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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Next Wednesday, Aer Lingus pilots will embark on industrial action commencing with an indefinite work to rule. The announcement represents a deepening of the pilots' pay dispute with the company and this dispute did not come out of the blue. The frustration of pilots has been building for a long time as Aer Lingus failed to deliver improvements in pay and conditions in line with colleagues...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister. I agree with her that this is a source of huge anxiety for many people who have looked forward to their summer holiday and have scrimped and saved for family holidays, holidays with friends, weddings or other family occasions abroad and, as she said, people who are planning to come home. I am also conscious of our hospitality industry, in particular, which has endured...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (19 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [25303/24]

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is wrong to adopt the EU migration pact. That it did not even consider, it seems, exercising Ireland's opt-out from any element of the pact is shocking. Migration is a challenging issue. We must, of course, respect international law and co-operate with other states but, ultimately, migration policy must be set by an Irish Government elected by the Irish people. We must...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: The increasing number of people seeking asylum places an onus on every government, including theirs, to plan and resource an immigration system that is fit for purpose and that safeguards social cohesion as well, and that has not happened. Now, by opting in to the EU pact, the Government compounds its failure and shirks its leadership and responsibility. It proposes to hand responsibility...

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am an Irish republican. I lead an Irish republican party. I believe passionately in the principles of equality and inclusion. I despise every form of bigotry, sectarianism, racism, exclusion and discrimination. For our part, our commitment to equality includes tackling wealth inequality, standing up for working-class communities, for ordinary people and families and for carers, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [25302/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [25960/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tomorrow, 13-year-old Cara Darmody from Tipperary will again protest outside the Dáil. It is not her first time. She has been campaigning for several years now. Her key demand is that the Government gives a clear date as to when the State will comply with the Disability Act 2005 which, as the Taoiseach knows, sets out that children with disabilities are legally entitled to an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think we can all agree that the zero-tolerance culture and reality is one that we strive for across Irish society. However, it is important to acknowledge that we have very significant ground to make up and that for far, far too long, this issue did not have the kind of political priority or social priority that it so rightly deserves. The funding for services is inadequate. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have an epidemic of domestic violence. This morning, Women's Aid reports that last year it received its highest level of domestic abuse disclosures in its 50-year history. The figures cited in the organisation’s impact report are frightening, with more than 40,000 disclosures of abuse against women and children made in 2023. That is a jump of 18% on the previous year. Reports of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Projects (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 305. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the proposed national centre for research and remembrance to be located on the site of the former Magdalen Laundry on Sean McDermott Street, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26243/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown for funding provided to community training centres in the constituency of Dublin central for the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [26241/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown for funding provided to the Youthreach centres in the constituency of Dublin central for the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [26242/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Middle East (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 14. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent phone conversation with the Israeli President. [25301/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [23663/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the issue of the stadium at Casement Park in Belfast. As the Taoiseach will know, this is a flagship Executive project. Indeed, it is a key and a joint commitment, not just among the parties of the Executive but between Dublin and London as well. The Taoiseach will also be aware that the opportunity to be part of hosting the Euro 2028 was cited as a further incentive to get...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: At the end of February, on Leaders' Questions, I raised the case of Maggie, a ten-year-old child in desperate need of mental health support. Maggie has endured cancer and suffers from depression, anxiety and self-injurious behaviour. She is in very serious distress and does not leave the house except to go to school. Maggie was on an urgent list for over a year before getting a CAMHS...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the Road Safety Authority, RSA, wrote to the Taoiseach last March asking for increased funding and detailing a number of projects that have stalled due to a shortfall. That has been reported in the media. It seems the authority also informed the Taoiseach that the Government would have to plug the gap or allow the authority to increase the cost of the national car test, NCT, by...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I described Jack's position and situation to the Taoiseach. His mother wrote to The Irish Times in May outlining the position, which has not changed since then. He cannot access summer provision. Far from making a political football of anything, this mother and family are appealing for change and for urgent action in order that Jack can access the support and service he needs in the course...