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Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----spend hours in front of flat screen televisions in Tallaght or anywhere else. The Tánaiste spoke about activation measures. A total of 54,000 young people are officially out of work, which is 18,000 more than when the Government took office. The official youth unemployment rate is 30% and many are not captured in this figure.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Budget 2014 promises a paltry 4,500 additional places for these young people. Last year the Government promised a paltry 10,000 places and only delivered 5,000. This is the record in terms of activation for the young, so the Tánaiste should not come in here and spoof.

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: When Fianna Fáil cut jobseeker's allowance in 2009 it also claimed it would have training interventions but they did not materialise. The Labour Party was quick to point it out then, but the same is true today. People need jobs and proper labour activation but the Government is asleep at the wheel. It is failing our young people, and cutting their welfare, the only modest support for...

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why is the Government forcing our young from this State to Sydney, Brisbane, Boston and beyond? It strikes me this is official Labour Party policy just like Fianna Fáil's before it. I ask the Tánaiste to answer this. Why is the Government making young people pay for the recession?

Cochlear Implants: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the parents from the Happy New Ear campaign in the Visitors' Gallery, the medics at Beaumont Hospital and, particularly, the irrepressible and legendary Dr. Viani, who not only does her medical work but has been so much a part of the campaign. This is not a party political issue and it should not be a political issue at all. The fact that Sinn Féin has introduced the motion...

Other Questions: National Internship Scheme Placements (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the number of Government Departments that are making use of JobBridge interns with no hope of offering them employment due to the recruitment embargo and that almost 60% of JobBridge participants who undertook their internship in a public sector organisation did not progress into paid employment; and the steps she will take in response...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of budget 2014 on fuel poverty. [43365/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I find that exchange more confusing than clarifying. The fees concerned were over €61,000. How much was recouped by the organisation on foot of that spend?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: How long has Mr. Bray being working in the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, OSi?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was his predecessor an OSi man?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it the trend that the chief executive officer is recruited from within the OSi?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Bray spoke earlier about the OSi contracting in a commercial marketing expert. Was this an unusual move for the organisation or is there a pattern of that also?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Would those contracts, typically, have been salaried with a performance-related element?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Was that contract type standard practice?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that base salary plus performance-related payments?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: How did the OSi recruit this marketing expert?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: When was this person recruited?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: What was the involvement of the parent Department in this process? Did the board require clearance from it?

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: This was not a State appointment. This person was coming in on a very different contractual basis from the 200 odd public servants in the organisation.

Public Accounts Committee: Ordnance Survey Ireland Annual Accounts 2011 (17 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have now established that the parent Department was not involved in any part of the recruitment process. Is that good? For the record, I believe the OSi is a good operation. However, when it decided to bring in outside expertise and strike a contractual deal but excluded the parent Department, it does not wash with me to claim there is a commercial arm to the organisation’s...