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- Written Answers — Special Education Review: Special Education Review (27 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which the National Council for Special Education will complete its major strategic review of special education. [30975/12]
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: This week two of the Minister's Cabinet colleagues from Fine Gael called on the Government to breach its commitments under the Croke Park agreement. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, called for the suspension of pay increments in the same week as the Government yet again breached its own salary cap for the new chief executive of the VHI. The Tánaiste responded...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the irony is not lost on people when the Minister speaks about solidarity and pats himself on the back for pay caps of â¬200,000 and â¬250,000. He cannot confirm to the Dáil or the people that low paid public servants will not be attacked again and that their increments are safe. I asked him a straightforward question.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: He responded with waffle.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: He spoke about pay ceilings. He breached them repeatedly in respect of his own special advisers and we are now presented with the scandalous situation of a salary of â¬238,727 for the new man coming into the VHI. In that context, I think the Minister can be clear with us and I will put the question to him in a straightforward way. I do not want to hear about elements or parts. I want him...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should answer the question.
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012, brought forward by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairà Quinn, has been referred to select committee. My colleagues and I intend to put forward amendments to the Bill in order to address several stark omissions therein, including the omission from its terms of reference of the women and children of the Magdalene...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide extra funding to deal with the serious issues surrounding the maintenance of social housing, particularly flat complexes. [31206/12]
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let us revert to the kernel of the issue. As the Taoiseach acknowledged, the Government committed not just to restoring the Freedom of Information Act to what it was before it was, undoubtedly, undermined by the previous Administration but also to extending its remit to capture other public bodies, including the administrative side of the Garda SÃochána. What progress has been made in...
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach referred to it.
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach simply echoed what I had said. I understand a commitment was given. I also understand Deputy Brendan Howlin is the line Minister responsible in this respect. I asked the Taoiseach about the public bodies he believed should be under the umbrella of the freedom of information legislation. I specifically mention the likes of the Central Bank, the financial services authority,...
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach give us the figures again? He gave a total figure of â¬21,074, some â¬12,100 of which was attributable to the departmental action plan. What did the health and safety review cost, that is, the work carried out by QTS?
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The figures are â¬1,271 and â¬12,100. They do not come to â¬21,074. There is obviously something missing from the Taoiseach's script. I am trying to figure out the mathematics because I am puzzled. The health and safety review cost â¬1,271. Is that what the Taoiseach told me?
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The departmental action plan cost â¬12,100.
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach told us the overall spend was â¬21,074.
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has only itemised spending on two contracts, which comes to approximately â¬13,000. Clearly, there is something missing.
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does that account for the difference in the figures?
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for clarifying the matter. In the case of QTS and the EU media consultancy contract, competitive tendering procedures were applied. Is that equally true of Towers Watson and the work on the departmental action plan? I am calling on the Taoiseach to confirm that all consultancy work is subject to the standard and required procurement procedure. The media consultancy...
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sorry for getting up and down, but I was keen to clarify those matters. The Taoiseach was asked about the in-house expertise available and, no doubt, it is considerable within the Department. I understand there are matters which of necessity require consultancy support and for which the Department must buy in skills. It strikes me as rather odd, however, that the Taoiseach would need...