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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Okay, that was as clear as mud. I thank Mr. O'Brien.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013) Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. O'Brien is being cagey.
- Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I commend my colleagues for bringing this important issue to the Dáil. When it comes to caring for and investing in young people, we must face it that the State's record is pretty dismal. Historically, Governments have had little tolerance for young people, particularly those who come from poorer backgrounds or who have been failed by our education system. For many people, the Labour...
- Youth Employment: Motion [Private Members] (19 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: So far has the party's gaze turned to the right that it cannot even consider social and taxation policies that were once part of its DNA. My colleague has mentioned the recent musings of a Government Deputy who believes jobless young people are more interested in watching flat screen televisions than going to work. That is a pathetic attempt to conceal the Government's failure to invest in...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (19 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the future of community welfare services in the Cabra area, Dublin; the length of time for which the four remaining community welfare officers will operate from the centre in Quarry Road; the way local people will engage with community welfare officers in the future; and the amount that has been spent on this service in Cabra...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Applications (19 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who applied for the motorised transport grant in 2012 has not yet received a decision on their application. [49186/13]
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is absolute rubbish.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a smart alec remark.
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Justice and Equality announced on 7 November that Cabinet had finally signed off on the Quirke Magdalen redress scheme recommendations. The Taoiseach will be aware that two of the survivors of the laundries have died since he made his apology on behalf of the State to those women. It is a pity we never had a full debate on the Quirke recommendations in this House. I have...
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: When might we see the legislation?
- Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Government the provision-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the challenges the current difficulties regarding the ESB pension scheme will have on the programme of State asset disposal his Department is overseeing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is aware that the issue of the deficit in the ESB pension fund has been a long-running controversy and concern, and it now stands at €1.6 billion. He is probably aware that in 2010, ESB management on a solo run changed the accountancy treatment of the pension fund from direct benefit to direct contribution, shifting all the liability to the workers. In an effort to keep...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: In 2010, the ESB management without agreement of workers or unions changed the treatment of the pension fund for the purposes of cleaning up its balance sheet. The Government had to sign off those accounts so I do not accept the Minister's position of not commenting on the matter. He should do so and he must do so, and I hope he will take the opportunity today to speak on it. Was the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not accept that. The Minister is proposing to oversee the sale of part of this State asset. The due diligence involved in this, from the Minister's perspective, must mean he has been through this company like a dose of salts, establishing its exact position. It is a bit hard to believe he would miss the magnitude of the hole in pension fund in the ESB. I also find it strange or...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is not micromanaging.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is rubbish.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Therefore, the Minister does not know anything about it. That is astonishing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Strangely enough, the Topical Issue has not been selected.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Semi-State Bodies Issues (21 Nov 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Then give me the information.