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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach will attend an emergency meeting of European leaders. At this meeting, will he call for ceasefires? Will he call for an end to the bombardment of Gaza, for dialogue and for the imposition of international law?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is abundantly clear that Israel is not abiding by international law, humanitarian law or the law of wars, as the Taoiseach put it. There have been 3,000 Palestinian deaths. Many more people are missing under the rubble. We have witnessed with our own eyes collective punishment and the targeting of civilian infrastructure resulting in no water, no medicines, no food and an increased...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The answer to this is peace. The answer to this is a ceasefire, not a humanitarian pause or de-escalation but a ceasefire. I ask the Taoiseach again to make that call and take that message to the European Union.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: In anguish and despair the world watches the terrible violence and devastation in Israel and Gaza. Seared on our minds are scenes of civilians killed, wounded and taken hostage. There have been scenes of homes destroyed and entire neighbourhoods wiped out by military bombardment. Lives have been lost and shattered beneath the rubble. The scale of human suffering and the depth of grief is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach correctly stated last week that the targeting of Palestinian civilians, cutting off water, food and medicines and the destruction of civilian infrastructure are grave breaches of international law. He described Israel's bombardment of Gaza as collective punishment and he was right. More than 3,000 Palestinians, including 1,000 children, have been killed so far. Thousands more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to confirm how many persons in the Dublin Central constituency have been assisted under the better energy homes programme for the years 2020 to 2023 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to confirm how many persons in the Dublin Central constituency have been assisted under the warmer homes scheme for the years 2020 to 2023 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons in the Dublin Central Constituency currently on waiting lists for each SEAI grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45156/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the current total number of recipients of fuel allowance payments living in the constituency of Dublin central. [45149/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of childcare places currently available in the constituency of Dublin central. [45161/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of new childcare places that have been opened in the constituency of Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023 respectively. [45162/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of childcare providers that have closed, and the childcare places that have been lost as a result of these closures in the constituency of Dublin central in each of the years 2020 to 2023 respectively. [45163/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide access to the long-term illness scheme for persons affected by hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45146/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The gloves need to come off now when it comes to tackling and ending the housing crisis, but once again this Government has failed to land a punch. In this budget, the Government has confirmed beyond doubt that Fianna Fáil- and Fine Gael-led Governments are bad for the health of ordinary workers and families. They certainly threw the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly,...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will be felt by the hundreds of thousands of people who are waiting to get a hospital appointment, by the children living in agony as they wait and wait for life-changing spinal procedures and by the older people and sick people being left on trolleys in overcrowded and unsafe hospital corridors. One would not think that we have a recruitment and retention crisis across the health...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will come as no surprise to anyone who takes an interest in Irish political life that the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach spent a disproportionate amount of their time ráméising about Sinn Féin. Had they any confidence in their own actual budget and performance in government, they would have structured their remarks rather differently. It is small wonder because the budget...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Once again, the conflict in the Middle East has reached the edge of a dangerous and frightening precipice. The attacks by Hamas on Israel at the weekend have rightly been met with outrage in Ireland and internationally and I join in that condemnation unreservedly. There is no justification for targeting civilians and taking civilians hostage, and all hostages should be released immediately....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I very much welcome the Taoiseach's confirmation of the fact that aid will continue to the Palestinian people and his insistence, quite correctly, that the rule of law be applied equally, without fear or favour, that the Israeli state is not exempt from the rules that apply to all others, and that the Palestinian people have rights that are inalienable and that must be vindicated, not just...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance how many requests for appeal hearings with the DDMBA (Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal) are currently in hand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Oct 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance when appeal hearings with the DDMBA (Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal) will recommence for persons who have had a primary medical certificate application deemed ineligible. [43739/23]