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Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: As we are waiting, I am sure the Ceann Comhairle would like, on behalf of the House, to extend a welcome to the families from Justice for the Forgotten, who are joining us.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recalling the motion it adopted unanimously on 10th July, 2008 which: — noted "the interim and final reports of the sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights on the report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan Bombings and the three related Barron Reports, including the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. For the second week now, I ask that the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, present themselves and make a statement to the House on their handling of the immigration issue, particularly the situation as pertains today on the Grand Canal in Dublin, where there are now 40 tents with...

Europe Day: Statements (8 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...threat to our planet. Russia’s criminal invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s genocidal war on the people of Gaza have tested the EU's commitment to the principles of human rights, democracy, justice, self-determination and peace. This is also a time for decisions, a time to make positive choices about the future. In just over four weeks' time, voters will go to the polls in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The British Government's legacy Act is a cynical and callous attempt to block victims and families from ever getting justice through the courts and to hide the role of British state forces and their agencies in the conflict. Today, that Act takes effect, to their very great shame. I have raised this issue many times previously. I accept that the Government has lodged an interstate case...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...happened and was a huge disrupter. Will the Taoiseach please give us more clarity on this? I asked a question about confusion in the Government. The Tánaiste is contradicting the Minister for Justice, saying that a claim she made is not based on fact, data or statistics. Will the Taoiseach clarify which, if either of the Minister for Justice or the Tánaiste is speaking...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has displayed incredible incompetence in recent days in dealing with migration and returns to Britain. The Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, claimed at the justice committee that 80% of those applying for asylum in this State are coming from Britain via the North. At the weekend, the Tánaiste then carelessly jumped in two feet first, pointing to Britain's Rwanda deal...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...it and why. What was their motive and who were they protecting? Forty-three years on and they still do not have the answers to those questions. In November 1981, the original tribunal, presided over by the former Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Ronan Keane, concluded that the fire was probably caused by arson. The big lie then became the State's official position. One survivor described...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...decimated, and with every refugee camp bombed, the humanity of the world slips further into the darkness. Ireland must now confront that darkness. Ireland must confront this genocide and seek justice for the Palestinian people. Ireland must join the case against Israel in the International Court of Justice under the genocide convention. South Africa has shown the world what it means to...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...full Report to be provided to any individual who cooperated with the Tribunal at the earliest opportunity.". I welcome to the Public Gallery members of Women of Honour and the Defence Forces Justice Alliance. They are very welcome and we are delighted they are joining us. We very much welcome that a tribunal of inquiry is to be established into incidents of abuse in the Defence...

Tribunal of Inquiry into certain matters relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces: Motion (24 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: This can either be the beginning of the end or simply the beginning of a series of inquiries that will see survivors re-traumatised time and again in pursuit of the justice they have deserved for years or even, in the worst-case scenario, for decades. The process of sampling must be excluded from the terms of reference. It would be cruel for the voice of any survivor to be excluded on the...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...for families, for people clinging to life and clinging to their very existence. If this is not enough for the Government to stand up and take a case against Israel and join South Africa in the International Court of Justice, then what will it take? When will it be? The people of Gaza are running out of time and Ireland needs to act and be clear now.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” — that the International Court of Justice has held that “a State’s obligation to prevent [genocide], and the corresponding duty to act, arise at the...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Government needs to listen to him and to what he is saying, and then there needs to be an appropriate, proportionate and definitive response. We are all conversant with the process of the International Court of Justice.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... Let me be clear. The only person responsible for that stabbing nightmare is the perpetrator. Those responsible for the riot are the rioters. But it is the responsibility of the Minister for Justice to ensure that our streets are safe and to ensure An Garda Síochána have the resources it needs. She failed abysmally in these responsibilities, with very dire consequences....

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...clear this riot was compounded by the fact that not enough gardaí were at hand in order to support their colleagues. To be clear, I have full confidence in An Garda Síochána. I have zero confidence in the Minister for Justice. In any other walk of life, or in any other organisation, the person presiding over such a colossal failure would be sacked. Those who vote...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Justice let us down.

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is the reason we have full confidence in An Garda Síochána and zero confidence in the Minister for Justice, the Government and, for that matter, the Garda Commissioner himself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...a nonsense. This situation has been building for months. By 2.30 on Thursday afternoon it was obvious there was a threat to public safety. Where was the Garda Commissioner? Where was the Minister for Justice? A strong policing response was needed. Leadership was needed, but instead brave gardaí were left high and dry. I have full confidence in An Garda Síochána. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2023)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Government, can make a referral to the International Criminal Court and it should. It will enjoy the support of everybody in this Chamber and the entire country if it has the courage of truth and justice to take that action.