Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Climate Action Plan

Mary Lou McDonald

12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place to date in 2023 of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department. [25579/23]

Legal Aid

Mary Lou McDonald

235. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his position on the reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels. [25673/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

349. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated capital expenditure cost of providing one staffed additional family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/23]

Employment Schemes

Mary Lou McDonald

449. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the delay in completing the reasonable accommodation fund review and consultation, due to be completed by the end of 2019 under commitments within the comprehensive employment strategy; when the review report will be published; if the report will include recommendations to address the concerns of deaf people who are often marginalised in the workplace due to a lack of communication support; and when recommendations in the report will be implemented. [25653/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

471. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the total annual number of victims of domestic violence who received rent supplement from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26104/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

472. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence from 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

517. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of staffed domestic violence refuge centres and the number of supported units open in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

518. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the estimated current expenditure cost of providing one additional staffed family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

519. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

520. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice Tusla's funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

521. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of protection orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

522. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safety orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

523. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26065/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

524. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

525. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of protection orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

526. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safety orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

527. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

528. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26071/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

531. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the process that has been established to roll-out a National Domestic Violence Accommodation (Refuge) Strategic Development Plan, in the context of a National Services Development Plan, as set out in the Third National Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Strategy. [26120/23]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission

Mary Lou McDonald

240. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 18 May 2023, if he will provide details of the practical concerns he is referring to regarding the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas arising from the introduction of maternity leave for Members. [25428/23]

Defence Forces

Mary Lou McDonald

1. 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. [20327/23]

Departmental Strategies

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [20328/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mary Lou McDonald

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [20329/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [20326/23]

Economic Policy

Mary Lou McDonald

19. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22483/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

31. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22484/23]

Departmental Policies

Mary Lou McDonald

475. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has any plans to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease for front-line healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24462/23]

Domestic Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

564. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide in tabular form a breakdown of the increased funding of €7 million for organisations funded by TUSLA to address acute demands in existing domestic violence services throughout the country; and in tabular form, a breakdown of funding allocated to investment in new services as outlined in the new strategy, and the new services these moneys have been or will be allocated to at the close of this year. [24806/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

793. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to set out the short-term measures in place to address the shortages of Ozempic; the reason for the ongoing shortages; the long-term solutions being put in place to prevent these shortages recurring in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortages of 241 medicines, including 13 which are on the World Health Organisation, WHO, critical list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24438/23]

Medicinal Products

Mary Lou McDonald

795. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to elaborate on the media comments made by his Department regarding the Government's consideration of the introduction of a serious shortage protocol, SSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Mary Lou McDonald

919. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the average waiting time for first time patients referred to the endometriosis clinic in the Coombe Hospital; the number of persons currently awaiting a first appointment; the number of persons awaiting a follow-up appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

920. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care located at Cork University Maternity Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will confirm when patient referrals will be accepted at these services. [24949/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

921. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the Government's commitment to develop a National Endometriosis Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/23]

General Practitioner Services

Mary Lou McDonald

922. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of an endometriosis quick reference guide to assist GPs in recognising endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24951/23]

Health Services

Mary Lou McDonald

923. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when the HSE National Clinical Guideline for Management of Endometriosis will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24952/23]

Local Authorities

Mary Lou McDonald

322. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 11 May 2023, when the specific recommendations regarding paternity and parental leave proposed by the cross-party all-female councillor sub-group in 2021 will be implemented. [23745/23]

Maternity Leave

Mary Lou McDonald

418. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide the practical implications for the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas arising from the introduction of maternity leave for Members; and the actions he has taken to date to address these concerns. [23744/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

124. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 1 2023 on the website of his Department. [22645/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

475. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the consideration he has given to the establishment of a domestic independent body or bodies for the purpose of the monitoring implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence for victims set out in Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence and for children to ensure their rights under Article 19 of the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child are upheld. [22364/23]

Departmental Funding

Mary Lou McDonald

723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting lists, specifically primary care child psychology/counselling, CAMHS and autism for the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/23]

Heritage Sites

Mary Lou McDonald

133. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works appointment of an expert design team to complete Phase 1 works at the national monument site, 14 to 17 Moore Street, to include the team undertaking the work; details on the work themselves; and the timeframe within which the works will be completed. [22313/23]

Heritage Sites

Mary Lou McDonald

134. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works tender Phase 2 fit-out and presentation work at the national monument site, 14 to 17 Moore Street, to include the team undertaking the work if appointed; the details on the works themselves; and the timeframe within which the works will be completed. [22314/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Mary Lou McDonald

204. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the recommendations regarding paternity and parental leave, and family friendly working hours for councillors proposed by the cross-party all-female councillor sub-group in 2021 will be implemented. [22261/23]

Heritage Sites

Mary Lou McDonald

218. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take following the late discovery of a report (details supplied) identifying No. 18 Moore Street as a pre-1916 structure which was submitted to his Department a number of years ago but was not made available to the Moore Street Advisory Group despite the repeated requested of its members. [22315/23]

Maternity Leave

Mary Lou McDonald

253. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will introduce legislation providing for maternity leave for Oireachtas Members; and the constitutional and practical concerns that prevented him from including these provisions in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022, as previously committed to. [22257/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Mary Lou McDonald

20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the North Sea Summit. [20297/23]

Departmental Policies

Mary Lou McDonald

1. 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. [19138/23]

Departmental Policies

Mary Lou McDonald

5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will next meet. [20325/23]