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- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: A bit like the Tánaiste's neck.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want the Tánaiste to answer the question. He is the Tánaiste, is he not?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is Deputy Gilmore not the Tánaiste? Does he-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is called opposition.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, the trick is on the Tánaiste's side, as he will not answer my question. What will he do about this?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is this how the Tánaiste responded to Deputy Shortall when she raised the matter with him?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Right. We have the Tánaiste now.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, I put the question to the Tánaiste.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Tánaiste the questions because the Minister will not answer them. The Tánaiste is a disgrace.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I, too, believe that the handling of the primary care centres is something to which we will have to return in the new year.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure it will be, but I feel incredible frustration with the Tánaiste. When questions of fundamental importance are put to him relating to the integrity of the decision making processes, he resorts to hyperbole rather than dealing with the issue at hand. This is a serious issue and it will not go away. I wish to raise two other matters. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am disappointed that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, is not here for this debate. Whatever about my personal disappointment, it reflects the fact that the Government's approach is slapdash on the legislation and cavalier in respect of the sums of money involved. Essentially, we are being asked to put through a budget for the Houses of the Oireachtas for the...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever the Minister of State's personal aversions may be, I well understand why he did not read out the sentence because there is no good news story. The story that €324 million will be required to run this place for the next three years will not be regarded as a good news story. I imagine the Government will not be too keen to tell this story too vigorously, to use the words from...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Shame on you. That is outrageous. True Independents are those who have absented themselves from that farce that we call a Technical Group because one is either an Independent or a party but there is a group of Members in the House who want their cake and eat it. When someone stands up to speak the truth, it hurts. I do not know any other Parliament where a group of people with nothing in...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a bit like the Government.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on works being carried out on the LUAS BXD project; the total spend on the project so far and current estimate for the cost of the completed project. [57236/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (20 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the sports capital grant in terms of the total amount in new funding; the amount allocated thus far; the amount of funding still to be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57259/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (10 Jan 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome this legislation. A big disservice was done in 2003 to good government and transparency in government by the then Fianna Fáil Administration. That said, the Labour Party gave a commitment in respect of the abolition of fees. The Minister has provided us with information which reflects that the charge levied meets only 4% of the cost involved, which as he stated is a tiny...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (10 Jan 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister have a figure for what it costs to administer the fees?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (10 Jan 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister has to make a judgment on fees and I accept that he does not want the system to be overwhelmed. For the most part, the average citizen does not customarily flood the system with freedom of information requests. It is not a standard thing for people to do. I accept the logic of the Minister's position to some extent in terms of not having the system overwhelmed, but if the...