Results 581-600 of 20,529 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: You shame your office.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: You are shameful, Leo.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are well aware of that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: If I can say for the record, the Taoiseach's response to Deputy Murphy was pretty disgraceful. Homeowners are bracing themselves for tomorrow when the European Central Bank, ECB, will sign off its seventh mortgage interest rate hike since July of last year. This means that tens of thousands of workers and families will pay hundreds of euro extra per month compared with last year. People...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: You are a disgrace.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Tell Rishi Sunak that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Tell the British Prime Minister that. Tell your Tory colleagues that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should not try to hide behind the excellence of healthcare workers to try to deny the failures of his Government. I direct my comments to him and his colleagues in government. Yesterday, we had 704 people on trolleys and today, we have 712 people on trolleys. A survey has revealed that three quarters of nurses surveyed stated that they have considered leaving their posts....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ashbourne Community School is with us in the Gallery. It is very welcome. As we speak, hundreds of nurses are meeting in Killarney in the middle of a prolonged and ongoing crisis in our hospitals. The health service is on its knees and has been for many years now. There is overcrowding on our hospital corridors, waiting lists are out of control and staff are exhausted and demoralised....
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (3 May 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: 197. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the large-scale sport infrastructure fund will be open for applications. [20593/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Reviews (27 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: 342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 21 January 2023, when he will publish findings of the consultation to examine the functioning and effectiveness of the Equality Acts, which was expected early this year. [20147/23]
- Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: This month marks - I apologise, I was about to read the Tánaiste's speech back to him. Gabh mo leithscéal. That would have been quite a turn.
- Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement: Statements (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: In fact, it was the Taoiseach's speech I was about to read; it was not actually the Tánaiste's speech. Some 25 years ago, the signing of the Good Friday Agreement transcended the past and changed the future for us all. After more than three decades of a terrible conflict, the agreement delivered a peace that had looked impossible. It ushered in a new era of hope, opportunity and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: North-East Inner City Initiative (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Before rolling out this approach, the first thing that needs to happen is a review of the north-east inner city initiative. I raised this with the Taoiseach's predecessor. I have been asking for a long time that progress be measured to establish what works and what does not work. The approaches that are established to have worked should be extended as other Deputies have suggested. We...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: We extend a warm welcome to Shauna and Eve from Ardee Community School. They are in transition year and doing work experience, unfortunately for them, with Deputy Ó Murchú. I am sure they will be well able for him. The coalition parties present themselves as champions of homeownership. However, as NESC has documented, there has been a major shift towards rental and away from...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: Every sector in the State is calling on the Government to ramp up social and affordable housing targets-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to protect and future-proof our society. Will the Taoiseach finally listen to them?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are only two questioners on this item.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can read.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (26 Apr 2023)
Mary Lou McDonald: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [18129/23]