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Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has become standard practice in this Dáil that week after week Ministers traipse in here to cry crocodile tears for struggling families across the State. Strangely, it never seems to dawn on those same Ministers or, indeed, their cheerleaders on the backbenches that they are responsible for the hardships families endure. Taxing the family home is a deeply unfair measure. One in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): International Summits (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach correctly pointed out that County Fermanagh is a very beautiful part of the country and that it is undoubtedly well deserving of international attention. The Taoiseach pointed out that the summit is an opportunity to advertise the county and the surrounding areas. Fermanagh will be showcased, and accommodation in the surrounding districts, including Donegal and Cavan, will be...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has not been considered thus far.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: When?

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: This matter has been raised for years.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Following the publication of the McAleese report last February, Mr. Justice Quirke was asked by the Government to report back within three months on a proposal for a redress and compensation scheme for the women of the Magdalen laundries. I understand this report was received by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence last month but has not yet been published.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Media reports and leaks over the weekend suggested that Mr. Justice Quirke recommended the setting up of a reconciliation forum between the women and their former abusers. This suggestion has caused great upset among many survivors who have been in contact with me in recent days. The Taoiseach is well aware that these women have waited for many years for recognition and vindication. They...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about Bethany Home?

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are all aware that Bethany Home is a different scenario from the Magdalen laundries because it was a mother and baby home but they share one core similarity and that is the ongoing delay by Government in delivering justice to the survivors and victims. I cannot understand how the Taoiseach can stand up here and say that the Minister is still considering, cogitating and pondering Bethany...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Which the Government now has.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 342. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the new National Lottery draft licence. [27572/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 343. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the monetary amount that would be provided to good causes under the new National Lottery draft licence contractual obligations based on the 2012 National Lottery sales figures. [27573/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 344. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform based on the 2012 National Lottery's gross sales figure, if the monetary amount provided to good causes under the new draft lottery licence will be greater or less than the amount paid in 2012 under the current licence arrangements. [27574/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Conventions (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 723. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the scale and prevalence of domestic abuse here, if he will sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence on behalf of the State before Ireland’s EU Presidency concludes; his views on the fact that Ireland remains one of the minority number of countries who have thus far...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 725. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the Magdalen Fund to surviving women of the former Sisters of Mercy Laundry in Clifden, County Galway. [27464/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 896. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered providing IVF treatment funded and delivered by the public health system. [27266/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 899. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair that women requiring IFV treatment when no other treatment is likely to be effective in assisting human reproduction can only avail of such treatment through the private health service [27269/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Data (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 897. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women here that received IVF treatment in 2012. [27267/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 898. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the Exchequer for the provision of IVF treatment to suitable candidates through the public health system. [27268/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (11 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 901. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reversing the decision of the National Centre for Pharmaeconomics decision to cease providing Pirfenidone to patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. [27275/13]