Results 7,121-7,140 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The legislation will not take effect until it has gone through the whole legislative process.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: That puts me in a difficult position also. I want to support the Minister in this, because he is doing the right thing.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not want to accuse the Minister of anything. I had just assumed he would hold his fire until he had-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will come back to this on Report Stage.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why is that?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 23: In page 19, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“22.Not less than two years and every 12 months thereafter following the commencement of this Act, all public bodies shall prepare and submit to the Minister a report relevant to the Act including but not limited to—(a) guidelines developed, (b) training conducted with employees, (c) data...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: What does that mean? Does it mean the Minister will take this idea and-----
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister propose to table that amendment on Report Stage?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: On that basis, I will withdraw my amendment for now, but this issue needs to be remediated.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 26: In page 23, after line 16, to insert the following:"(8) Payments made under the interim relief order are not recoverable.".This is an addition to make payments made under interim relief orders non-recoverable. In circumstances where an employee has been on an interim relief order for a time and the unfair dismissal claim is not upheld on whatever grounds, the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today, we will commence statements on the report by Mr. Guerin. However, I wish to step back a couple of weeks to revisit the account of events given by An Taoiseach in respect of his knowledge of the revelations of the practice of taping phone calls to and from Garda stations. Those matters are the subject of a separate commission of investigation led by Mr. Justice Fennelly. An...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A number of questions arise. Was the Tánaiste aware of the meeting? Did the Taoiseach inform him of it? Could he tell us which officials from the Department of Justice and Equality were present at the meeting? Was Brian Purcell there? Could he tell us what was discussed at the meeting? Was the taping of phone calls to and from Garda stations discussed? Was the fate of the Garda...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is very clear that not alone does the Tánaiste not keep the Taoiseach’s diary, he is clearly not informed or perhaps kept abreast of some of the significant meetings that take place within the diary. I am sure he will agree with me that it is very important for the purpose of public confidence, but also for the purpose of the confidence of Members of the Dáil, that we are...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, this is about-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a non-answer.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Tánaiste not put this question to him?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Tánaiste have questions to ask him?
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today, there will be statements in respect of the Guerin report. This is a welcome but limited opportunity and in recent weeks, Members have spoken-----