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Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government will instead wait for 12 weeks before intervening. Ministers are quick to homilise and to tell those of us in opposition that we do not have a monopoly on empathy for people who are suffering.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with that, but a government does not get to stop at empathy. The Government does not get to empathise and then do nothing for people who are overwhelmed by a cost-of-living crisis, the likes of which we have not seen since the 1980s. It is the responsibility of Government to act because empathy without help or action is pity. Workers and families do not want the pity of Government;...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I speak directly to the Independent Deputies whose support keeps this week an ineffective Government in power. We have all had ringside seats to witness the repeated incompetence of this coalition. These parties have failed the people of the Independent Deputies' constituencies and all they get from them are shrugs of the shoulders, excuses, alibis and heckling - they are good at that. Let...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: With their eyes wide open, that is the question each of the Independent Deputies will answer with his or her vote today.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Two years ago, people voted for change in massive numbers.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: They voted for a new direction, for a fresh start and for a better future. Workers and families backed Sinn Féin and others who promised change-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a 15-minute slot. Sinn Féin tabled its motion of no confidence in the Government opposite because we believe that change is needed now more than ever. The Government in those benches is out of touch, clearly out of ideas and now out of time - a Government that is unravelling before our very eyes, which has lost the support of the people, if indeed it ever had it. Last week it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: As was recognised at the World Economic Forum, the world is facing an unprecedented energy crisis. In reality, we have yet to experience the full impact of Russia's entrenched aggression against Ukraine on Europe's energy supply. Collectively, we face a massive challenge to counter climate change, forge a new path in energy production and secure a cleaner future for our island. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum. [29327/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [25802/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth first contacted the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach seeking an investigation into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation report in January 2021. We have subsequently raised the outcome of this investigation on a number of occasions but to no avail. The...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We could all meet on Bere Island.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the economic policy unit of his Department. [24326/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: The horrific outcomes of sub-standard Celtic-tiger building practices and the widespread use of blocks and backfill with deleterious materials such as pyrite, mica and pyrrhotite remain with us today. Last week, we witnessed in the Chamber the heartbreak and devastation of families let down by the Government's substandard defective blocks legislation, but today I want to raise the issue of a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. Well, any answer, whether in 30 seconds or two seconds, would be great.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have raised with the Taoiseach many times the real stress on families now with the costs of getting children back to school in September. I have also acknowledged that it is welcome that the back to school allowance has been increased by €100. We also ask that this allowance be extended. Many middle-income families are struggling badly, and they will not qualify for one red cent....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes but I asked the Taoiseach about teachers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am well aware of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I set out for the Taoiseach a story that I think is very worrying. The teachers' unions are expressing alarm over the fact that teachers are relocating from Dublin because they cannot afford to live here. They cannot afford the rents. They cannot afford to get a mortgage. These are the facts on the ground. I asked the Taoiseach whether he shared concerns about this. I asked him what is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last month, President Michael D. Higgins described the housing crisis as a disaster. I believe that he gave voice to the hard realities faced by those desperately struggling to put an affordable roof over their heads because when people cannot afford a home, it does not just stop there; it has wide-reaching and deep consequences for our society. Today we read that schools in Dublin...