Results 1-20 of 19,073 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [29328/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the French President since his re-election. [25806/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [24328/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last night, Boris Johnson's Bill to override unilaterally parts of the protocol passed its Second Stage vote in the British House of Commons. This legislation is in breach of international law. It potentially has devastating consequences for Ireland's economy and, indeed, for the Good Friday Agreement. What is the Government's response to last night's vote and what steps does the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: For all of what the Taoiseach has recited on his list, Esther Pugh of the Barnardos centre in Loughlinstown has told the story of what is happening on the ground and the real fear and the real stress and pressure that families are living with. Our motion, by the way, does not state that the Government did nothing; on the contrary, we recognise the international factors. Putin is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking it to recognise that families have to live and to exist day to day and week to week and that they are struggling badly. For the life of me I cannot understand why the Government resists what is so obviously needed. We need a comprehensive, targeted set of measures to give people support and breathing room in the here and now. The idea that they can wait until October as the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Come on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: No it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We cite the €5.6 billion more that the Government has in tax revenues.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: People are not struggling. Okay.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a very difficult summer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have three boxing champions in the Public Gallery whom I wish to welcome and acknowledge. Amy Broadhurst is the International Boxing Association, IBA, light welterweight champion of the world, Dearbhla Tinnelly is the youth light heavyweight European champion and Evelyn Igharo is the current Irish elite champion at 70 kg. They are joined by coach Jim O'Neill from the Clann Naofa boxing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: 307. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents of multiple children have to make multiple appointments when making an urgent appointment with the Passport Office which will not deal with a single family’s passport applications in one appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33392/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: I too would like to welcome the decision to grant Ukraine EU candidate status. I hope that matter is ratified as outlined by the Taoiseach. The meeting of the European Council this week occurs against the backdrop of the British Government's full frontal attack on the Irish protocol and the Good Friday Agreement. Boris Johnson's reckless decision to push ahead with legislation to...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Austin Currie, through his long political career, was an influential Irish public figure. As a leading member of the early civil rights campaign, co-founder of the SDLP, Minister in the short-lived 1974 power-sharing Executive in the North and Fine Gael Minister of State, Austin had a long and distinguished record of public service. He first served in the old Stormont Parliament for East...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: One year ago, a wealthy cuckoo fund bought an entire estate of family homes in Maynooth. I am sure the Taoiseach remembers that. Instead of taking comprehensive action then, the Government introduced a token 10% stamp duty increase. It was warned at the time that this would not stop these funds and that these funds would easily absorb that increase by charging massive rents, on which they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: First things first. I am not asking the Taoiseach to chase inflation. I am asking him to recognise the reality that people are struggling now, in June, and that people will continue to struggle through the summer months, not to mention the winter ahead of them. The Taoiseach says that we need to protect our economy, and we do, but above all else we need to protect our people. Above all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Then protect our people and he will not win.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2022)

Mary Lou McDonald: Four months.