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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (26 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons in each catchment area of each Jigsaw youth mental health service respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35703/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 957. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a date for hip replacement surgery in Tallaght hospital. [35859/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (26 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been deemed ineligible for jobseeker's allowance on the grounds that they are not capable for work since January 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35330/17]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Neville is jealous.

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I commend Deputy Browne and welcome this legislation. Sinn Féin supports the amendment as moved by the Minister of State and I join in congratulating him on his appointment to what is a very challenging and important brief. I have no doubt but that he will go at it with considerable vigour and will bring much positivity to the role. Progress in mental health reform has been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I endorse everything Deputy Connolly has said.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The media have the audit.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with my colleague and we have discussed this before. We need not only to do an examination but to try to get to the root of this. We need to establish what is necessary when it comes to oversight, good governance, tracking and so on. We can go from one case to another lamenting their various failures but having already done a lot of high-profile, sometimes controversial, work, our...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: There are two interim reports. The final report is due on 31 July 2017.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Before we suspend, we should wish Deputy Kelly a very happy 50th birthday.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I suggest that a phone call be made to the Garda procurement section and that it be asked to forward the information by fax, email or carrier pigeon.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the witnesses. This is a familiar scenario for all of us now. Like other speakers, I have a number of questions for the witnesses and so I would appreciate brevity in their responses. Some of the questions can be answered with a "Yes" or "No". I want to cover a range of topics. I share the frustration of colleagues, in particular Deputy Cullinane, that as of yet we are...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was it Assistant Commissioner O'Driscoll who communicated the message to Government that it should be one of the stations to be re-opened?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Commissioner have sight of that report before it went to Government?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Commissioner have sight of it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was this recommendation made on the basis of crime statistics and need in the community?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can we have a copy of the report that recommended the reopening of stations and the methodology, the matrix and everything applied to differentiate between Garda stations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is clear that it has reached a point where the Garda was in a position to make some recommendations to Government. I want to see the background, the data and the analysis of that please.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can we even see the interim position, as far as the report has been done? When might we have that? Would it be reasonable to expect it within a day or two?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (13 Jul 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: On procurement, the witnesses can see how easy it was to produce the list we needed. It was just a matter of a phone call, which is good. One item jumps out at me: uniforms. I assume this category refers to the uniformed officers and the clothes the witnesses have on their backs. It is from Cara Ireland. Who is that and where is it based? Is it in Howth? It is item 46. What period...