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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: We can recommend it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the back of this piece of correspondence, and in anticipation of our discussion on our programme of work, I would like to make the following point. The terms of reference for this new investigation into the University of Limerick, UL, have been set out. I think that we, as a committee, should have the Department come before us to put it through its paces with regard to the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last February, Mr. Kieran Mulvey reported to the Government on the north east inner city and bringing about what was termed in the report's title as "a brighter future". That was launched and agreed. Since that time, there has been a really disappointing level of inactivity in terms of implementing those recommendations and establishing viable and meaningful local structures to bring the...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister's recipe for incremental and gradual progress meant that the children of Gaelscoil Bharra in Cabra West had to wait for 20 long years to be educated in a proper school building.

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the incremental, step-by-step, steady, easy as you go, "do not get notions that one should be educated in a proper building" progress delivered to the people by Fine Gael and, in fairness, advocated by its sidekicks in Fianna Fáil. Some 5,720 children in crisis have had no social worker allocated to them; while 91,000 households are on waiting lists. I could recite the...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Should the new leader and the person who wishes to be Taoiseach call a general election?

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, announced his resignation as leader of Fine Gael. I take this opportunity to wish Deputy Kenny, his wife Fionnuala and their family the very best for the future. No doubt the Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and his colleagues will extoll the virtues of Deputy Kenny as leader of Fine Gael, and that is of course their prerogative, but the truth is...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: During last year's general election campaign, Deputy Kenny told the Irish people that they had to make a direct choice between stability and chaos. He was right, and Fine Gael has delivered chaos in spades. The reality is that he came to office in a time of crisis, and he leaves office at a time of crisis. There is a paralysis in the Irish body politic. It is a paralysis by design,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (17 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 168. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied to the Dublin central rents unit who have been refused rent supplement and instructed to apply for the housing assistance scheme since 1 January 2017. [23517/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Safety (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the fire and evacuation procedures and policies in place in Dublin Castle, the State apartments, conference centre and castle hall; the length of time they have been in place; the procedures and policies in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22824/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Safety (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of fire drills carried out for each year from 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in Dublin Castle, the State apartments, the conference centre and castle hall in tabular form; the nature of the fire drills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22825/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Safety (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff trained in fire evacuation procedures in Dublin Castle, the State apartments, the conference centre and castle hall for each of the years 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22826/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Safety (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 314. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of fire safety inspections that have been carried out in Dublin Castle, the State apartments, conference centre and castle hall; the number of fire regulation breaches which have been identified for each year from 2000 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the nature of the fire regulation breach; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fire Safety (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of fire evacuation exit routes that conform with fire regulation standards in Dublin Castle, the State apartments, conference centre and castle hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses in the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23065/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the policy or procedures in place in the accident and emergency department of the Mater hospital when an adult, adolescent or child, respectively, presents with suicidal ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23066/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (16 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the psychiatric and mental health services and facilities currently available at the Mater hospital; the number of consultants, specialists and nurses working in these services and facilities; the role of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23067/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: We will see what we can do. Yesterday, the Taoiseach indicated the Tánaiste would be more than happy, in fact delighted it seems, to come before the House and make a statement on the matters surrounding Templemore and some of the issues we touched on during Leaders' Questions. He also indicated the Tánaiste would be quite happy to take questions in that regard. I want to know...

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste is correct and those provisions enable her to act.

Leaders' Questions (11 May 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste is failing in that.