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Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are 21 years on and further delays cannot be justified in any way. Over the past week there has been a considerable amount of intemperate and inaccurate rhetoric from the Taoiseach's own benches.

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope the Taoiseach has faced that down and that we will see the heads of a Bill this evening. I ask him to make it clear that he intends to bring the legislation through the Houses of the Oireachtas and onto the Statute Book by the end of July.

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It ill-behoves the Taoiseach to delay the legislation. We have waited 20 years for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government, when published, accepted the need for further scrutiny of government, greater government accountability and reform. In reality, the abolition of the Seanad will mean there will be less rather than more accountability. In this term, the Government has consistently used its majority to ram through legislation, impose guillotines and shorten debates. In some...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: So the Taoiseach grins upon consuming water.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The people will ultimately decide should the Government put this matter to a referendum.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Taoiseach have any idea when that referendum might take place? Does he have any intention of allowing for debate or consultation with broader sections of society prior to its being held? I presume the normal rules relating to the funding of referendum campaigns, the information provided by Government, etc., will apply. How much consideration has the Taoiseach given to these matters?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the same note, it is assumed that the referendum will be held in the autumn. In the event that the people decide to vote for the abolition of the Seanad, will their decision take effect immediately or will the Seanad serve out its term?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: In recent times President Barroso of the European Commission thought out loud and said in his view that austerity had reached its limits. Prior to that a former employee of the IMF, Ashoka Mody, said that reliance on austerity is counterproductive. Did the Taoiseach discuss any of those matters with Ms Lagarde or did he draw her attention to the huge dilemma we face within the domestic...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: What was the name of the company?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: We know that-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: We know that the troika has made clear from the get-go in respect of the sale of any asset or licence on behalf of the State that the decision rests entirely with Government and any attempt to seek refuge behind the cloak of the troika or to insinuate that it is making the Government sell off Bord Gáis Energy or any of the other assets is not true. It has been remarked in recent times...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----I can only surmise from the conditionality that the Taoiseach is building into his responses, echoed by Deputy Stagg, that in fact there is a change of heart afoot within Government. If that is the case, it is very much to be welcomed but it would be great if the Taoiseach could say that out loud here today in the Dáil.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Conditionality.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: On 14 April, the Constitutional Convention recommended that the Constitution be changed to allow for civil marriage between same-sex couples. As the Taoiseach will be aware, the result of the convention was decisive. I believe it represented a landmark moment for equal rights in Ireland. I ask the Taoiseach to set out for us the timetable he envisages for the consideration of this decision...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will share time with my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty. Yesterday, on introducing this legislation, the Minister for Justice and Equality told the Dáil it is necessary that our legal system provides, and is seen to provide, processes which work properly to give effect to a lender's age-old right to repossess where there is serious default. To reinforce his point, the Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (1 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on work being carried out at an estate (details supplied); and if any further funds are required to give a timeframe for completion. [20484/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (1 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities that are employed on salaries of more than €100,000 per annum. [20499/13]

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: If the updated stability programme the Government published during the week showed anything, it is that austerity is not working. Yet again it has been forced to revise down growth forecasts and revise upwards unemployment projections. Throughout Europe, people are waking up to the reality that austerity is not working. I note today President Higgins is the nation's voice.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Citizens in the real world have been pushed to breaking point and now the Government has advised them that two more years of austerity are on the way. The stealth taxes, the family home tax, cuts to child benefit and taxing maternity benefit all have a real impact on low and middle-income families. People need a break. If the State is due to meet the deficit targets with €1 billion...