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Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Mary Lou McDonald
3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the public service, justice and police reform division of his Department. [4088/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [4084/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Urban Development
Mary Lou McDonald
10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the north east inner city initiative. [4086/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All quarter 4 2022 progress report will be published. [5646/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Departmental Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald
167. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the independent review of the organisational structures of the Maritime Casualty Investigation Board (details supplied). [7148/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Gender Equality
Mary Lou McDonald
2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the gender pay gap report from his Department. [5645/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Programme for Government
Mary Lou McDonald
9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [4089/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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National Economic and Social Council
Mary Lou McDonald
20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [5644/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Departmental Policies
Mary Lou McDonald
279. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made by the European Union and the international unit of his Department in finalising Ireland’s child guarantee action plan, for which work was initiated by his officials in 2021. [5543/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Equality Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
298. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the study commissioned by him to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, the National Strategy for Women and Girls as well as the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. [6077/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Departmental Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald
323. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if the officials in his Department have completed their examination and analysis of the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews submitted to him in the summer of 2022. [5927/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
355. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 19 January 2023, when he will establish a network of family contact centres to enable supervised meetings or handovers of children between parents who are no longer together or where domestic abuse has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5483/23]
Wed, 1 Feb 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [4087/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [61817/22]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
300. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding available for an organisation (details supplied) to travel to a competition. [4271/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Urban Development
Mary Lou McDonald
351. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates on which his officials engaged in preliminary discussions on a possible compensation scheme for Moore Street traders; and what other public and private bodies or organisations were represented at those discussion. [4734/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Court Judgments
Mary Lou McDonald
551. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020. [4033/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Visa Applications
Mary Lou McDonald
562. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the options that are available to a person (details supplied) when their stamp 1 visa expires. [4319/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Community Development Projects
Mary Lou McDonald
805. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a community centre (details supplied) did not receive capital investment. [3969/23]
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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Air Services
Mary Lou McDonald
196. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his consideration of the air connectivity review, which is a commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement, and includes the Dublin-Derry route; the progress he has made in the reopening of the Dublin-Derry route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3891/23]
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Mary Lou McDonald
263. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Special Education submitted its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools in December 2022; and when she will publish this advice. [3888/23]
Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [60870/22]
Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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North-South Implementation Bodies
Mary Lou McDonald
14. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the shared island unit of his Department. [61815/22]
Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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Vacant Sites
Mary Lou McDonald
128. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any future plans for a site (details supplied) in Dublin; and if so, if he will outline these plans. [3393/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [59157/22]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress of Housing for All. [61816/22]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
22. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Covid-19 will next meet. [60869/22]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Traveller Education
Mary Lou McDonald
345. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education when the Traveller Education Strategy committed to in the 2020 programme for Government will be completed. [2740/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Equality Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
421. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to add socio-economic status as a tenth ground of discrimination to relevant legislation. [2733/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Family Support Services
Mary Lou McDonald
586. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the current supports available to parents and families bereaved by sudden unexplained death in childhood. [3020/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Health Strategies
Mary Lou McDonald
587. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures that the Government is undertaking to research, raise awareness andcollate information regardingsudden unexplained death in childhood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3021/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
288. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider the establishment of a rapporteur for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence to monitor Ireland’s compliance with its domestic and international legal obligations under the Istanbul Convention and implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. [2557/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Family Support Services
Mary Lou McDonald
289. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice when he will establish a network of family contact centres to enable supervised meetings or handovers of children between parents who are no longer together or where domestic abuse has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2558/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Disability Services
Mary Lou McDonald
295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the maximum number of personal assistance hours that can be provided to a person per week under the scheme. [2453/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Disability Services
Mary Lou McDonald
296. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated by his Department to the personal assistant scheme for people with disabilities for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the personal assistant scheme budget allocated to each CHO area for 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [2460/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Disability Services
Mary Lou McDonald
297. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when he will address the deficit in the personal assistant scheme funding, as identified by community healthcare organisations. [2461/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Disability Services
Mary Lou McDonald
298. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health his response to the shortfalls identified in the ESRI Research Bulletin Personal Assistance Services in Ireland: A Capability Approach to Understanding the Lived Experience of Disabled People, published on 2 December 2022. [2462/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 4 of 2022 on the website of his Department. [1631/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Priorities
