Results 941-960 of 21,096 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I absolutely agree with the Taoiseach that nobody should jump to conclusions. What I am asking him to do, and this is a necessary precursor to getting the terms of reference for the review right, is simply to establish, as a matter of fact, whether a meeting or meetings occurred involving clinicians, and also the head of Children's Health Ireland, CHI, in which these experimental surgical...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. The shocking revelations regarding paediatric surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital have been met with huge anger and disbelief. It is hard to wrap one's head around the pain and damage experienced by the children and families affected, with 19 vulnerable children harmed, traumatised, in what was a catastrophic, unfathomable breach of care...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That was a pathetic answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: On 1 September, the Government increased the price of petrol and diesel by 7 cent and 5 cent per litre, respectively. As the Taoiseach knows, we are in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis. In that regard, it makes no sense and flies in the face of any semblance of fairness to go ahead with the increases the Government has proposed for 11 and 31 October. If they go ahead, the Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to see the Government fund the sector.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is this questions to the Opposition?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for that response. Notwithstanding that this is a minority-led dispute, as he says, I am sure he will accept that those concerned do in many ways speak for the entirety of the sector, certainly for an awful lot of families, who still experience childcare costs that are too high or who in many instances experience a complete lack of availability of childcare places....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning many crèches across the country closed their doors for three days due to frustration with Government policy. As we speak, and as the Taoiseach knows, providers are now protesting at the gates of the Dáil. Of course, the big losers in this situation are thousands of families who will experience significant disruption this week - parents left in the lurch, seeking...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government increased the price of petrol and diesel on 1 September. People can see the consequences of that at the pumps. Incredibly, the Government proposes to increase fuel prices even further, with a double whammy on 11 October and 31 October. Fuel prices, as a consequence, will hit close to €2 per litre. I do not know how the Government expects hard-pressed families that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister's rhetoric and his bluff on the issue of housing convinces precisely nobody. The idea that he would rate the Government's performance on housing as a reflection of housing being its number one priority is truly terrifying if that is the Minister's idea of the Government's best shot at sorting out a crisis that has now been with us for many years. The targets are wrong to begin...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I also wish Barry the very best in his tasks and duties. As the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment knows, workers and families continue to struggle with an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis and households remain under huge pressure, with massive energy bills, grocery bills and fuel prices increasing once again. At the centre of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Constitutional Amendments (12 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [32201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (12 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 242. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the north inner city drug and alcohol task force consultation report; the reasons for not providing the task force members with a copy of the completed report; and when he will re-establish the taskforce. [34462/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [30736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 104. To ask the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 2 of 2023 on the website of his Department. [33974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 9 May 2023, the reason for the delay in publishing the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022 due at the end of Q2 as set out in the Justice Plan 2023. [34330/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [30735/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (5 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north-east inner city. [30734/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [32199/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Communications (4 Jul 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the State apologies issued by taoisigh since 2013. [32197/23]