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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is just not prepared to do it. Okay. Thanks for that.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: With respect, that is all just rhetoric. The problem is the Government is not responding to Maggie. She is ten years old. She is receiving no services. She is in a full-blown crisis and her mother is desperate. That is Maggie's story. The Minister's assertions do not change that fact at all. What is the response for Maggie? Is it a Minister taking to his feet and rattling off figures...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The crisis in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, has escalated to a full-blown emergency. On the watch of this Government, waiting lists for first-time appointments have increased dramatically, while the number of young people waiting more than one year has nearly trebled. It is virtually impossible to access services. The reviews into CAMHS by the Mental Health Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to set out the guidelines reported to now be in place for low-usage customers accessing electricity credit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9057/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Earlier, I cited the number of 327 children on waiting lists for scoliosis-related surgery. The Taoiseach challenged me on that matter. I wish to put the correct figure on the record of the Dáil, which is, in fact, 333. I had underestimated. This is published data from Children's Health Ireland from 19 February. The Taoiseach lost no time in summoning the Russian ambassador to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have a real problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tá níos mó ná fadhb ann sa scéal seo. Tá sé scannalach go bhfuil daoine óga ag feitheamh is ag feitheamh is ag feitheamh agus ag fulaingt mar seo. Tá sé scannalach agus is é sin an focal ceart atá i gceist. I have being raising this issue here for almost a decade, as have other colleagues. It is time for the Taoiseach to confess...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Are you serious? Let it publish details relating to the waiting lists.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Seven years ago, the then Minister for Health and the Taoiseach's Fine Gael colleague, Deputy Simon Harris, promised that no child would be waiting longer than four months for scoliosis surgery. That promise was never met and of all the Government's broken promises, I think it is one of the most callous. The fact is there are more children on scoliosis-related waiting lists now than when...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will develop a national security strategy and functioning security agency to deal with future security events. [7942/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Dialogue (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue co-ordination unit of his Department. [7941/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: An Garda Síochána (21 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [7940/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the British-Irish Council will next meet. [7769/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [7938/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the announcement by the Cabinet this morning of a significant commitment to jointly fund crucial all-Ireland infrastructure projects in partnership with the Northern Executive. This is an example of what we can achieve working together for the benefit of all people on the island. The delivery of projects like Casement Park, the Narrow Water bridge and the Battle of the Boyne site...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I am looking across at members of Government too, and the picture is not pretty.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is concerned about my influence.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I suggest that he should be concerned about many things other than that.

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

Mary Lou McDonald: I join with the Taoiseach in saluting the memory of Michael O'Regan, who was a gentleman and a truly fine and fair professional. Our thoughts are with him and his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. The scandal relating to RTÉ has gone on for months. It has gone on since last summer, and the Taoiseach still talks about it as if he was some detached, inconsequential...