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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Terms of Reference of Sub-Committee on Global Taxation: Motions (3 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be brief. I wish to convey my condolences to Deputy Higgins. I was not aware that he had lost his mother. Nobody has suggested that the due diligence to which Deputy Kevin Humphreys referred would not be done. It is self-evident that the OECD and other bodies must be questioned to ascertain information from them. Anybody who happens to be watching this session will simply have...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, on foot of parliamentary questions tabled by my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, further revelations have emerged about the Anglo tape controversy. We know that in 2010 the Garda seized significant quantities of electronic and hard-copy documents and recordings in respect of 18 employees of the former Anglo Irish Bank whose telephone conversations were recorded. The Central...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The legislation to which the Tánaiste refers was actually passed by the House last night. Whatever about his claim of complexity in respect of this matter, for many people it is not complex at all. For those who are in the Shelbourne Hotel this morning to attend an auction - a fire sale - of properties, both residential and commercial, and who suffered the brunt of malpractice in the...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can the Tánaiste answer my questions in regard to Mr. Alan Dukes? I believe the former Senator, Mr. Aiden Eames, would have something to say on this matter also and perhaps Fianna Fáil could help us out there. Will the Tánaiste simply tell us whether the Nyberg inquiry had these tapes?

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have that too.

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Answer the question.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I commend Deputy Broughan on bringing forward such a lovely sounding Bill in the form of the Brighter Evenings Bill. It is almost poetic.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It certainly made me smile. I want to ask the Tánaiste about two things. The report on marriage equality from the Convention on the Constitution has been laid before the Oireachtas this week. Will the four month deadline for a response from Government be adhered to and when does the Tánaiste envisage a referendum being put to the people on that matter? I asked last week about a...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Brightness, always.

Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: No we did not.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: EU Presidency Issues (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a report of her Department's activities as part of the recent Presidency of the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32602/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Reports (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will introduce to bring current child care regulations into line with the standards that all service-user parents, and Irish society generally, expect; the staffing levels, training and oversight requirements she proposes to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32580/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I apologise for arriving late but I had business in the Chamber. The witnesses can tell me if I am being repetitive. I want to revisit the Tolka Valley Business Park unit which the witnesses have told us was used for storage, and if I understand them correctly, it incurred a cost of almost €150,000. It has been stated that the person responsible for the health and safety...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the witness remind us when the lease was signed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: When did the non-compliance with health and safety come to light?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was subsequent to the signing of the 2007 lease?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could the witness be more specific?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it correct that the new lease was signed in 2007 in the knowledge that it did not comply with regulations?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: How many individuals were involved in the signing of the lease?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund (4 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would it have been half a dozen?