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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality will next meet. [61817/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, GREVIO, which is tasked with monitoring signatory states' implementation of the Istanbul Convention, is meeting with Irish stakeholders this week. In its submission to GREVIO, the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, has called for the urgent implementation of multi-agency domestic homicide...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is contested.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked how many cases there are, as of today, that are still live.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is contested too.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure people will have heard very clearly that not alone had the Taoiseach been briefed on and overseen the legal strategy to frustrate those who had been illegally charged in getting their money back but that, in fact, he supports that strategy, and I assume that stands for his colleague, the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris. It needs to be said that neither the Ombudsman or the Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: There was no legal entitlement to charge.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: In fact the Taoiseach acted in bad faith, as did his colleagues, his predecessors and, it seems, his successors. The Taoiseach has confirmed to the House that he was wrong yesterday; that he knew about this strategy and that he had been briefed. Can he confirm that other members of the Government - the Ministers, Deputies Simon Harris and Helen McEntee, and the Tánaiste, Deputy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: For more than 30 years, the State and successive governments have ripped off hundreds and thousands of elderly citizens and their families by unlawfully charging them for nursing home care. Despite consistent, repeated legal advice that those charges were illegal, the Government continued to force vulnerable people to pay up. This created real financial hardship and pushed many into poverty...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 300. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for an organisation (details supplied) to travel to a competition. [4271/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates on which his officials engaged in preliminary discussions on a possible compensation scheme for Moore Street traders; and what other public and private bodies or organisations were represented at those discussion. [4734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020. [4033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are available to a person (details supplied) when their stamp 1 visa expires. [4319/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (31 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 805. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a community centre (details supplied) did not receive capital investment. [3969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (26 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concluded his consideration of the air connectivity review, which is a commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement, and includes the Dublin-Derry route; the progress he has made in the reopening of the Dublin-Derry route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3891/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education submitted its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools in December 2022; and when she will publish this advice. [3888/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit of his Department. [61815/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [60870/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Coillte's proposed joint venture with a British investment fund must be stopped. The Taoiseach has stated that the Coillte deal was not the Government's preferred model. Of course, the Taoiseach has been aware since 2021 that Coillte was exploring such a joint venture. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Charlie McConalogue, confirmed that on 2 June 2022 a shareholder...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Precisely.