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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the President of the United States. [18061/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. As we speak, people protest at the gates calling on the Government to ratify and implement the optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. The Government signed the convention five years ago but despite commitments made, it has still not ratified the optional protocol. This protocol is crucial for people with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach was castigating them for not-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The one thing that is absolutely clear is that the Government's failure to rise to the housing emergency is having real and devastating consequences for people's lives. The figures published reflect the fact that the Government missed its target on affordable housing by almost 60%. If the Taoiseach counts that as an achievement, or if he regards that as an acceptable level of performance,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach again to accept that this disaster is looming for these families and do the only quick thing he can do, which is to reinstate the eviction ban and, for God's sake, buy the time the Government clearly needs to get this right and protect these families.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The following are the words of Arklow teacher, Aoife Ni Chéileachair, who told her heartbreaking story to the media: I am going to be evicted at the start of the last week of term. It's gotten to the point that I may not be able to take my job up next September because I have nowhere to live in the vicinity. In a few short weeks, she faces eviction from the home she has rented for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concluded his consideration of the Derry City Airport’s economic assessment and supporting materials for a Dublin/Derry air route submitted to his Department in December 2022; the progress he has made in delivering on the air connectivity review commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement since taking up...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 434. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the guidelines or criteria that determine allocation and the allocation process of OPW lodges in the Phoenix Park for rental purposes. [16595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 435. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm how many persons are on the waiting list for OPW lodges in the Phoenix Park. [16596/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 436. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to confirm how many vacant OPW lodges there are in the OPW; and when they will be due to be allocated. [16597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school (details supplied) build project will now proceed to construction. [18003/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 852. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the €121.3 million funding for Dublin’s north inner city announced in 2021. [18002/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1422. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated by his Department for 2023 to the National Treatment Purchase Fund to provide for the scheme to provide autism assessments for children. [16659/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (30 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 21 March 2023, if he will confirm that he has submitted the business case and consent request to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform as required regarding a company's (details supplied) approved pension increase as submitted to him in July 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has published the National Council for Special Education policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools submitted to her Department on 12 January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15977/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1122 of 18 January 2023, the new incident types and related offences under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 were configured and deployed to PULSE on 7 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15846/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Departmental Properties (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [12443/23]

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Cabinet Committees (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12972/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The independent review into violence and harassment in the Defence Forces published shocking findings yesterday, for example, that women were barely tolerated and many were subjected to harassment, bullying and assault, including rape. Decades on from some of these incidents, the devastating effects for women are still felt. We all agree that brave women who join our Defence Forces to serve...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could the Taoiseach stop forcing people into homelessness? That is more in his line.