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Tue, 9 May 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald
442. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if the Programme for Government commitment to introduce domestic homicide reviews legislation can be delivered as he has yet to publish the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews submitted to him in the summer of 2022; and if he remains committed to the zero-tolerance policy as set out in the Third Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. [21323/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Child Protection
Mary Lou McDonald
443. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 21 March 2023, when he will introduce the second stage of the Criminal Justice (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2022; and the interim measures he will take to ensure that the State is meeting its international legal obligations to children as it has still not ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. [21354/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Energy Prices
Mary Lou McDonald
162. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the funding streams that are available for a school (details supplied) to assist with the cost of rising energy costs for the school. [20837/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Homeless Persons Supports
Mary Lou McDonald
181. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the Youth Homeless Strategy 2023-2025 commitments to offer LGBTI+ Youth Homelessness Training Workshops for service providers to ensure a better understanding of LGBTI+ issues and the various forms of discrimination; and to develop privacy and safety strategies for young LGBTI+ people using emergency accommodation, informed directly by LGBTI+ youth, which could be implemented by the homeless service providers. [20975/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Equality Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
212. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the progress to date on the development of a legal ban on the practice of conversion therapy; when he expects legislation to be ready for introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20974/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Northern Ireland
Mary Lou McDonald
8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the shared island unit of his Department. [20296/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Constitutional Amendments
Mary Lou McDonald
10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [19137/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Sports Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
197. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the large-scale sport infrastructure fund will be open for applications. [20593/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald
342. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 21 January 2023, when he will publish findings of the consultation to examine the functioning and effectiveness of the Equality Acts, which was expected early this year. [20147/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Child Poverty
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [18063/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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National Economic and Social Council
Mary Lou McDonald
13. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [18129/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
13. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy and investment will next meet. [18127/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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European Council
Mary Lou McDonald
23. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the recent European Council meeting. [18128/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Housing Provision
Mary Lou McDonald
246. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in the Dublin central constituency in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18681/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Courts Service
Mary Lou McDonald
303. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that the Courts Service is unable to confirm if there have been any convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 as prosecutors may use free text codes for which it is not possible for the service to run reports; the action he will take to rectify this serious matter. [18637/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Female Genital Mutilation
Mary Lou McDonald
312. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that the HSE has not put in place special support services required by victims and survivors of FGM as set out in Action 2.4.12 of the Department’s Third National Strategy on Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence Implementation Plan; and what actions he will take to address this matter. [18813/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Female Genital Mutilation
Mary Lou McDonald
313. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that the HSE has not completed the mapping of current FGM service provision and allocated funding as set out in Action 2.4.12 of the Department’s Third National Strategy on Domestic Sexual and Gender Based Violence Implementation Plan committed to be completed by Q4 2022; and what actions he will take to address this matter. [18814/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
10. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the President of the United States. [18061/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach how often every Cabinet committee meets, with particular reference to the committees on health, housing and education. [18062/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Public Sector Reform Review
Mary Lou McDonald
23. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the non-statutory public service modernisation, development and reform functions for which his Department is responsible. [14831/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Air Services
Mary Lou McDonald
335. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if he has concluded his consideration of the Derry City Airport’s economic assessment and supporting materials for a Dublin/Derry air route submitted to his Department in December 2022; the progress he has made in delivering on the air connectivity review commitment under the New Decade, New Approach agreement since taking up office in 2020. [18024/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Office of Public Works
Mary Lou McDonald
434. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to set out the guidelines or criteria that determine allocation and the allocation process of OPW lodges in the Phoenix Park for rental purposes. [16595/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Office of Public Works
Mary Lou McDonald
435. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm how many persons are on the waiting list for OPW lodges in the Phoenix Park. [16596/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Office of Public Works
Mary Lou McDonald
436. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm how many vacant OPW lodges there are in the OPW; and when they will be due to be allocated. [16597/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Mary Lou McDonald
594. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if a new school (details supplied) build project will now proceed to construction. [18003/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Urban Development
Mary Lou McDonald
852. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the €121.3 million funding for Dublin’s north inner city announced in 2021. [18002/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
1422. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated by his Department for 2023 to the National Treatment Purchase Fund to provide for the scheme to provide autism assessments for children. [16659/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Pension Provisions
Mary Lou McDonald
123. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 21 March 2023, if he will confirm that he has submitted the business case and consent request to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform as required regarding a company's (details supplied) approved pension increase as submitted to him in July 2022. [15881/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Mary Lou McDonald
195. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if she has published the National Council for Special Education policy advice on education provision in special classes and special schools submitted to her Department on 12 January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15977/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Mary Lou McDonald
274. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1122 of 18 January 2023, the new incident types and related offences under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 were configured and deployed to PULSE on 7 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15846/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [12972/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Departmental Properties
Mary Lou McDonald
17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department's resource-efficiency action plan. [12443/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
7. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [14827/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Offices
Mary Lou McDonald
21. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international and EU division within his Department. [14828/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Planning Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
311. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the emergency measures he will take to address the significant backlog of applications to An Bord Pleanála, which has resulted in the agency failing to decide on nearly two-thirds of current applications within the statutory timeframe. [15227/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Heritage Sites
Mary Lou McDonald
313. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the €5 million allocated from NAMA in 2014 for the development of a heritage and visitor attraction at 14 -17 Moore Street. [15272/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Heritage Sites
Mary Lou McDonald
314. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the €12.7 million in funding allocated by his Department for the interpretation stage for the heritage and visitor attraction at 14 -17 Moore Street. [15273/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Female Genital Mutilation
Mary Lou McDonald
581. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the reason he has not included a national action plan to address female genital mutilation in the Third Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, as called for by the National Steering Committee on FGM. [15213/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mary Lou McDonald
647. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 recognition payment will be paid to a qualified person (details supplied) who has supplied their information as requested in November 2022. [14792/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Reviews
Mary Lou McDonald
708. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when his Department's review of the rationale for the disclosure of counselling notes as part of court proceedings, including a victim or survivor perspective, commenced in July 2022 will be completed. [15215/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Equality Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
315. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay by his Department in completing the report of the review of the Equality Acts (Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 and the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015) examining the functioning of the Acts and their effectiveness in combatting discrimination and promoting equality, which was due to be published early in 2023. [14545/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Departmental Projects
Mary Lou McDonald
345. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 23 February 2023, when his Department will issue a reply, given all other Departments have responded in full to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14431/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Church-State Relations
Mary Lou McDonald
2. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with church leaders. [12442/23]
Wed, 22 Mar 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Government co-ordination will next meet. [12973/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Northern Ireland
Mary Lou McDonald
6. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland will next meet. [12441/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Mary Lou McDonald
12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [10768/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Health Strategies
Mary Lou McDonald
20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland overseen by his Department. [11070/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Pension Provisions
Mary Lou McDonald
274. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport if he has submitted the business case and consent request to the Minister for Public Expenditure as required regarding a company's (details supplied) approved pension increase as submitted to him in July 2022. [13180/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Mary Lou McDonald
692. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of the 58 schools whose building projects have been put on hold from proceeding to either tender or construction phases due to capital funding pressures, in tabular form. [13095/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Mary Lou McDonald
973. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the study commissioned by his Department 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 to be completed early this year has not yet been published. [13542/23]