insurance rip-off continues. VHI customers will be hit with an increase today, quickly followed by Laya Healthcare and Irish Life Health in the coming days. The latest health insurance hike will see some families paying an extra €600 on their premiums. People now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, responsibility for the state of play.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not responsible for the Minister’s incompetence. That is on him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has a big problem with wasting public money. Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach that taxpayers will stump up €100,000 for another bicycle shed and the never-ending catalogue of waste on the watch of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Government is pouring millions of euro in people's hard-earned money down the drain. The Comptroller and Auditor General's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Minister two questions. Does the Government take responsibility for the scandalous waste and lack of accountability and proper management I have set out? By way of response, the Minister reached for everyone else bar the Government. He should attribute this waste to those who are in the accommodation. That is simply not an accurate reflection. That is not what the...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo. I thank Deputy Quaide and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. In reality, there should not be need for this debate today. It is absolutely beyond argument that the carer's means test is unfair and disrespectful. As my colleague set out, it is actually demeaning. It needs to be scrapped. Two days before the general election was...

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On that note, will the Government meet with the families to set out specifically what it is doing?

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Mac Lochlainn. First I want to extend a welcome to the families and supporters of many of those who are on the flotilla. What we are witnessing is not a war. For 24 months, Israel has inflicted a barbaric genocidal attack against the impoverished, besieged people of Gaza. Netanyahu’s brutal military machine, funded, armed and supported by the United...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [49936/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [46218/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the issue of Government waste. The Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report was published today and it makes for pretty damning reading in terms of lack of due diligence in the awarding of IPAS contracts. It confirms a concern that we have had for quite some time in relation to profiteering and lack of accountability in the awarding of IPAS contracts, lack of due...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to know how the Taoiseach stands over this. It has happened on his watch.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. We are saying that a bike shed should not cost €335,000, nor should it cost €100,000. How is that? That is what we are saying. The Taoiseach may smirk if he wishes but the reality is his Government's track record in terms of wastage of public money is absolutely incredible. The Taoiseach's performance there and attempt at a smart-alecky narrative is probably the reason....