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Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: A threat of €2 billion of privatisation-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----has now morphed into a €5 billion fire sale of the State's family silver.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Since when has the Labour Party been in the business of lining the pockets of private investors at the expense of the taxpayer? It has clearly bent the knee to the troika. That is nothing new. That is a pattern that has emerged, but in this instance it is also clear that it has bent the knee to Fine Gael. In fact, the Tánaiste stands in this House this morning and waxes lyrical about...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can the Tánaiste tell me also what of the promises made by his party to the electorate only a few short months ago that his party is opposed to short-term privatisation? Has he had a road to Damascus experience hand in hand with his boss, the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny?

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste knows as well as I do that the total portfolio approach can and should be taken with those companies still in full public ownership. He knows well that the moment shareholder interests enter the equation in the semi-States, they will trump the public interest. I imagine that is why his party's manifesto stated categorically that the party was against short-term privatisation,...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Rabbitte and his cheerleaders to my right may scoff, but they and we know full well that they have buckled to the troika and to Fine Gael. Shame on the Labour Party for pursuing this. We understood that its job in Government was to stop the worst excesses of the privatisation agenda, but it is clearly not serious about that.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: We do not need privatisation to create jobs.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. We do not want privatisation.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: An old groove that the Labour Party reflected in its manifesto.

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Safe Ireland has now published its national statistics on domestic violence for 2010. I am sure the Tánaiste has seen them and is shocked by them. On more than 3,000 occasions, women and children could not be accommodated in refuges. Terrified woman and children were turned away, with the numbers representing a 38% increase on the 2009 figure. The programme for Government makes a...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not accept Deputy Stagg's point of order. A promise has been made in respect of legislation in this area. We all know that funding for services to victims of domestic violence and abuse are woefully inadequate. We do not need an elaborate review to establish that fact. Can the Tánaiste tell the House when the legislation will come forward? The promised consolidated domestic violence...

Order of Business (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Funding has been reduced.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether CIE is a strategically important State asset; and if so, his plans to retain it in State control. [26572/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to appoint members to the board of National Sports Campus Development Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26499/11]

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who hold multiple or more than one State agency board positions; their total remuneration; the number of board memberships said persons hold and their names in tabular form. [27205/11]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who hold multiple, more than one State agencies board positions; their total remuneration; the number of board memberships said persons hold and their names in tabular form. [27204/11]

Written Answers — In-service Training: In-service Training (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the professional development for teachers support service intend to have an Irish version of the website; the reason there remains an English only version of the website; and the way he intends to raise the standard of Irish taught in schools if the primary website for teachers in-service remains available in English only. [26738/11]

Written Answers — In-service Training: In-service Training (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that he is complying with the Official Languages Act 2003 in view of the fact that the professional development for teacher support website remains only in English; if he is satisfied that all personnel who provide the support service have the ability to deliver services through Irish; if he is satisfied that PDST...

Written Answers — In-service Training: In-service Training (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on the professional development for teacher support service there are post-primary tutors giving in-service to primary teachers and, [i]vice versa, [/i]primary teachers providing in-service to post-primary teachers; the measures he will take to address this situation; and his views that...

Written Answers — In-service Training: In-service Training (29 Sep 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the feedback forms which are completed by the attendees on the professional development for teachers support in-service course are read and analysed by either the staff on PDTS or by his Department officials; and the changes that have been made as a result of the analysis of feedback forms. [26740/11]