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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Aontaím leis an Taoiseach gur olc an scéal é gan dabht. Cén plean atá ag an Rialtas? Tá sé soiléir nach bhfuil an plean ceart aige. Dithering in the face of all this is not a sufficient response from the Government. I could write a lengthy thesis on the underlying causes of crime - the poverty, the lack of investment and the lack of opportunity. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Dublin city centre is no longer safe. That is a statement of reality. People who live, work and visit our capital city have been robbed of their sense of safety and this has been the case for some time. Ask anyone who walks through the city centre and they will tell you they do so either with their heads down or looking over their shoulder. Those who live in the inner city could write the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will meet next. [2679/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the Taoiseach will ram through his legislation for the highest number of super junior and junior Ministers in the history of the State. I refer to the jobs-for-the-boys-and-girls Bill that will give rise to bumper top-ups in salaries and expenses for all involved, including a pay hike of €45,000, additional expenses of €32,000 and salaries of €200,000 for super...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let me assure the Taoiseach that I pay the very closest attention to the experiences of the hundreds of thousands of people who live in rental properties. I pay particular attention to those who are literally ripped off month in and month out and really struggle to meet their rent. I pay more attention again to those who have lost their homes because they simply could not make the rent or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Nowhere in his pronouncements has there been any concern for renters-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----or control of rent. The Government ought to cut rents and freeze them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will not do that. Instead it proposes to remove the single protection renters are currently afforded.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is actually. The Taoiseach took advantage, perhaps, of the Ceann Comhairle not following.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: He accused me. He called me a liar.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tá mé ag insint na fírinne. He said it trí Ghaeilge and I would like him to remove it from the record.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Níl aon deacracht ann.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The coalition the Taoiseach leads was put together on the back of a grubby deal with Deputy Michael Lowry and his group of Independents. Since then, he and Simon Harris, the Tánaiste, have been found out for misleading the public on housing delivery figures during the election campaign. Now, he announces he will remove rent pressure zones in order to encourage private investment in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 55. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Children and Education and Disability will meet next. [2682/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (12 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 56. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [2683/25]

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: We can tut-tut if we want to.

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: You should have set out your rationale.