Results 41-60 of 20,465 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course, any government must be reliant in the first instance on the democratic mandate of the people. If the Taoiseach is so confident in the Government's achievements as he stands down as leader of Fine Gael and as Taoiseach and if he is confident of that record, he should go to the people and hear what they have to say. We are in times of enormous opportunity and huge challenge. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The announcement this afternoon of the resignation of the Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Leo Varadkar, brings us to a critical moment in Irish politics. The decision of who now leads the Government as Taoiseach must be placed in the hands of the people. The decision of who is in government must be placed in the hands of the people. Today’s announcement can have only one conclusion:...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (20 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Glasnevin (interchange) DART+ and MetroLink rail station will be opened and operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The people of Cork have been waiting over a decade for their new hospital. Site selection for the hospital was four years late. The Government had said the hospital would be open this year but now says it will not be fully operational until 2028. It has taken over a year to appoint a design team, so we have had missed target after missed target while people in Cork and the Munster region...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is one way to put it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Minister to share whether he accepts that there is an emergency at University Hospital Limerick. I can only judge by his response that he shares the Taoiseach's view that, in fact, the Government has done enough. I want to reiterate again today that this is not the case. The Minister is frankly delusional on this matter. I described to him, and he echoed, the facts on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Bed capacity is insufficient.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will Government address that fact?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raised the issue of the overcrowding crisis at University Hospital Limerick with the Taoiseach yesterday. He sought to downplay the severity of the situation. Indeed, listening to Leo Varadkar, you would be forgiven for thinking that the dire problems at the hospital were a figment of people's imaginations. This morning, however, we wake up to the news that the crisis continues. Nearly...

International Women's Day: Statements (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is fitting that International Women's Day takes place in springtime, which is the season that represents the spirit of renewal, hope and change, a time when darkness gives way to light and we can all see that bit better how far women have come and how far we have yet to travel. Generations of Irish women - courageous changemakers - struggled to transform the future for all of us to ensure...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [7770/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [7768/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is not what you said.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is very much the business of the State to support those who need care and those who provide care. The Taoiseach's recent comments in the media stating his position that the provision of care for vulnerable citizens is not the responsibility of the State are entirely wrong. They are, of course, very informative because they go some way towards explaining why carers have been so badly...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do something about it then.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach's position seems to be that there is actually no problem at University Hospital Limerick. He has just recounted for me, in his view, a huge record of success and adequate investment. That seems to be his position. The reality on the ground, of course, is very different. I recounted for him the story of 71-year-old stroke patient who was on a trolley for eight days. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Our hospitals are under massive pressure. Record waiting lists, a year-round trolley crisis and embedded problems in recruitment and retention mean the health service is creaking at the seams. Nowhere is this pressure more acutely felt than at University Hospital Limerick. Yesterday, there were 143 patients on trolleys at the hospital. Today, people are being urged to avoid the emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Post Office Network (29 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed conversion of Phibsborough Post Office was discussed at the meeting with Minister of State at the Department of Transport and at the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and An Post on 14 February 2024; if this post office is included in An Post's undertaking to review its decision to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. The Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, refuses to answer questions when she comes before the Dáil tomorrow. The same Minister was quite prepared to go on live television and, without prior notice, sack Ms Siún Ní Raghallaigh but is not prepared to come before the Chamber and answer questions. The Minister has badly mishandled the RTÉ debacle and has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: And thousands of other Maggies.