Mary Lou McDonald
7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the priorities of his Department during his term in office. [1659/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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International Agreements
Mary Lou McDonald
38. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland will ratify International Labour Organization Convention No. 190. [1576/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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State Properties
Mary Lou McDonald
839. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if use of a building (details supplied) is to be transferred to An Garda Síochána; if not, if it has instead been transferred to another Department, State agency or body; and, if so, if she will provide the relevant details regarding this change of use. [63234/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Maternity Leave
Mary Lou McDonald
938. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 577 of 18 October 2022, if provisions for maternity leave for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas were not included in Report Stage of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 as committed to by him; and if he will clarify the way in which he now intends to advance this matter. [63136/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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International Protection
Mary Lou McDonald
1000. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the goods and services that accommodation providers are contractually obliged to provide to beneficiaries of temporary protection, in addition to accommodation and meals. [1821/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
1089. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the fact that that the final report of the Study on Familicide and Domestic Homicide Reviews was submitted to his Department for consideration in July 2022; and the reason for the delay in publishing same. [63771/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Mary Lou McDonald
1122. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to reports that convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 to date have not been deployed to PULSE. [1485/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
1132. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the distribution of the additional €7 million to be provided to organisations funded by Tusla to address acute demands in existing domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services, and for investment in new services as outlined in the third national strategy implementation plan in tabular form. [1565/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
1147. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safe homes only operational in December 2021 and December 2022, in tabular form. [2146/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Health Strategies
Mary Lou McDonald
1268. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the progress he has made in the establishment of a national hearing plan, as recommended by the World Health Organization. [63626/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Reports
Mary Lou McDonald
1513. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his officials have submitted their report regarding the north inner city drug and alcohol task force to him; and when he intends to publish it. [1574/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
1689. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Health Service Executive is not meeting is obligations as set out in section 18 of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 and that this failure is leading to shortages in supply of commonly-used generic pharmaceutical products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2190/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
1690. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a legislative measure, even on a temporary basis, to reduce the 180-day decision timeframe as set out in section 18 of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 for commonly used generic pharmaceutical products to address the current acute shortage of such drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2191/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
1714. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that sub-clause 7.2.2 of the 2021 IPHA Framework Agreement which requires off-patent brands to 40% of the ex-factory price of that medicine is not consistently applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2330/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
1715. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive’s corporate pharmaceutical unit regarding a reimbursement application submitted fourteen months ago by a company (details supplied) for a commonly-used generic antibiotic, nitrofurantoin, prescribed for urinary tract infections. [2331/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
1716. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason that the 2021 IPHA Framework Agreement does not include a dedicated reimbursement mechanism for older commonly-used generic drugs for which the pricing framework is not applicable due to the significant number of years since the drugs’ patent has expired. [2332/23]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
293. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional domestic violence refuge places provided to date in 2023; and the counties within which they are located in tabular form. [63133/22]
Thu, 15 Dec 2022
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
294. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Review of the Provision of Accommodation for Victims of Domestic Violence. [63132/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with agriculture will next meet. [57559/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery will next meet. [59151/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with church leaders. [59155/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
23. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent engagements with the social partners. [59156/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
133. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if the additional €50 million shared island funding announced on 5 December 2022 includes an allocation to the City of Derry Airport for the reopening of the Dublin to Derry route which he discussed with the North West Regional Development Group when he met with representatives earlier in 2022. [61666/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Planning Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
300. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that he has taken further to a number of allegations of conflicts of interest regarding currently serving board members of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61731/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
455. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has increased the renewed 2023 core funding provided by his Department to non-early-learning and childcare community-based not-for-profit organisations to provide for increased operating costs arising from inflation, energy costs and related outgoings. [62009/22]
Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Tourism Industry
Mary Lou McDonald
225. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the difference between accommodation that promotes itself as Fáilte Ireland-registered and Fáilte Ireland-approved; and if she is concerned at the confusion that may arise for consumers, particularly those visiting from outside the island. [61442/22]
Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Mary Lou McDonald
279. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new National Strategy for Women and Girls for 2022 to 2025 will be published; and if the study commissioned by his Department to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, which includes the National Strategy for Women and Girls, as well as the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy, will be published in early 2023 as committed to earlier this year. [61550/22]
Wed, 7 Dec 2022
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Departmental Reports
Mary Lou McDonald
100. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to publish the report on the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61112/22]
Tue, 6 Dec 2022
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Housing Policy
Mary Lou McDonald
244. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that persons applying for social housing or a social housing transfer due to a disability or medical grounds must provide medical references from two separate healthcare professionals when completing the HMD form 1; if he is aware that persons applying for other State supports due to disability or medical grounds are required to provide just one medical reference; and if he is aware of the difficulties arising from this procedure for vulnerable and elderly people. [60760/22]
