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- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I did not have a vote then.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I was elected to serve in the House, Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is this a commentary?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am actually from this city.
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure that will be a massive relief to Deputy Martin. I wish to raise three issues. We have been promised the reformed and consolidated domestic violence Bill and we were led to believe it would be prioritised in the course of this Administration's tenure. It now appears the legislation will not have come through the Oireachtas by the time the Dáil is dissolved and we go to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Requests (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests that have been submitted to the National Asset Management Agency; and of these, the number that were refused; and the reason for their refusal. [33386/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while employed in a public body and-or State agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33384/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he has addressed the concerns raised by the school supply sector, which believes its businesses cannot survive if excluded from the public procurement process; the action he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33385/15]
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might acquire clear-vision goggles. This morning I spoke to a young working mother with two children. She works hard and her priority is putting her two kids through school and college. In 2009 one of her dreams came true when she bought an affordable home in Longboat Quay here in Dublin. Last night she learned to her horror that she may be evacuated from her home within...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is not the first time such a situation has unfolded; it is not a unique scenario. I have two questions for the Taoiseach. First, where is the legislation that is required to provide home owners and the taxpayer with the protection they need? Second, will the Taoiseach personally intervene with Bernard McNamara to ensure he and those responsible for Longboat Quay foot the bill and are...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: If the Taoiseach or I walk into a shop today and purchase something, and we subsequently discover that it is faulty, we can return that item, have it exchanged or get our money back. However, if, like the home owners in Longboat Quay, one buys a house that was not built properly, the responsibility for making the property good rests with the purchaser. That is essentially what has happened...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Taoiseach if he would intervene with Mr. Bernard McNamara and I would like him to answer that question. I believe he should intervene, that he should telephone Bernard McNamara and the other responsible authorities and ask them to make good on that €4 million.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We spoke yesterday about the homeless crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We know the figures. They may be statistics for some people, but they involve real families. The last thing this State needs is 900 more people evacuated from their homes. Will the Taoiseach call Mr. McNamara? Will he put him under pressure to come up with this money? He is back in business and things seem to be good for him again.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will finish on this. We need legislative change and adequate provisions in this area. We need changes in the fire safety Acts and building regulations. The Taoiseach knows this needs to happen. His Minister for fiascos, Deputy Alan Kelly, surely knows this. How is it that this change has not happened and that these families are left in this dire, stressful and utterly unacceptable...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Taoiseach going to do?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach contact Mr. McNamara?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have no difficulty in trying to make contact with him, but I am not the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: NAMA is not actually accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts. That is the Taoiseach's kick and that of his Government, particularly the Minister for Finance. Far from answering questions on NAMA generally and specifically on the controversy surrounding Project Eagle, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, has studiously avoided addressing the issue. Therefore, I want to...
- Order of Business (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: ----- we know for the second time was also corrupted. Second, on the issue I raised with the Taoiseach earlier, I want him to point me to the legislation, or promised legislation, in the programme for Government in which he proposes to remedy the flaws in the law that have left families in fire traps and with big demands of cash made on them. There are no mandatory inspections before...