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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (31 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering any plans to provide new childcare places in light of the pressure on childcare places and the closure of some services in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a matter of balance and investing in the skills now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: You are not. Industry does not share that view.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, you invest in your people and you invest in skills.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: By the way, you are the authors of austerity and not this side of the House, just for the record.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place to date in 2023 of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department. [25579/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: To meet our climate targets we need to support communities in developing and recognising their commitment to, and hope for, a sustainable future. This transition must be inclusive and democratic if it is to be successful and if policymakers and decision-makers are to bring the people with us. This approach will not only deliver the transition; it will ensure that it is just. My...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Despite Ireland’s progress in digital skills, the OECD skills strategy assessment found that many do not have the necessary skills to progress in a modern economy and that participation in lifelong learning falls well behind other EU countries. Digital and green transitions will transform the type of skills required in society and society. SOLAS has advised that higher levels of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Then publish it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The six-month rule is pertinent here.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the senior officials group on digital issues, chaired by his Department, will next meet. [25578/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Committee Stage of the mother and baby redress scheme legislation continues in the Seanad this afternoon and will move to Final Stage in the coming weeks. There is no commitment from the religious orders as to their contribution to that redress scheme. Unfortunately, the Government has still not resolved shortfalls in the legislation regarding children who were boarded out and children...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Let me try this again with the Taoiseach. I have told him that the HSE is now warning about the increasing and unpredictable cost of the national children's hospital. It is of such a scale that the cost will eat up one third, or perhaps more, of the budget and put a question mark over other much-needed infrastructure. It seems that the Minister for Health has a figure. He will not share...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Minister not claim he had an estimate?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The HSE has warned that the rising and unpredictable cost of the new national children's hospital will have a significant impact on its ability to deliver other capital projects across the health service. At least a third of the capital budget for this year alone will be spent on the new children's hospital, yet we still do not know what the full cost of that will be. This puts desperately...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: While the Taoiseach acknowledges the scale of this crisis, and that is perhaps welcome, I hear no urgency or real sense of purpose from him in dealing with this issue. He lists off the things that he envisages as solutions to this crisis but the reality is that the number of homeless people and homeless children continues to rise. Let me ask him again. Faced with this crisis, what does he...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: He sat around the Cabinet table and designed the policies that have led to this calamity. Let me ask again. What will he do now to change direction, to enhance things and to give a real emergency response to these families who find themselves in crisis?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: A few weeks ago, a young family in Dublin saw their lives unravel. They were renters living with their two small children and like anyone else, they just want a secure home for their kids to grow up in and to build their lives as a family. Their nightmare began when they were evicted. Their lives were turned upside down. They now sleep in emergency accommodation. It is hard to imagine...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legal Aid (30 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position on the reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels. [25673/23]