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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Directives (6 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the State’s participation in discussions on guidelines on the Family Reunification Directive; if the guidelines will include defining dependency in relation to a sponsor for the purpose of family reunification; and if he will provide clarification on the evidence required to establish family links. [6001/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Numbers (6 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of programme refugees accepted by the State during each of the past ten years. [6000/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the witnesses. When the remit of the Ombudsman was extended but still excluded issues of asylum, prisoners and elements of the criminal justice system, it was a big mistake. I share the concerns around the issue, which was raised with the Minister at the time. There was an explanation that there would be independent procedures built upon to investigate, report and provide that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Bukha think it is simply a myth or does he suspect there might be some truth to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to probe a little further into the direct provision system. It is imperative that we get to the bottom of the deaths that occurred. Obviously, if there is a death which is unnatural or occurs in suspicious circumstances, there is a requirement for the coroner to be involved. It is a criminal offence not to report a death. Aside from this, will the delegates discuss some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The concerns the delegates raise in respect of the entire asylum process are well founded. Clearly, there are bigger human rights issues and concerns with which the committee does not deal. However, these human rights concerns must inform how robust and thorough the freedom of information legislation is. I thank the delegates for their presentations.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The flaws are very evident. It is not difficult to find them.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (7 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2012 fell into bands of €150,000 to €199,000, €200,000 to €299,999, €300,000 to €399,999, and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (7 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the recently published Migrant Rights Centre Ireland Report December 2012 Part of the Family which illustrates the way the unregulated au pair system is being used to facilitate cheap childcare and that leaves au pairs without basic protections, if he intends to address the issue of au pairs here; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies (7 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide, in a tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board under the aegis of his Department. [6439/13]

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputies Ó Caoláin and McLellan.

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: "We all kind of had to stick together in case we got a beating. We all stuck together. Another died and the girl that ran away, she got a beating. We never saw her again. She was the same age as ourselves. She wanted to get out and they beat her. We used to hear her screaming but we did not know where to go, like, because when you are in the dormitory at night you were locked in. The...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Equality Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he has taken at Departmental level to ensure expenditure is managed with due consideration for matters of equality in the context of Ministers working within existing equality legislation. [6706/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm a date on which construction will begin on a permanent school building (details supplied) in Dublin 7. [6683/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Erection of Memorial Plaque (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is his intention to proceed with a plan to build a memorial to the victims of child abuse in the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin. [6684/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to amend the rules to ensure that no senior public servant, including political appointees or Minister can work in the private sector in any area involving a potential conflict of interest with their former area of public employment, until at least two years have elapsed after...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Issues (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he has taken at departmental level to that ensure expenditure is managed with due consideration for matters of equality in the context of Ministers working within existing equality legislation. [6726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Tenders (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of complaints submitted about the new eTenders website since it went live on the 12 November 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of these complaints by sector and by issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6741/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Tenders (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the representative bodies that his Department briefed ahead of the launch of the eTenders website; the nature of the briefing; the processes that exist for future briefings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6742/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Tenders (12 Feb 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of public procurement tenders issued by the Government; the number of tenders which have involved more than one element/ project, for these tenders to be broken down by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6743/13]