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United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: It would be wrong to consider Brexit in isolation from the broad political context of a very aggressive pursuit of the European integration project over past decades. Dissatisfaction and disaffection with the European Union is not a new phenomenon nor is it a uniquely British or English phenomenon. The rejection of EU treaties by those of us who have a vote in referendums in the cases of...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask about the misuse of drugs (amendment) (No. 2) Bill, which provides for the establishment of supervised injection facilities. Will the Tánaiste give a precise timeline on when we will deal with the legislation? The heads were approved in January 2015 and there is a fear and suspicion that there is an undue delay in dealing with the issue. Could we have reassurance today that the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: What I know is that last month almost 4,000 people across the State were in emergency accommodation. I know and the Tánaiste knows that this includes more than 1,000 families and more than 2,000 children. What we now know is that we have a crisis in the crisis management of homelessness. It is not simply that families are in emergency accommodation, which is scandalous in itself, but...

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also wish to acknowledge the boys in green and to congratulate them and the management on their historic victory. I also wish to recognise the fans, the girls and boys in green on the terraces. Is it not something that two Irish teams have now qualified for the final 16? Let us imagine what we will achieve when we have a single Irish soccer team.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have no doubt that we will run rings around them all and win all around us.

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the issue of homelessness with the Tánaiste by telling her about Áine. She is an 18-year-old young woman and on Tuesday of this week, she presented as homeless to her local council, together with her partner and their four-month-old infant daughter. The council refused to accept she genuinely was in need of emergency accommodation and she was turned away. At 4.30...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle the extraordinary hike in car insurance premiums following the Private Members' business motion on this issue last week. [17002/16]

Order of Business (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also join in extending condolences to and expressing ongoing solidarity with the families of the Berkeley victims and their wider circles. I want to ask the Tánaiste about the consolidated domestic violence legislation. Yesterday she participated in the launch of the report of Women's Aid which set out the latest round of absolutely horrifying statistics. She and I both know that...

Order of Business (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have done it now.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Therefore, he will annul it.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course, Fianna Fáil is correct to identify it as both a legacy issue and a contemporary issue of Government incompetence. It should, however, be pointed out to Fianna Fáil that it is the facilitator of this incompetence in government. But for its support, this incompetent crew would not be in a position to continue their incompetent governance.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last January the then Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, at the stroke of a ministerial pen, introduced Statutory Instrument No. 24. He said at the time that this would mean that 90% of families and households would pay less to have their bin collected. Roll on a number of months and the truth emerges, with great panic, as the Tánaiste has acknowledged. It now transpires that up to 90% of...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should today sign a new statutory instrument to remove this regulation which is going to cause so much hardship for families. The Tánaiste should dispense with the tea and sympathy and tell me whether the Minister will today or early next week sign a new statutory instrument to remove this threat of daylight robbery on the part of bin collectors of ordinary decent citizens.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste is dancing on the head of a pin when she says it is not the fault of the regulations but of crafty companies which are availing of the legislation in place. She should not waste our time with that nonsense. There are two options. Either the Minister acts to bring forward a new regulation which he is perfectly capable of doing - it is our view in Sinn Féin that he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 215. To ask the Minister for Health why the National Treatment Purchase Fund has reduced funding to a care home (details supplied); and if he is aware that the care home is passing this cost on to its residents. [16474/16]

Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: For how many years did we have to wait for it?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (14 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress and completion date of the Luas cross-city project; and when it will come into operation. [15619/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities on public transport services; and the resources he will put in place to provide for these improvements. [15620/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (14 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has carried out a feasibility study into developing a heritage greenway along the River Boyne linking the heritage sites of Trim Castle, Bective Abbey, Tara, Donaghmore Round Tower, Slane Castle, Slane Hill, Newgrange, the Battle of the Boyne site and Drogheda. [13266/16]

Order of Business (9 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: There was some discussion earlier about the north inner city. In that regard and, more broadly, in respect of the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill and prescription medicines, will the Minister confirm to the Dáil that this legislation will be taken and will proceed through the Dáil before it rises for the summer recess? That certainly would give heart to the people in the north...