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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Answer the question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Make a commitment. You are an absolute disgrace. Insulting me is not an answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: You consistently do it. You come in here and insult me and call me untruthful, and you do not answer your questions. Do your job.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Speaking on radio last Sunday, the Taoiseach gave an assurance that nobody would be disconnected from electricity supply this winter. He said: In an energy crisis of this kind we cannot have disconnections. We are very clear about that. This is very welcome news, as people are now under severe pressure. The energy credits announced in the budget are already being gobbled up. From...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [48034/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever about a change in tone from the British Administration, which of course is welcome after six years of Brexit uncertainty and two years of threats to break international law, what intervention will the Government undertake in respect of the protocol legislation? It was championed in the first instance by Liz Truss and I understand it is to go to a second reading in the House of Lords...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent discussions with the British Prime Minister. [48036/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment will next meet. [43924/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: A recent national port study published by Wind Energy Ireland found that Belfast Harbour is the only port on the island ready to construct offshore wind farms. The sector has repeatedly warned the Government that it cannot build 7 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 from a single port. The opportunity that renewable energy affords our island in terms energy security, affordability and job...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [43923/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The annual Education at a Glance report published by the OECD found that Ireland's investment in education as a percentage of GDP is ranked lowest in the OECD. That is the reality. As regards the teaching unions, the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, ASTI, has warned that schools are in urgent need of a significant increase in funding. Similarly, the Teachers Union of Ireland,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have a serious mental health crisis in Ireland. Communities and families are crying out for help. Front-line services and voluntary organisations are crying out for support. It is not an exaggeration to say that we face into a tsunami in mental health need, not least because of the pandemic. We know that children and young people are left waiting for far too long for mental healthcare....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to revisit this before the finance Bill comes before the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: With pleasure, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I welcome our visitors from Ballyhaunis Community School. Fáilte isteach gach duine. The Taoiseach would be more Animal Farm than 1984, some being more equal than others and none more unequally treated than that generation I have described to him who are locked out of home ownership, and well he knows it. Yes, industry has to pay. By the way,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to scrap the Government's concrete block levy. The proposal is flawed and will make the housing crisis even worse. The Taoiseach says the levy is to ensure that industry contributes to redress schemes for defective blocks and pyrite. However, the reality is that this is not a levy on the industry at all. The Government's scheme is really a levy on those desperately...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new National Strategy for Women and Girls for 2022 to 2025 will be published. [47944/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the study commissioned by his Department to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, which includes the National Strategy for Women and Girls and the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. [47945/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that he has made in his discussions with the Catholic Church and the Church of Ireland regarding contributing towards the mother and baby home redress scheme. [47947/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Freedom of Information (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to his Department’s failure to respond in-part and in-whole to the freedom-of-information requests of a person (details supplied), some of which date back to September 2020; and if this delay meets his Department’s commitment to promote transparency in its...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (4 Oct 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the core and additional budget allocated to her Department for 2023 to deliver a five-year programme of reform to address service demand and support the establishment of a new statutory agency for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, in tabular form. [48175/22]