Results 5,661-5,680 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the Expenditure Report 2013. [44752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 318. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the Expenditure Report 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44740/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the Expenditure Report 2013. [44742/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take regarding a company (details supplied) and the inadequate and poor recycling facilities it operates. [44371/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 and as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 409. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the recently completed interdepartmental group report on Judge Quirke's Magdalen laundries restorative justice recommendations. [44606/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44750/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 421. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 474. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for her Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014 as was provided for in the Expenditure Report 2013. [44741/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 588. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the full-year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the Expenditure Report 2014, as provided for in the Expenditure Report 2013. [44748/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 590. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on an appeal for the renewal of a medical card for a five year old child (details supplied) with Down's syndrome, asthma, arthritis and a heart condition. [44763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the full year effect of all expenditure reductions for his Department as set out in the expenditure report 2014 as was provided for in the expenditure report 2013. [44754/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (23 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that funding cuts to Dublin City Council have resulted in a €4.5 million cut to homelessness services in the city; and the rationale for this in the context of the Government's commitment to ending long-term homelessness. [44836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 66. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to front-load the 2012 and 2013 Leader rural development programme underspend into 2014; if he will extend the Leader funding for the EDI centre for the unemployed in Longford; his views on the future of the Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the intended catchment area for a new primary school for which his Department has recently applied to Dublin City Council for planning permission on Bannow Road, Cabra West, Dublin 7. (details supplied). [44997/13]

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: No more than the Tánaiste, I do not wish to jump to conclusions about this case. We should not, as it would not be helpful. Perhaps we can imagine the scene - a knock at the families' doors and their children taken away, from what we can ascertain on the simple basis that their colouring did not fit the racial profile of the families concerned. A number of core and deeply troubling...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The second issue relates to the State's capacity to protect the rights of children. Many people following this story see the marked contrast between, on the one hand, last week's revelation by the children's Ombudsman of the HSE's failure to intervene over several years after a child made multiple allegations of rape or another report of 4,100 children who had been assessed by the HSE as...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It would be better for the inquiry to be independent and under the auspices of the Ombudsman for Children, Ms Emily Logan, from the outset.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Although it is true to say that there was a culture in this State and beyond of not reporting child abuse, which occurred most commonly in the family home, the State has a much deeper legacy of institutional abuse and of failing to protect children. It also has a history of confiscating children. This is a part of the psychological landscape of how many people view the State and its...