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- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach plans to bring forward the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill, the purpose of which is to separate the commissions which I suggest need to be strengthened. I also suggest the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, needs to be informed that discrimination is unlawful, including discrimination against members of the Traveller...
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to give a commitment that the Minister will come before the Dáil to make a statement on the matter.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a headline banner news story in a national newspaper.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It refers to actions that encourage and underwrite discrimination against members of the Traveller community. It is a most serious matter and I ask the Taoiseach to treat it as such and make time available for the Minister to make a statement on the issue.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the matter of the Minister making a statement -----
- 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: Sinn Féin has welcomed the publication of the proposed wording of the referendum on children's rights. It has been a long time coming, some 20 years, and is a welcome development. Without doubt, it is a very significant step towards enshrining children's rights in the Constitution. We note that the current text does not mirror the wording agreed to by the cross-party Joint Committee...
- 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: -----to make every effort to have a full and inclusive debate, not simply to give a platform to organisations or individuals but to remain mindful of citizens who want to do the right thing by children but who still have fears that must be allayed. I believe those fears can be allayed in the course of the debate. The children’s referendum is welcome but fine words alone will not put...
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can only imagine the fear, the isolation, the helplessness and, perhaps for many, the final submission felt by those women and girls incarcerated in the Magdalene laundries. While I can only imagine the nightmare, I know there are many who live with the reality. I am also conscious as we debate this motion that there are women and their families watching this debate for whom the Magdalene...
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know whether the Taoiseach has read this story about the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, this morning-----
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking this question in the context of promised legislation and the ordering of business. It is a serious matter-----
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----when a Cabinet Minister is involved in things that might be construed as encouraging discrimination.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach plans to bring forward the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill, the purpose of which is to separate the commissions which I suggest need to be strengthened. I also suggest the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, needs to be informed that discrimination is unlawful, including discrimination against members of the Traveller...
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to give a commitment that the Minister will come before the Dáil to make a statement on the matter.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a headline banner news story in a national newspaper.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It refers to actions that encourage and underwrite discrimination against members of the Traveller community. It is a most serious matter and I ask the Taoiseach to treat it as such and make time available for the Minister to make a statement on the issue.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the matter of the Minister making a statement -----
- 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: Sinn Féin has welcomed the publication of the proposed wording of the referendum on children's rights. It has been a long time coming, some 20 years, and is a welcome development. Without doubt, it is a very significant step towards enshrining children's rights in the Constitution. We note that the current text does not mirror the wording agreed to by the cross-party Joint Committee...
- 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: -----to make every effort to have a full and inclusive debate, not simply to give a platform to organisations or individuals but to remain mindful of citizens who want to do the right thing by children but who still have fears that must be allayed. I believe those fears can be allayed in the course of the debate. The children’s referendum is welcome but fine words alone will not put...
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can only imagine the fear, the isolation, the helplessness and, perhaps for many, the final submission felt by those women and girls incarcerated in the Magdalene laundries. While I can only imagine the nightmare, I know there are many who live with the reality. I am also conscious as we debate this motion that there are women and their families watching this debate for whom the Magdalene...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Services (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who received out-of-hours emergency care services through the Crisis Intervention Service each month since its establishment; the county in which they normally reside; the type and location of care placement that was found for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40719/12]