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ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----will be used for investment in job creation is to sell the people a pup.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Even if Government secured the agreement of the troika to do so, it would be a fraction of the sale value. Real growth through job creation and a significant write-down of bad debt is the only way forward. The EU is getting it wrong and the Government is getting it wrong. It is now time for a different path.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Even at this eleventh hour, I ask the Minister to return to the commitment he made to the people when he went before them and was duly elected. He and his colleagues promised they would oppose privatisation and that they would use semi-state companies-----

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----in a way that would serve the long-term strategic needs of this State and its people.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Now he and his colleagues are on the brink of making a colossal U-turn.

ESB and Disposal of State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Their decision to privatise part of the ESB is wrong-headed and short termist, and I think they know that. What they know above all, I am sure, is that the decision they have taken flies in the face of promises made.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (22 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards to be included in the legislation governing the implementation of the statutory trust fund that will ensure transparency and openness in its implementation; and his views that lessons can be learnt from the operation of the redress fund in which a number of victims' groups and survivors of abuse raised important...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund (22 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give assurances that the statutory trust fund will not be used to replicate existing services that are in place to deal with persons seeking assistance on housing, welfare, and other social issues. [25096/11]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on progress made in the implementation of the youth homelessness strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26075/11]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the decision by FÁS not to continue funding for a project (details supplied) and if alternative funding can be found to keep such a vital service running. [26227/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grades within the public and civil service entitled to receive a special severance gratuity payment on retirement; the number of public and civil servants that will be eligible for the special severance gratuity payment on retirement; the way the special severance gratuity payment calculated for each eligible grade; the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grades within the public and civil service entitled to benefit from added years enabling the latter to retire before the standard pension entitlement age with full pension benefits; the number of public and civil servants that will be eligible to benefit from added years; if he will give details of the saving to the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the saving to the State if all existing public and civil service pension payments were capped at €35,930 per year. [26023/11]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has applied to the EU for a derogation from the EU Electricity Directive. [26006/11]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent judicial inquiry recommendations into conditions at Mountjoy Jail, Dublin, with respect to the installation of proper toilet facilities before Christmas will be implemented; and his views on the recent finding that the slopping out practice has been adjudged a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights by the...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of his commitment that frontline services will not be affected by depleted public sector numbers, the reason the Health Service Executive has decided not to replace a retiring neighbourhood youth project 1 project leader in the north inner city. [25703/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (27 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 555: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State when all publicly employed hospital consultants exceed the cap of 25% in private practice by 15%. [26009/11]

Written Answers — Non-Governmental Organisations: Non-Governmental Organisations (28 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Health his views whether it is appropriate that the CEO of Rehab, a large non-governmental organisation in receipt of significant amounts of public money, be paid a salary as reported, far in excess of the public service salary caps recently announced by him; and if he intends to take measures to bring pay levels of such NGO CEOs into line with public...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (28 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to enhance mental health inpatient services in Dublin in view of the closure of inpatient facilities at St. Ita's, Portrane, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26383/11]

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: We now have it straight. The Tánaiste's Government is intent on the wholesale privatisation of State assets.