Results 1-20 of 21,050 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: As has been said, nobody wins in a trade war but we know who loses the most. Workers and families carry the can in the form of increased prices, threats to jobs and livelihoods and hits to their incomes. Trade wars are not good for the prosperity of ordinary people. That is the reality but this is the prospect we now face. It is unprecedented to use blanket tariffs to force broader trade...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh na mná ón Ríocht. There is a group of women in the Gallery from an Ríocht, the Kingdom of Kerry. Fáilte. In May 1997, Sean Brown, a father of six, was abducted and murdered by the Loyalist Volunteer Force gang while locking up the gates of Bellaghy Wolfe Tones GAA club in County Derry. Sean's courageous wife, Bridie, and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government knows this. Yet, that treatment and service are not available.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why is the Government instead offering treatments that the experts have told it will fall short and will fail? I appeal to the Taoiseach to listen to the voice of this young woman and those of the other women whose lives have been devastated by the failure to provide them with the care they need here in Ireland.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: So many of them are now travelling. That is the most damning evidence of the Government's failure.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know who the Taoiseach is listening to.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to read to the Taoiseach a letter from Nikita Clarke, who is from Dublin and who I met recently. She suffers from suspected endometriosis: Thank you for taking time out of your day to read this letter. Please listen carefully, this is not easy to talk or write about. I am 18-years-old and instead of getting my driver's licence, picking out a Debs dress, studying for my leaving cert,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Nikita is 18-years-old. I am more than happy to forward the correspondence to the Taoiseach and the Minister. Nikita will travel to Romania to get the care she requires. Despite the assertions in his response, the fact is that the level of care here is simply unacceptable.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: I know of a woman who lost a kidney to endometriosis. I know a 27-year-old who went through a radical hysterectomy because the disease, in her case, had eaten away at her pelvic organs and bowel. The services are not available to women and there should not be any attempt to dismiss or downplay the real experiences of women and girls. They are asking now for proper investment. Have a...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: 163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person borrows money for necessary repairs if they are then eligible to apply for supplementary welfare allowance. [17750/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time appeals for carer's allowance are taking; and if he plans to implement any measures to ensure they are assessed quicker. [17751/25]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: What action does the Taoiseach propose to take on this matter?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The number of schools in financial distress has soared. In the 2022-23 school year, five schools were referred to the financial support services unit, but the number has jumped significantly to 34 schools this year. Nearly half those are DEIS schools and special schools. The sharp increase in operating costs sees many schools struggling to keep the doors open. Since early last year,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: I moved an amendment. The Ceann Comhairle needs to take a vote on my amendment.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Under Standing Order 35(3) I wish to move an amendment such that, for Thursday's business, a proposal No. 4 be included, on the establishment of committees. We have waited far too long for this. The idea that we wait until the middle of May before we have committees up and running is unacceptable at this point, and I believe it can and should be remedied. We have a lot of very important...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----some of which have been raised today.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: And we need functioning committees very quickly.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: It makes no sense.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has not read the report.