Results 521-540 of 20,505 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration he has given to the establishment of a domestic independent body or bodies for the purpose of the monitoring implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence for victims set out in Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (16 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting lists, specifically primary care child psychology/counselling, CAMHS and autism for the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 133. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works appointment of an expert design team to complete Phase 1 works at the national monument site, 14 to 17 Moore Street, to include the team undertaking the work; details on the work themselves; and the timeframe within which the works will be completed. [22313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 134. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works tender Phase 2 fit-out and presentation work at the national monument site, 14 to 17 Moore Street, to include the team undertaking the work if appointed; the details on the works themselves; and the timeframe within which the works will be completed. [22314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flexible Work Practices (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the recommendations regarding paternity and parental leave, and family friendly working hours for councillors proposed by the cross-party all-female councillor sub-group in 2021 will be implemented. [22261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take following the late discovery of a report (details supplied) identifying No. 18 Moore Street as a pre-1916 structure which was submitted to his Department a number of years ago but was not made available to the Moore Street Advisory Group despite the repeated requested of its members. [22315/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (11 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will introduce legislation providing for maternity leave for Oireachtas Members; and the constitutional and practical concerns that prevented him from including these provisions in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022, as previously committed to. [22257/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the North Sea Summit. [20297/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: At dawn on Sunday, Israeli forces arrived at a primary school in Jubbet ad-Dhib, a village in the occupied West Bank. They proceeded to bulldoze the EU-funded school building to the ground. In the aftermath, we saw the heartbreaking image of children as young as six sifting through the rubble for their schoolbooks. The demolition of Palestinian schools is a terrifying feature of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fáilte roimh gach duine from the Banner. We also have people here from Indiana in the US and others. They are very welcome. I have made the case to the Taoiseach – I hope he has heard what I am saying – that a meeting with the sector, while welcome, is not enough in and of itself. A message to the sector asking it to bring costs down is welcome but that equally is...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach well knows, food costs are crippling ordinary workers and families. Price hike after price hike has hit people's pockets hard. There is no sign of these costs coming down. Inflation in Irish supermarkets is at the highest level ever recorded, with the past three months alone seeing food inflation soar by up to 16.6%. The average shopper is set to see their annual grocery...

Europe Day: Statements (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Carthy. We mark the 73rd anniversary of the signing of the historic Schuman Declaration at a time of great challenge for Europe and the world. The last three years have tested the resilience, togetherness and solidarity of the peoples of Europe in profound ways. A perfect storm of crises came in the shape of a global pandemic, a soaring cost-of-living and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will have to agree to differ with Deputy Ó Murchú on some of that. Two years ago, the European Commission sought to block a citizens' initiative calling for the EU to regulate commercial transactions with illegal settlements. This wrongful act was nullified by the European Court of Justice. Last month, the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions unanimously agreed that the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I also asked about the equitable briefing policy and the failure of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and other offices to sign off.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on European Union and international affairs will next meet. [20324/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: In its interim report, the commission noted that the State Claims Agency provides it with considerable assistance with witnesses' costs applications. Indeed, the agency is a significant entity in terms of purchasing legal services. It was previously reported that the State Claims Agency the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP, had all...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (9 May 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [19138/23]