Results 8,601-8,620 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 349. To ask the Minister for Health when a reassessment of needs will be carried out in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6728/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the European Council will approve the European Globalisation Fund application for the former workers at a company (details supplied) in County Dublin. [7046/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of households housed through the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Long-term Leasing Scheme on 1 April in 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2014. [6807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total social housing output; the total private housing output; and the total number of social houses, sold to tenants for the two periods of 2000 to 2010; and 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6809/15]

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I had spoken before the debate adjourned yesterday to amendment No. 19 in my name which proposed a review of the legislation to check its accuracy in delivering on Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendations. I have suggested a mechanism for such a review. Yesterday, when I asked the Minister to look favourably on the amendment, I was making the point that it would not prove a costly or very...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 19:In page 5, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“(2) That within 1 month of enactment of this legislation the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will independently verify, in a report laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, that the legislation does indeed fully and faithfully implement the relevant recommendations contained within the...

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Those most damaged by the change are people at work.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is so insulting to lone parent families.

Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is insulting to the families.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 215. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that her Department is currently reviewing the contractual arrangements between community employment supervisors and their direct employers; the reason for this review; the time frame for this review; and if she will provide a report on the findings of the review to date. [8204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Agreements (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No.241 of 17 February 2015, if, and the way, Ireland's treaty obligation to ensure progressive realisation of economic, social and cultural rights to the maximum of available resources is taken into account in the comprehensive review of expenditure process; if the various Departments are instructed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Agreements (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will itemise the specific measures by which the Government's treaty obligation to ensure progressive realisation of economic, social and cultural rights to the maximum of available resources is reflected in the expenditure measures in budget 2015. [8076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Agreements (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 17 February 2015, if he will report on his Department's contribution to the interdepartmental progress consultation on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights currently under way. [8075/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Pensions (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the annual pension payments to former Ministers and taoisigh, following the Haddington Road agreement reductions, sorted by payment, high to low, including the recipient's name. [8077/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 336. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she received the report from the Attorney General-led working group which has, for the past two years, been studying the recommendations on gender equality amendments contained in the February 2013 report of the Constitutional Convention; the contents of the working group's report, including any positions proposed on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Redundancy Payments (24 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 1 April 2014 if he will provide an update on discussions between his Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, regarding enhanced redundancy payments in the community and voluntary sector; and if there are proposals for legislation or new regulations to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in respect of a person who has changed their name by deed poll, the documentation that is required by such a person for the purposes of her Department issuing a new personal public service number card, and changing the person's name on their social welfare file; if this requirement is based on legislation, regulations, departmental circulars or...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (25 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public purchasers, including local authorities, are precluded from using social clauses in public procurement contracts until such time as the Working Group on Social Clauses in the Office of Public Procurement has completed its pilot projects, and decided what conditions to insert into the Government form of contract, they are...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Almost every day my office is contacted by families who are at their wits' end and fearful of losing their homes. Some are hardworking families who, due to unemployment or illness, have fallen behind in their mortgage repayments. Others are private tenants who are meeting their monthly payments but whose homes are subject to repossession proceedings. These families are willing to engage,...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question and my remarks referred specifically to the fact that more than 100,000 homes are at risk of imminent repossession. This is the level of distress among residential mortgages and mortgages in the buy-to-let sector. Let us remember that buy-to-let properties are homes for many thousands of families across the State. In 2012, we argued for a public insolvency service which...