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Written Answers — Patent Applications: Patent Applications (7 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions taken by him and agencies to increase the number of patents submitted by Irish companies in the coming year. [27316/12]

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach needs to sit down.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Taoiseach outlined, last Saturday, Spain applied for and was granted what is being referred to as a non-economic bailout - in other words, a bailout - for its toxic banking system for which its citizens will be on the hook. This is all very eerily familiar to us here. It is also now clear that no crumbs from the table will be available for this State. If the Taoiseach's strategy had...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach cannot very well do that, however, and then refuse to give the Dáil and the citizens of this State a clear indication of his strategy on the promissory note and the overall banking debt. What is the game plan, or is there one? Perhaps there is none.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I take no comfort from the Taoiseach's comments. He tells us that decoupling the banking debt from the sovereign is the way to go, to use his term. He has told us repeatedly that he is seeking to re-engineer the promissory note. He also tells us that he is negotiating and making telephone calls, but he has not delivered. The only piece of re-engineering that he has delivered will cost the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have asked the Taoiseach a direct question in respect of the promissory note. We want to know when the technical paper will be concluded and published. When will this Government move definitively to get a result for this State? There is no strategy. The Taoiseach is waffling and fluffing around, hoping against hope that something will break in Greece or Spain to save his blushes. That...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: He should forget about his smart remarks to me across the floor of the House. He should get tell us when the technical paper will be concluded and published. When precisely will the taxpayers and citizens of this State have relief from debts that were never theirs?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Answer the question.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach cannot outline a strategy because he does not have one.

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am glad the Taoiseach raised the issue of Pat Finucane with leaders in the United States over the St. Patrick's Day period. He is of course quite correct to differentiate between on the one hand the very many instances that require public examination and closure for families - and there are many of them - and the case of Pat Finucane on the other. As he correctly said commitments were...

Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I take it from the Taoiseach's remarks that, whatever about not raising the issue on his last visit, like me he appreciates the necessity for that connectedness and space for the diaspora. It cannot all be one-way traffic. I believe we think the same on that. To return to the issue of Pat Finucane, I am concerned that the Taoiseach appears to be taking the view that, despite having signed...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends putting any provision in place, other than jobseeker's benefit, for the 14,000 65 year olds affected by the rise in the retirement age in 2014 with the abolition of the State pension transition which will leave many without a job or a pension when their employment contracts end short of them reaching the new retirement...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the review of labour market activation policy, including community employment, has concluded; the key findings of the review process to date; the steps she will take in terms of policy or funding decisions; and if she intends to publish the full report. [28039/12]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 162: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisors; if he will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special advisor pay cap from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the amount of the increase sought. [27903/12]

Written Answers — Referendum Expenditure: Referendum Expenditure (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide in tabular format details of all Government expenditure related to the treaty referendum held on 31 May 2012, including the Referendum Commission's budget, the monies spent by the Government on its own public information campaign and the amount spent on polling companies and any additional...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisors; if he will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special advisor pay cap from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the amount of the increase sought. [27897/12]

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost to the State of his recent attendance at the annual Bilderberg meeting in Chantilly, Virginia, US; the basis on which the former Attorney General Paul Gallagher and Peter Sutherland attended the meeting as representatives of Ireland and if he will provide details of the cost to the State for...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisors; if he will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special advisor pay cap from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and the amount of the increase sought. [27896/12]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisors; if he will provide details of any request made for an increase above the special advisor pay cap from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the amount of the increase sought. [27894/12]