Results 6,481-6,500 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, that the Commissioner will not tell us.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Pensions Issues (28 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide details as requested relating to his Department as provided by all other Ministers. [3793/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (28 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of investment sought and received by the Government from the European Investment Bank for each year from 2007 to 2013; the details of the projects for which this money was sought; and if he will outline the Government's contribution towards each of these projects. [3784/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (28 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide in tabular form year on year the occasions on which he has signed off on the awarding of added years to public sector workers between January 2011 and December 2013; the grade of the persons awarded the added years; and the number of added years awarded in each instance. [3593/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (28 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the responsibilities of the Statute Law Reform Director; to whom the director is answerable; the period of the appointment; and if it is subject to a contract. [3765/14]
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: May I make a brief general comment?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: I was not aware that the scale of staff reductions was 35% in the period under consideration. I may ask the Minister of State for figures for the savings made. I commend the OPW and its staff on doing an outstanding job. It does not get nearly enough recognition for the work it does, especially given the level of staff reductions.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Minister of State to elaborate on his earlier comments on storm damage in order that I can be sure I understand him correctly. The estimate for damage is in the region of €65 million, with counties Clare and Galway accounting for the bulk of the cost, at €41 million. I understand the remedial process is being led by the local authorities and the Minister of State was...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister have a date for this memorandum of understanding?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Okay.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Minister of State give some detail of the spend on consultancy services, value for money and policy reviews, the figure from last year and the projected spend this year? For my own curiosity, the Minister of State might enlighten us on the size of the President's household staff complement. It is pure nosiness on my part and I am asking because I do not know and it caught my...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What is the projected figure for this year?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Is the money specifically earmarked for their continuation?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What about Garda stations?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: The Chairman is a dictator.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: By any standards, Louise O'Keeffe is an extremely courageous woman. Abused as a young child and, no doubt, deeply traumatised as a result, blocked, bullied, browbeaten and threatened by the State, she never lay down. She took her case to the European Court of Human Rights and that court ruled this week that the Irish State is directly liable for the inhuman and degrading treatment of an...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Not alone should Louise O'Keeffe not have suffered abuse at the tender age of eight in what should have been a very safe environment of her primary school, she should not have been harangued, bullied and threatened by the State. I am sure the Tánaiste will agree with me on that point but that is precisely what happened through the High Court, the Supreme Court and as far as the European...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let it be said that all of the protections which now exist and are contemplated are a direct result of brave people like Louise O'Keeffe stepping forward. Can the Tánaiste answer my question? I asked him whether the Taoiseach's apology and his apology extends to all victims of abuse in primary schools. I would like to hear him say clearly that his Government and the State now fully...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: We can all agree on Louise's bravery-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Jan 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and on the significance of this judgment but what we need to hear from the Government now are clear words and the actions it intends to take-----