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- Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Private Residential Tenancies Board has confirmed that the cost of renting continues to spiral out of control. At the end of May, the average cost of renting a home in Dublin was €1,454 per month, which is a staggering €17,500 per year. That is higher than the highest point reached in 2007. Outside Dublin, while rents are below the 2007 peak, they are still rising. I...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is correct that it is no secret that there is a crisis in housing. It is equally no secret that this is a Government-made crisis. It is also no secret that it took a considerable amount of time for the Government to catch up and recognise the scale of the crisis. It is no surprise that the Minister has not answered my questions, so I will put them again. Will the action...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Facilities Provision (9 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will restore the goalposts on the Dublin County Board's camogie pitches in the Phoenix Park in County Dublin; and if he will ensure that they are installed for the summer matches. [15081/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (9 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the evaluation that formed the basis for selecting the Connolly Hospital site for the replacement of the Rotunda Hospital in County Dublin. [15087/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (9 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 123. To ask the Minister for Health if he has established a plan for the Rotunda building in Dublin 1, once the services have been transferred to the new site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15088/16]
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has jurisdiction over NAMA.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is responsible for NAMA.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current average waiting time for the processing of passports, that is, for the processing of renewal applications, first passport applications, applications for replacements of lost, stolen or damaged passports, northern passport express applications or other types of passport applications; if there is a delay longer than the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14615/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (8 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient psychiatric beds, including child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds; the number of these that are operational; and how this compares to the European average. [15057/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (1 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to update Dáil Éireann on the progress of Culture 2025. [13267/16]
- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have absolutely no interest in being privy to the inner workings of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party. However, if this is to be decided by the business committee-----
- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
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- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
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- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the Taoiseach indicated that a briefing would be provided for other political leaders in respect of the Tánaiste's meeting with the Garda Commissioner. Can she please indicate when that meeting is scheduled to occur? Can she also give us a sense of the proposed terms of reference, or even the process she envisages, for establishing a task force for the north inner city?...
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: For the delicate and gentle souls on the Fine Gael benches, I want to place on the record that I have impeccable manners, since good manners are now a concern for this brigade. What have we learned in the course of this debate? The stand out lesson is that Fianna Fáil is on the wrong side of the Chamber. It seems that despite all the talk about new politics, there is a constant in...
- Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I acknowledge and welcome in the Visitors' Gallery the families and campaigners for Justice for the Forgotten. They are most welcome here again. I pay tribute to their great work and their tenaciousness in pursuing truth over these long years. Any progress that has been made in the search for justice is due largely if not exclusively to their efforts. They are to be commended on that. ...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: It has created increased stress and distress in the community and it serves absolutely no useful purpose. I ask the Taoiseach to join me in that appeal. Mr. Victor Stevenson, a man who campaigned long and hard on behalf of the survivors of the Bethany Home and the Westbank orphanage, has died very suddenly and he will be laid to rest tomorrow. Sadly, Victor died without having seen...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I know that.