Parliamentary questions

Social and Affordable Housing

Mary Lou McDonald

655. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the work he is undertaking to develop schemes in respect of cost rental and affordable housing; and when details in relation to same will be published. [5194/19]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Mary Lou McDonald

656. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when Dublin City Council will receive a response to a request to assist with phase 2 of its housing insulation programme. [5195/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the leader of the DUP, Ms Arlene Foster, recently. [2542/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [3891/19]

Departmental Operations

Mary Lou McDonald

10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [2541/19]

Legislative Programme

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for 2019; and his plans for emergency Brexit legislation. [2489/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [2490/19]

Garda Deployment

Mary Lou McDonald

250. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Santry Garda station in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [3782/19]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

259. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the report by An Garda Síochána relating to youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4053/19]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

260. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by An Garda Síochána regarding the youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017 has been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/19]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

261. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report by An Garda Síochána regarding the youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to July 2017 will include a breakdown of non-prosecutions by Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4055/19]

Health Services Data

Mary Lou McDonald

343. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with no fixed address discharged from all public hospitals at the end of December 2018 or on the latest date available; and the number of children discharged with no fixed address in tabular form. [3931/19]

Pension Provisions

Mary Lou McDonald

550. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that have been put in place to ensure that residents here who are recipients of British pensions will be able to receive their pensions in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3790/19]

Primary Care Centres

Mary Lou McDonald

163. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the future plans for the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3461/19]

Primary Care Centres

Mary Lou McDonald

164. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason for the closure of the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3462/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee G, justice and equality, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [1706/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with Chancellor Merkel. [2491/19]

Hospital Services

Mary Lou McDonald

327. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision a new MRI scanner at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [2401/19]

Local Authority Funding

Mary Lou McDonald

675. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the per capita funding of local authorities ratio by county. [2441/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee B, social policy and public services, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [53033/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

15. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the foreign visits he plans to undertake to the end of June 2019. [1705/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Mali and Ethiopia. [1707/19]

Taoiseach's Communications

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [53034/18]

Commissions of Investigation

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the commission of investigation into IBRC. [53031/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee E, health, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [53030/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Mary Lou McDonald

7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of staff employed in his Department in 2018. [53032/18]

Tender Process

Mary Lou McDonald

265. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Government Procurement will advance A Programme for a Partnership Government's commitment to introduce a provision by which taxi companies that wish to bid for State procurement contracts must ensure a minimum of 10% of their fleet is wheelchair accessible. [54072/18]

Garda Compensation

Mary Lou McDonald

429. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in drafting the Garda Síochána (compensation) Bill 2017 in view of the approval of the heads of the Bill and agreement that no further pre-legislative scrutiny was required by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on 9 May 2017. [54426/18]

Victim Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

782. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when the review of the sexual assault treatment units will be completed; and if it will be published. [1576/19]

Victim Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

783. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the details of currently held full-time and part-time positions and the number of on-call positions in each of the six sexual assault treatment units in tabular form. [1577/19]

Victim Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

784. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented to each of the six sexual assault treatment units in 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [1578/19]

Victim Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

785. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of days per week and the opening hours for each of the six sexual assault treatment units in tabular form. [1579/19]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

995. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla initiated and completed a review of emergency domestic violence services in the greater Dublin area; and when a report on the same will be published. [1461/19]

Proposed Legislation

Mary Lou McDonald

1040. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Attorney General is satisfied with the defined benefit pensions provisions in the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; and if the Bill can now proceed to Committee Stage. [54070/18]

Legislative Measures

Mary Lou McDonald

1041. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to introducing a stand-alone amending Bill to provide for the necessary technical amendments of Part 9 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [54071/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F (National Security) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [51727/18]

European Council Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the December 2018 European Council meeting. [53029/18]

Departmental Communications

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s social media policy. [51726/18]

Northern Ireland

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Orange Order. [50555/18]

