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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We in Sinn Féin introduced legislation on that years ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. The Taoiseach does not want to answer. He will not stand over his own proposal. Fine.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: And an enhanced pension at 70.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. I have described it accurately.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: All of the anxiety that has been caused on this issue has been caused by the Taoiseach and people of his ilk who had plans, bear in mind, to ratchet the pension age up to 67, 68 and beyond. The Taoiseach cited all sorts of reasons and rationale for doing that. Our position has been and remains consistent that the appropriate and fair age to be given the choice to retire with one's pension...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----ratchet the pension age up to 70, and that is simply wrong. I am not one bit ageist. For sure, there are those who will wish to work beyond the age of 65 and they must be facilitated in that. More power to them. However, we live in the real world, gentlemen and ladies, and we live in a world where people who have worked from a young age in very physical jobs simply are not able and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Workers across the country will be deeply alarmed and angered by the Government's latest plan for the State pension. Let us call this what it is: a Trojan horse designed by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to move the pension age to 70 by stealth. The cat is out of the bag. The Government wants people to work until the age of 70. I suppose...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will publish the review of the implementation of the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty which he stated would be completed over the 2022 summer recess. [45449/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the publication date for the Heads of the Local Government (Maternity Protection for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 that provides maternity leave for local authority-elected members. [46045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 398. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has reached an agreement with the relevant religious orders on contributing towards redress for survivors of mother and baby homes. [45472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in implementing each of the seventeen recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection Proposals for a State Response to Illegal Birth Registration in Ireland in tabular form. [45483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates on which he has met with the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. [45524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 401. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions, submitted in December 2018. [45525/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 402. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he consulted with the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and Baby Homes and Related Institutions prior to or following his announcement last year of his intention to appoint a human rights legal expert to review the evidence given to the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (20 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 403. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts that his Department has made to identify the burial places of approximately 850 children known to have died in Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork but the locations of their remains are unknown. [45527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current average driving test wait period in all test centres in tabular form; and if he is satisfied with the variation and length of wait times. [45287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (15 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 311. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Disability have met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the ongoing delays in assessment of needs for the children of its members. [45352/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach knows, the ECB has hiked mortgage interest rates by a record margin. It does so at a time when Central Statistics Office, CSO, data released today show house prices soaring above Celtic tiger levels. There are increases of 10.4% in Dublin and of more than 15% outside the capital. I would like to know what action the Government is going to take in response. In terms of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not for the first time but once again, the Taoiseach is totally and utterly wrong in his response here. Our proposal is about helping families. It is about providing certainty so they can get through what will be very difficult winter months. Our proposals are time limited. Interventions at European level are, of course, necessary and welcome, but they should not be used again as an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: So may the Taoiseach.