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Ceisteanna - Questions: Gender Equality (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to add to that contribution in the same vein. The Minister for Justice commissioned an independent study into familicide and domestic homicide almost four years ago. The fair procedure strand of that process was concluded before the study was submitted to the Minister last summer but the report is still on the desk unpublished. The programme for Government, as the Taoiseach knows,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with church leaders. [12442/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What engagement has been had with church leaders on their respective contributions to the mother and baby homes redress scheme? What progress has been made on this matter? Laura Murphy, the daughter of a mother and baby home survivor, penned an open letter to the Taoiseach, which was published online yesterday. In her letter she called on him to ensure that the Catholic Church...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Extend the eviction ban.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where do they go?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: This afternoon, the Dáil will vote on the Government's decision to lift the eviction ban in nine days' time. Every Deputy has a clear choice to make: to back a Government decision that will escalate the unprecedented housing emergency or to protect working families, single people and pensioners who, because of this decision, will lose the roof over their heads. I ask the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's Government came to office telling us that it was the Government that would sort out housing, but nothing changed; in fact, matters worsened. Deputy Varadkar came into office as Taoiseach last December. He said he would be the Taoiseach to sort this out, but nothing changed; in fact, matters worsened. There is no urgency and no ambition, only dithering and failure. However,...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why are you getting rid of the ban then?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: You are evicting people.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: We do not have to.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister really?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can the Minister inform them of where they should go when they lose their home?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is ensuring that they are homeless. Well done.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where are they going to go?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Where are they going to go?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is rubbish.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [11070/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Strategies (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The well-being framework tells us that the number of people experiencing discrimination in Ireland is rising. It is important to acknowledge this reality today as we mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Analysis commissioned by the Higher Education Authority, HEA, in 2021 found that more than a third of minority ethnic third level staff were subjected to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Friends of the Earth research has established serious problems with the Government's retrofitting and energy efficiency programmes, which include waiting lists of up to three years for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's free home energy upgrades for lower income households. According to the report, "Government policy on energy poverty is lacking in scale and ambition, with a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Meetings (21 Mar 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [10768/23]