Tue, 6 Dec 2022
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Childcare Services
Mary Lou McDonald
401. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has increased the renewed 2023 core funding provided by his Department to community development organisations in receipt of funding for the current and previous years to provide for increased operating costs arising from inflation, energy costs and related outgoings. [60659/22]
Tue, 6 Dec 2022
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
472. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she will now initiate a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) as instructed by the Dáil on the 14 June 2018 in view of the completion of the scoping exercise. [60658/22]
Wed, 30 Nov 2022
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National Risk Assessment
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the national risk assessment 2021-2022. [57547/22]
Wed, 30 Nov 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
19. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of his Department's Covid-19 and health unit. [57548/22]
Wed, 30 Nov 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
24. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [59150/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the COP27 conference. [57546/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Ukraine War
Mary Lou McDonald
7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Ukraine will next meet. [54592/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Mary Lou McDonald
16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [54593/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Departmental Policies
Mary Lou McDonald
480. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the progress of the high-level proposals for a national centre for research and remembrance overseen by the Secretary General of his Department. [57560/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Hospital Services
Mary Lou McDonald
723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) under the care of Portiuncula University Hospitals cardiology and paediatric teams is now classed as a new patient following their automatic transfer to adult services in the same hospital following their sixteenth birthday; if his attention has been drawn to reports that following this transfer, their care has effectively ceased despite their immediate and ongoing clinical need including the twice yearly appointments with their consultant to monitor their symptoms and medication, and that the wait time for their next appointment will be in excess of three years. [59474/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Programme for Government
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the commitments in the programme for Government under his remit; if each commitment has been met or is in the process of being met; and the estimated timeframe for same in tabular form. [52774/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Programme for Government
Mary Lou McDonald
6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the programme for Government. [57558/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Europe will next meet. [54591/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
14. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the new British Prime Minister. [54594/22]
Tue, 22 Nov 2022
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Departmental Offices
Mary Lou McDonald
8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if a climate action unit has been established in his Department. [52772/22]
Tue, 22 Nov 2022
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European Council
Mary Lou McDonald
15. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Council meeting held on 20 and 21 October 2022. [52773/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Industrial Relations
Mary Lou McDonald
132. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has initiated the stakeholder consultation regarding International Labour Organisation Convention No. 190; the timeline for the completion of same; and the date by which the Convention will be ratified by Ireland. [57176/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Legislative Measures
Mary Lou McDonald
269. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to amend or repeal the Forcible Entry Act 1381. [57192/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Departmental Reports
Mary Lou McDonald
305. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if his officials have submitted their report regarding the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to him. [57177/22]
Wed, 16 Nov 2022
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Government Communications
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Government Information Service unit of his Department. [51354/22]
Wed, 16 Nov 2022
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Sustainable Development Goals
Mary Lou McDonald
6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the senior officials group chaired by his Department to provide a strategic overview of the implementation of the sustainable development goals. [52762/22]
Wed, 16 Nov 2022
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Defence Forces
Mary Lou McDonald
12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [52764/22]
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Prague summit of the European Political Community. [51352/22]
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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Housing Provision
Mary Lou McDonald
26. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing last met. [54589/22]
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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Housing Provision
Mary Lou McDonald
27. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Housing for All progress report for quarter 3 of 2022 will be published. [54590/22]
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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National Council for Special Education
Mary Lou McDonald
320. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education when the National Council for Special Education will complete and submit its policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools which was first commissioned in September 2018; and the reason that it has taken over four years to complete. [56186/22]
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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Magdalen Laundries
Mary Lou McDonald
435. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 20 October 2022, when a full reply will be issued. [56495/22]
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
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Thalidomide Victims Compensation
Mary Lou McDonald
490. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health further to his commitment in Dáil Éireann on 5 October 2022, if he responded to the matters raised by an organisation (details supplied) with him. [56459/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Planning Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
348. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to initiate a review into the planning process regarding the Moore Street site. [54165/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Passport Services
Mary Lou McDonald
436. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 19 October 2022, if he will provide the analysis of estimated costs to establish and run an additional Passport Office in Northern Ireland. [54595/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Disadvantaged Status
Mary Lou McDonald
616. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if the social inclusion unit of her Department will provide a school (details supplied) with its ranking within the Pobal deprivation index used for the DEIS identification model. [55473/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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School Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
618. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the specific budgetary measures which she has put in place to provide for the increased energy costs for recognised schools in the free education scheme for the autumn and winter 2022/2023 school term; if she accepts that the additional capitation funding in 2022 is not sufficient to cover increased energy costs and all other running costs which have also increased due to increased inflation and the cost-of-living crisis. [55495/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald
719. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection when she will publish the child maintenance review group report which was submitted to her on 22 April 2022. [55441/22]