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

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Taoiseach is aware the Government's survivor consultation, which was extensive, reported there were numerous and many harms and human rights violations identified in respect of which reparation is needed. However, the consultation recorded the primary harm was the loss of the mother-child bond and the relationship. The primary damage was done by separation, yet, in an...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: It is arbitrary.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: And none of that justifies excluding them from redress.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Wow.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: And none of that justifies excluding people from redress.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: It is heartless, it is cruel and it is disgraceful.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the Government wants to pass through the Dáil legislation establishing the mother and baby homes redress scheme, this despite the fact the scheme shamefully excludes children who spent less than six months in a mother and baby institution or a county home. As a consequence, 24,000 survivors will be left behind by the Government’s proposed scheme. It is scandalous that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [5648/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's strategy statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [5647/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the annual report of his Department for 2022 will be published. [6847/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [8116/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The cost-of-living package does not envisage any additional relief or support in terms of energy costs. I note that Pinergy has announced a 7.1% cut in its electricity prices. We know wholesale prices have dropped considerably. We also know companies are not passing on this reduction to their customers. What does the Taoiseach propose to do in this situation? Has he had contact with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed. We saw another attack last night on the Garda Síochána. One officer has been hospitalised and we wish that officer a speedy recovery. It is now very clear we do not have the Garda resource required throughout the State to keep communities and citizens safe. I would go so far as to say that, increasingly, people feel very unsafe in their homes, on their...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It beggars belief that the Government would produce a package that completely ignores the fact that rents are still out of control. Rents should not be rising by even a percentage point; they need to come down. That is not going to happen automatically; it will require the Government to take action. In the context of people paying mortgages, some of whom have been thrown to the wolves - or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I again ask the Taoiseach to include renters and mortgage holders in this package and to add to the measures he has announced today. I ask him to give relief to renters, mortgage holders and, in particular, those who now fear that as the eviction ban comes to an end, they may lose the roof over their heads.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: What are people paying in Castleknock? They are paying €4,000 in Cabra.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has now signed off on its cost-of-living package. Sinn Féin has argued strongly for a spring bonus and we welcome these additional support payments to protect vulnerable people. High energy costs, food prices and increases to come in fuel costs will mean workers and families will remain under pressure. For the life of me, I cannot understand how the three men leading...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will conclude his consideration of a company’s (details supplied) approved pension increase submitted to him in July 2022. [8152/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (21 Feb 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include private nursing homes in the schedule of bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [8081/23]