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Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...on a similar issue. On the fiscal responsibility Bill, the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism Bill and the European Communities Act 1972 (Amendment) Bill, will the Tánaiste indicate the order in which these Bills will be introduced and whether they will be taken before or after the referendum on the austerity treaty? Will he also indicate when the Referendum Commission...

Ministerial Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister for his reply. He indicated that in "a small number of cases" he has sanctioned appointments at above the appropriate point on the pay scale. Can he provide specific figures in this regard and indicate in respect of which Ministries these sanctions were granted?

Order of Business (6 Nov 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and the Taoiseach has indicated that money is going to be ring-fenced. When will the national paediatric hospital development board Bill be brought forward? Will the Taoiseach also indicate when the consolidated domestic violence legislation will be forthcoming?

Public Accounts Committee: Department of Justice and Equality - Review of Allowances (25 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, indicated anything on opening up discussions not only on the allowances, on which a review is under way, but also on a new payment system for the public sector? He indicated several times in debate in this committee and in the Dáil that he will cast his eye over this. Have any initial discussions been opened on this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
NAMA - Annual Report and Financial Statements 2012 (20 Dec 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I feel as if I am on the set of an Agatha Christie drama. I will start with you, Mr. Daly. You indicated in your statement that the board investigates every allegation of impropriety. You indicated four complaints made to An Garda Síochána, two relating to former employees and two in respect of debtors. How many complaints or allegations of impropriety has the board considered...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Social Protection has indicated that she has full confidence in the Minister for Health. Deputy Róisín Shortall indicated the same thing last week when she voted confidence in him. However, it appears that the criteria were not clear, that the Labour Party Ministers were not consulted and that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, went on a solo run....

Order of Business (16 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Tánaiste indicate when we can expect the fiscal responsibility Bill and the treaty establishing the European Financial Stability Mechanism Bill? Will the Tánaiste indicate to the House when the Attorney General will give the Government advice in respect of the fiscal compact treaty referendum or the austerity referendum? Will the Tánaiste give the House a guarantee that when the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is part of their value. The Minister indicated that the sale transaction will be formally launched in a couple of weeks and that it will be completed by the end of the year. Will he inform the House of the extent to which he has engaged in discussions with the unions which represent the employees of BGE? The Minister did not refer to Coillte. Is this an indication that the sale of...

Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...did not answer on the septic tank charge issue so perhaps we will do a little better on this one, which relates to the household charge. Before Christmas the Minister for Justice and Equality indicated that either new or amending legislation would be brought forward to enable fines to be deducted from citizens' wages or welfare payments. Is such legislation or amending legislation...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... When does the Taoiseach expect Mr. Justice Quirke to report back on the Magdalen redress scheme? Will he provide a date? Will he also clarify the reason that, notwithstanding certain indications he gave at the time, Summerhill in Wexford continues to be excluded from the terms of reference of the redress scheme? The Taoiseach indicated several times that the Government was...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (7 May 2020)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...budget - the Taoiseach is quite correct - unlike that budgetary parameters that we have here. I am glad to hear the Taoiseach confirm that the payments will be extended beyond June. Will he indicate for how long these payments will be extended? Will he indicate that the level of payment at €350 will remain the same? Will he indicate also if he could be more ambitious in terms of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2018)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Future Funding of Domestic Water Services. I believe it is a measure that is supported by a majority of Teachtaí in the Dáil and, more important, the vast majority of citizens. Could we have an indication of when we might see the Bill? Could we also have an indication of when the referendum might be brought to the people?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The review from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, RCOG, has now been published, as the Taoiseach indicated. He stated earlier that this would be a difficult day for the women concerned and their families. I have no doubt it will be. The Taoiseach also expressed the hope that this would be another step along the road to finding out what happened and rebuilding public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Budget 2013 (21 Nov 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...evident in low income families and even in some middle income families too. The Minister is probably aware that the ESRI report on the distributional impact of budgets over recent years indicated that the 2012 budget, of all budgets, disproportionately hit people on lower incomes. The report indicated a reduction of approximately 2% or 2.5% of income for the poorest 40% of households, as...

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will Deputy Howlin indicate if I am wrong with regard to the sale of State assets?

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill: Second Stage (19 Oct 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. However, if the Minister is going to inform the teachers' unions and, by extension, their membership, that this is a temporary measure, he must provide a timeline indicating when the pension levy will be lifted.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware of all that but can the Tánaiste indicate when the full package will come before the House?

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: She will receive an annual pension pot of €114,000 and she is entitled to a whopping €445,656 pay-off on her retirement. To her credit, she has indicated that she will wave her special severance payment but let us be honest-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has told us that the legislation in respect of the ESM will be brought before the House shortly. Will the Taoiseach indicate whether the Attorney General has been consulted in respect of the constitutionality of that Bill and the appropriate method of its ratification?

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste should tell me that I am wrong. He should indicate that people will not be taken to court.