Results 481-500 of 20,505 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: My colleague, Deputy Carthy, and I have repeatedly raised the long delays by this Government and the previous one to progress an inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell. It is nearly 12 years since Shane was killed by a man who should have been in prison and five years since the Dáil and Seanad adopted resolutions calling for an independent public inquiry into the actions of An Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are 4,500 young people waiting for first-time child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, appointments. That is an increase of 112% since the Government took office. This is despite the number of children with medical referrals being refused by CAMHS having jumped by 12% in the same period. There are 11,000 children awaiting appointments for primary care psychology, more than...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [20328/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [20327/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Defence Forces (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The review on dignity and equality issues in the Defence Forces has found instances of bullying, harassment, discrimination and sexual harassment persist. They are not features of the past. The authors emphasise the prevailing culture will not stop without immediate and significant steps being taken and that neither men nor women in the Defence Forces are working in a safe workplace...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the Barnardos report that was raised earlier. It found that one in five parents struggle to put food on the table for their families. It found that one in three is either not eating or eating less to ensure their children have food. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that this is an appalling situation and evidence of the poverty that is in our society and the pressure...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has been in government for 12 years. What he has read into the record of the Dáil just reflects a litany of failure and inefficiency, and a lack of priority given to this area and to these children. One of my colleagues, Deputy Browne, another Tipperary Deputy, heard today that a one-year-old child with autism from Tipperary got word from the HSE that the first services...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: You are running down the clock.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, to do it properly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to tell the Taoiseach about a little boy who lives here in Dublin. He will have his fourth birthday in a few weeks from now. His mother wants what any other parent would want for her child, namely, for him to be happy and to have all of the opportunities that life brings. However, this little boy has complex needs. He had a preliminary team assessment for disability services...

Accommodation Needs for New Arrivals: Statements (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Any and all forms of bigotry, racism, xenophobia, intimidation, abuse, physical or psychological attack are to be, and have been, roundly condemned. I take to my feet to condemn all of those actions without equivocation and to condemn the small minority of people who believe that it is not only acceptable but is in some way politically profitable for them to engage in this type of behaviour....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22484/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22483/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [20326/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: On this day 25 years ago, the votes on the Good Friday Agreement referendum were being counted. I commend the Ceann Comhairle for organising an event this evening to mark this significant occasion. A few days ago, the North went to the polls and delivered a seismic change in the local government elections. The clear message is that Ireland has changed and is changing. The clearer message...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but no actual result for households. What will he do now to effect a drop in energy bills for households, for the lady to whom I referred and others? Equally, what is he doing now to bring costs down at the till in supermarkets?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: You did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not having the desired effect.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The woman is sitting in the dark, afraid to turn on her light.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I described for the Taoiseach a scenario in which an elderly woman could not put a headstone on her husband's grave. Her family found her sitting in the dark so terrified was she of another high electricity bill. The exceptional needs line the Taoiseach gave me was of absolutely no assistance to her. The Taoiseach has given a list of things the Government has done but the one thing it has...