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- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and has been used by some people-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to argue for further hardship and further cutbacks-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----aimed particularly at those on welfare.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to assure the House-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----that this bad and shoddy piece of work will not be misused for the Government's own ends.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I think the questions are clear, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has done a lot of that.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not getting us anywhere.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is not happening.
- Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I believe I have the floor, Deputy Martin.
- Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: As I am sure the Taoiseach is aware, at approximately this time of year, Women's Aid publishes its annual domestic violence figures. Over 13,000 people called the organisation's helpline last year. Some 2,000 of those calls disclosed emotional, physical and sexual abuse of children in their homes and this represented a 25% increase on the previous year. Some 3,000 callers said that...
- Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: When does the Taoiseach propose to deliver on the programme for Government commitment? When can we expect the introduction of the reformed consolidated domestic violence legislation, and when will we get some indication that the Government will fund the services in question to an adequate level?
- Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: So the Taoiseach cannot give a date.
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his Department's Budget 2013 preparations; and if he will confirm the budgetary process for the remainder of the year in advance of the Government's December Budget 2013 expenditure announcements. [28671/12]
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister for his response. What spurred me to raise this issue was a comment made by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, with whom the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform works in close collaboration. He led the public at large to understand that in the event of a "Yes" vote in the recent referendum, there would be an "easier" budget. In light of the Minister's...
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister set out what he sees as the logic of the Minister for Finance's position. I take a contrary view; I think he was being rather deceptive in his clear articulation that there would be an easier budget after a "Yes" vote. Out of curiosity, did the Minister realise that the Minister for Finance was going to make those comments? The target of 7.5% is contingent on a number of...
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is the Government that will not raise income tax.
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: What did the Minister for Finance mean by an easier budget?
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I need the Minister to answer the question, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Budgetary Process (13 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It was a clear question.