Results 921-940 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have an epidemic of domestic violence. This morning, Women's Aid reports that last year it received its highest level of domestic abuse disclosures in its 50-year history. The figures cited in the organisation’s impact report are frightening, with more than 40,000 disclosures of abuse against women and children made in 2023. That is a jump of 18% on the previous year. Reports of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the proposed national centre for research and remembrance to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown for funding provided to community training centres in the constituency of Dublin central for the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [26241/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown for funding provided to the Youthreach centres in the constituency of Dublin central for the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [26242/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Middle East (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 14. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent phone conversation with the Israeli President. [25301/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [23663/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the issue of the stadium at Casement Park in Belfast. As the Taoiseach will know, this is a flagship Executive project. Indeed, it is a key and a joint commitment, not just among the parties of the Executive but between Dublin and London as well. The Taoiseach will also be aware that the opportunity to be part of hosting the Euro 2028 was cited as a further incentive to get...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: At the end of February, on Leaders' Questions, I raised the case of Maggie, a ten-year-old child in desperate need of mental health support. Maggie has endured cancer and suffers from depression, anxiety and self-injurious behaviour. She is in very serious distress and does not leave the house except to go to school. Maggie was on an urgent list for over a year before getting a CAMHS...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the Road Safety Authority, RSA, wrote to the Taoiseach last March asking for increased funding and detailing a number of projects that have stalled due to a shortfall. That has been reported in the media. It seems the authority also informed the Taoiseach that the Government would have to plug the gap or allow the authority to increase the cost of the national car test, NCT, by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I described Jack's position and situation to the Taoiseach. His mother wrote to The Irish Times in May outlining the position, which has not changed since then. He cannot access summer provision. Far from making a political football of anything, this mother and family are appealing for change and for urgent action in order that Jack can access the support and service he needs in the course...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I invite the Taoiseach to respond directly to her and, by extension, to Jack.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Parents of children with special needs face a constant battle with the State to get their children the education services to which they are entitled. As we speak, many parents are once again beginning their annual fight to secure appropriate school places for their children from September. This pressure is exacerbated every year as they also struggle to secure summer provision places for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Ceremonies (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 528.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be invited to attend their citizenship ceremony. [24770/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 672.To ask the Minister for Health to confirm that the operational funding for the critical and much-needed development (details supplied) for adults who find themselves with complex needs and who want to transition out of homelessness, as committed to by Cabinet in February 2019 supported by the Taoiseach himself as Minister for Health, and agreed to by the Departments of Housing and Health,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach what level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force. [22484/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will endeavour to do so. I want to raise an important issue that affects hundreds of former Waterford Crystal workers, some of whom join us in the Gallery. It is a group that has campaigned on this matter for years. The workers said Waterford Crystal Limited failed to properly inform them of their pension options when they were taking redundancy. This left them without an occupational...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The report makes absolutely clear that half of households, both parents and children, struggle, go without and worry.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the upshot of the Barnardos report. It is an echo of Social Justice Ireland, which equally recorded those stresses and strains. Insulting me does not take from that reality. I have put to the Taoiseach that he has made and stated his intention that he wishes to tackle the cost of living. He has made quite a production around this. That is good and he should do that. I am saying...