Results 141-153 of 153 for going forward speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 36: Defence - Review of Allowances (18 Oct 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...and that Mr. Howard is perhaps constrained in terms of what he can say in this particular forum. However, a sustainable and fair pathway, in terms of rewarding people, will need to be identified going forward. That serving soldiers are reliant on family income supplement, which was not news to me as I have met with many such families, is shocking. I do not believe it is widely known...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... We note that the current text does not mirror the wording agreed to by the cross-party Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children and while the text before us is an important step forward, Sinn Féin will submit amendments on Committee Stage to bring us back closer to the original agreed text. We very much hope the Minister will give these amendments her full...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... We note that the current text does not mirror the wording agreed to by the cross-party Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children and while the text before us is an important step forward, Sinn Féin will submit amendments on Committee Stage to bring us back closer to the original agreed text. We very much hope the Minister will give these amendments her full...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...pay. They have lived with the stigma attached to being confined in the laundries, a confinement that was not their fault. The State has failed these women at every turn. They are both victims and survivors. We applaud their courage in coming forward and telling their story, we stand alongside them in their fight for justice and we offer them our profound apology for the failure of the...

Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (6 Jul 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: .... In 2004, after the fees were introduced, 3,191 non-personal requests were made. Therefore, the number of applications was halved. In 2002 the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government received 368 requests. In 2011 it received just 100. The Department dealing with enterprise issues received 205 requests in 2002. In 2011 it received 70. The number of requests...

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...out precisely the wrong message at this critical time. It is no surprise the German Finance Minister, Mr. Schäuble, interpreted the result as a validation of European policies. That was always going to be the case. A bull-headed decision to stick with the politics and policies of austerity, which have so clearly and manifestly failed, is an even bigger mistake. Following the result,...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...sector, from house builders to general contractors, civil engineers, mechanical and electrical contractors, architects, building suppliers and the construction sector. It is now time for the Government and all of us to bring the Bill to a conclusion. As the Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, outlined, Senator Feargal Quinn must be heartily commended on introducing this legislation in...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...associated with this institution, who make our jobs easier to do. The late Brian Lenihan has been mentioned and I am sure this Christmas he and his family will be in all our thoughts. We will go away, have our Christmas break and return in January when I look forward to the resumption of normal play.

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: This should have been the day when real leadership was shown, when the failed policies of the past were left behind and the people could see, at last, a fair way forward. Today the Labour Party has made its choices and shown its hand. They are all the same after all. No one in the Dáil struggles on €200 a week, has sleepless nights and the feeling of dread in the pit of his or her...

Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...I am pleased also that this protection extends not only to employers who are implicated in the detail of information provided but also to those outside the employer-employee relationship. The Bill goes further in providing a mandatory regime for those with senior or important functions within financial service providers. There should always be a compulsion to disclose any information...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: ...2006. This figure does not take account of all those who will retire before the end of February 2012. The major problem in this regard relates to the existing pension regime and the fact that the Government still believes it is acceptable to shell out for excessive pay and pension packages. The Minister will state the new single pensions scheme has been agreed with the troika, that...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...from various employers and their organisations and bodies. It should have come as no surprise when matters came to a head in the courts. The Minister told us the Attorney General advised the Government that it could not appeal the decision or introduce emergency legislation. He essentially told the House that the Attorney General wrote him a prescription to sit on his hands. It would be...

Murder of PSNI Constable: Statements (5 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...Nationalists and republicans must continue to take their place in the PSNI. We, as politicians, have an obligation to ensure this remains possible. That makes it all the more urgent that the Government should address with the British authorities their unilateral decision to remove the 50-50 recruitment relating to the PSNI. Our political direction can be only forward. There will be no...