Film Industry

Mary Lou McDonald

678. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions being taken to prevent workers' rights from being abused across the film industry. [52855/18]

Schools Facilities

Mary Lou McDonald

115. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all primary schools; the primary schools that have a kitchen or a canteen; the primary schools that do not have a kitchen; and the primary schools that do not have a canteen, respectively, in tabular form. [52411/18]

Schools Facilities

Mary Lou McDonald

116. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all new school build contracts include the provision of a kitchen and a canteen for students and teachers. [52412/18]

Commencement of Legislation

Mary Lou McDonald

158. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 is reliant on enactment of the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017 [52253/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he has held recent meetings with representatives of churches and faith communities as part of the church-State structured dialogue process. [50346/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee A on the economy last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [50347/18]

Sports Facilities Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

78. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the status of the acquisition and refurbishment of premises in Ballybough, Dublin 3, for boxing; and when he expects this project to be completed as pledged through the ministerial task force on the north-east inner city. [51755/18]

Garda Operations

Mary Lou McDonald

257. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the six additional protective services units for Q4 2018 have been established in DMR south central, Waterford, Kerry, Kilkenny, Carlow, Limerick and Galway Garda divisions; and the buildings, office equipment, cars, technology and trained Garda personnel in place in each. [52224/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department who provide supports for Independent Ministers in government. [50348/18]

British-Irish Council

Mary Lou McDonald

2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [48021/18]

Brexit Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent special meeting of the European Council. [50556/18]

Seanad Reform

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Seanad reform implementation group. [48019/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the President of Finland, Mr. Sauli Niinistö, and the Prime Minister of Finland, Mr. Juri Sipilä. [48235/18]

Brexit Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in preparing for Brexit. [48234/18]

Departmental Advertising Budgets

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [49146/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Derry. [48233/18]

Brexit Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [48020/18]

National Digital Strategy

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently announced consultation process in respect of the national digital strategy. [49144/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent ASEM summit. [49145/18]

Autism Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

217. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Dublin 7 who are on a waiting list to access an ASD unit. [49523/18]

Autism Support Services

Mary Lou McDonald

218. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Dublin 1 who are on a waiting list to access an ASD unit. [49524/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

299. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if women eligible to apply to the Magdalen redress scheme (details supplied) are not required to provide proof or evidence of the hours they worked in cases in which this information is provided to the best of their ability. [49011/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

305. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the recently published addendum to the terms of the Magdalen restorative justice ex gratia scheme includes a provision that the calculation of the lump sum redress payment will be made on the basis that no child under 12 years of age worked in a Magdalen laundry, unless an applicant provides evidence of such work before they reached the age of 12 in view of documentation that children under the age of 12 did work in the laundries. [49278/18]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

319. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 6 November 2018, when a reply will issue. [49410/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the National Economic and Social Council. [42202/18]

Programme for Government Implementation

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if A Programme for Partnership Government progress report will be published in December 2018. [42203/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Mary Lou McDonald

9. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of special advisers in his Department; and the areas of policy to which they are assigned. [45088/18]

Official Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

21. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Parliament, Mr. Antonio Tajani. [45717/18]

Northern Ireland

Mary Lou McDonald

29. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Ms Arlene Foster. [45718/18]

Official Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

34. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Cavan; the engagements he undertook; and if he met with stakeholders to discuss the impact of Brexit. [45719/18]

National Digital Strategy

Mary Lou McDonald

37. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently announced consultation process in respect of the national digital strategy. [46732/18]

Official Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

41. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent ASEM summit. [46733/18]

Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

44. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed budget for social media advertising in his Department for 2019. [46734/18]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Mary Lou McDonald

576. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take following the resignation of a person (details supplied) from the mother and baby homes collaborative forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47801/18]

National Reform Programme

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme 2018. [43710/18]

Departmental Communications

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in developing a single Government visual identity. [45086/18]

Public Sector Reform Implementation

Mary Lou McDonald

7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the public sector reform measures under way in his Department. [45087/18]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Tusk. [43708/18]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Mary Lou McDonald

11. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the number of Cabinet committee meetings he has attended since June 2018. [43709/18]

Residential Institutions

Mary Lou McDonald

248. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills the outcomes from the recent meeting of the interdepartmental committee to examine the way in which existing State services can best meet the residential institutions survivors into the future; and the publication date agreed by the committee for its final report. [47133/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

252. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when primary legislation will be introduced in order to extend the medical card and other health-related supports to the surviving women of the Magdalen laundries who have previously been excluded from the redress scheme due to the fact that they were recorded as being admitted to a different institution closely associated with their respective laundries within which they worked unpaid. [46952/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

253. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the benefits and entitlements that his Department will now provide to the surviving women of the Magdalen laundries who have previously been excluded from the redress scheme due to the fact that they were recorded as being admitted to a different institution that was closely associated with their respective laundries within which they worked unpaid. [46964/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Mary Lou McDonald

410. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will receive an appointment to see an orthopaedic surgeon in St. James's Hospital. [46963/18]

Departmental Functions

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, European Union and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [40782/18]

Departmental Bodies

Mary Lou McDonald

4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [40783/18]

Departmental Operations

Mary Lou McDonald

7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [40784/18]

Garda Information and Communications Technology

Mary Lou McDonald

387. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of his Department’s allocations of €65 million for information and communications technology and €17 million building programme as provided for in budget 2019. [44750/18]

Garda Accommodation

Mary Lou McDonald

388. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the divisional protective services units building programmes that will commence in 2018. [44751/18]

Domestic Violence Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

427. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the development of a domestic violence risk assessment matrix by An Garda Síochána will be completed and operational across all divisions. [45556/18]

Garda Data

Mary Lou McDonald

428. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all Garda divisions, in tabular form. [45557/18]

Garda Accommodation

Mary Lou McDonald

429. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all operational divisional protective services units, in tabular form. [45558/18]

Garda Accommodation

Mary Lou McDonald

430. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of An Garda Síochána divisions that will and will not require building works to provide for their protective services units in tabular form. [45559/18]

Garda Accommodation

Mary Lou McDonald

431. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of the €17 million capital budget allocated by his Department to the An Garda Síochána building programme for 2019 that has been directed to completing the necessary building works to accommodate the delivery of protective services units to all divisions by the end of 2019. [45560/18]

Garda Information and Communications Technology

Mary Lou McDonald

432. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the €65 million for the An Garda Síochána information and communications technology capital budget for 2019. [45561/18]

Garda Information and Communications Technology

Mary Lou McDonald

433. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown the €10 million An Garda Síochána capital budget for 2019. [45562/18]

Garda Information and Communications Technology

Mary Lou McDonald

434. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the €65 million An Garda Síochána capital budget for 2019. [45563/18]

Magdalen Laundries

Mary Lou McDonald

449. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he remains committed to complying with the recommendations of the Ombudsman’s report, Opportunity Lost - An Investigation by the Ombudsman into the Administration of the Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme; and if he is satisfied with the ongoing delay by the Attorney General to approve an addendum to the Magdalen laundries redress scheme to enable his Department to pay out redress entitlements to elderly survivors of the laundries that were admitted via a training centre or industrial school located in the same building attached to or located on the grounds of one of the laundries. [45866/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mary Lou McDonald

735. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the reason a centre (details supplied) has not received the additional funding of €150,000 which was granted to it in 2016 by the HSE. [45755/18]

Services for People with Disabilities

Mary Lou McDonald

736. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a centre (details supplied) will receive the additional funding promised in 2016 which has now accumulated to €428,625.83; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45756/18]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Mary Lou McDonald

582. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the method by which new members of the mother and baby home collaborative forum will be appointed as vacancies arise. [43363/18]

Constitutional Amendments

Mary Lou McDonald

683. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans in respect of holding constitutional referenda over the next 12 months. [42204/18]