Results 181-200 of 20,471 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is simply not the case.
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, when inaccuracies are stated.
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: You opposed statutory timelines for years. You voted against them.
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Earlier, the Taoiseach referred to the prospect of energy independence for Ireland as the moonshot of the 21st century. I raise with him the fact that yesterday we learnt that 95% of industry experts believe that, in fact, we will sail right past our 2030 target of 80% of our energy being from renewable sources. I raise with him concerns about the recent RESS 3 auction, which cleared the...
- Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [52583/23]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is defeatist.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Having obliterated northern Gaza, massacring thousands of Palestinians, including children, Israel now intensifies its assault on southern Gaza. Palestinians are being pushed into an area one third the size of the Gaza Strip. People ordered to evacuate now have literally no place to go. They have no food, no water and no safety. It is a humanitarian disaster. The Taoiseach used the words...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is not true. Mathematical wizardry.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Maths is not the Taoiseach's thing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Homeownership has collapsed on the Taoiseach's watch. That is not just my opinion or view. I do not say that from a position of bias. That is the fact of the matter. We have runaway rent, record levels of homelessness, and rents that are crippling people. That is the fact. The figures that I have quoted to the Taoiseach are from the Residential Tenancies Board. It also reports that...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is the population.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have lost count of the number of times I have asked the Taoiseach to ban rent increases; each time he has said "No". Despite rents soaring to unaffordable levels, the Taoiseach will not budge. Now, because of his refusal to act, runaway rents have hit an all-time high. The recent report of the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, shows massive rent hikes over the last 12 months. New rents...
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: I make my remarks as a proud Dubliner and one of the TDs who represent Dublin Central. In the aftermath of these awful events, this vicious knife attack on young children and on a childcare worker, I was actually on the scene. I do not recall seeing any of the Members opposite out and on the ground to fully appreciate the devastation that was felt at the unfolding events, as well as the...
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Justice let us down.
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Garda Commissioner let us down.
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government says it is listening to people. Maybe listen to this, because here is reality from Dublin. By the way, to people who are not from Dublin, I know this experience is about more than the city, but these events happened here, so let me start here. On any given day, you can walk from Heuston Station, you can come along the quays, you can go onto O’Connell Bridge and up...
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am representing the people who elected me, Deputy Gannon and others from our constituency and people right across the country who looked on and said it was always going to happen. Why? Because Dublin was deserted; because the Government has failed. As for Fine Gael in government, here are the stats for you. I know you are keen on numbers, Darragh. Since 2009, you have closed 130...
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is about resourcing, it is about a proper plan and it is also about leadership, and you are not providing it.
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is the reason we have full confidence in An Garda Síochána and zero confidence in the Minister for Justice, the Government and, for that matter, the Garda Commissioner himself.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: On Friday, the Taoiseach's Government broke another shameful record. Over 13,000 people are now homeless in this State. Nearly 4,000 of those are children. Behind those numbers are real lives damaged by the housing crisis and childhoods stolen as kids grow up in hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation and hubs instead of a place they can truly call home. This awful experience is the sharp...