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- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----you gave the Minister considerable latitude.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to be afforded the same courtesy.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to put my question.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Where did it all go so horribly wrong?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Since when does the Labour Party back the big bankers and punish families?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is that now the way of the Labour Party and its accountant Minister?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Of course, the Minister's comments are entirely worthy.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has extended it.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has penalised the people in question.
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is correct that Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin introduced a Bill which sought to lift the Statute of Limitations for the survivors of symphysiotomy. I ask her to encourage the Minister for Health to assist in the passage of that legislation. Outside that, there are broader redress issues. I welcome the publication yesterday of Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendations...
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister think we should have a debate?
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am pleased to speak on this legislation. In 1992, the Supreme Court found that the Constitution guaranteed a woman the right to terminate a pregnancy lawfully and within the State where there is a real and substantial risk to her life, including where that risk is the threat of suicide. Two referendums and a European Court of Human Rights judgment have copper-fastened this established...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties being experienced by a project (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if she is aware that changes applied in 2012 in the entitlement rates for community employment participants has had a serious negative impact on recruitment of people for community after school project schemes; if she is...
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Táim lán sásta páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht tábhactach seo. I commend Deputy Mac Lochlainn on introducing this very important and progressive legislation. Last year, Sinn Féin pledged support for the equality budgeting campaign, a campaign that has developed significant momentum. I welcome to the Gallery many of the campaigners who are pushing...
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, we should not. Equality is not a subjective concept. The Deputy does not even know how to define equality.
- Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is ironic.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (2 Jul 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the submissions made to the Central Bank’s review on the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears; and if he will state the number of submissions that proposed the following, namely a removal of the 12 month moratorium on repossessions, a removal or loosening of the three contacts rule with owners in mortgage difficulty,...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline where and when the National Assets Management Agency intends to spend the €2 billion it has announced as part of its investment plan which will see it overhauling assets underlying loans in the south of Ireland. [31880/13]