Results 9,821-9,840 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency: Financial Statements 2014 (Resumed) (1 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could Mr. Daly do that for each instance, in turn?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Rubbish.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Also rubbish.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, I asked the Taoiseach to intervene personally on the issue of fire safety works at Longboat Quay. I asked him to contact directly the developer of the complex, Mr. Bernard McNamara, to ensure that he and those responsible for the lack of adequate fire safety at the apartments footed the bill. The Taoiseach indicated that he needed some time to acquaint himself with the facts of...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach very thoroughly washed his hands of this matter or at least attempted to do so. It is of no comfort to residents of Longboat Quay, whom I visited at the weekend, to hear the Taoiseach recount all of the malpractice of the past as that does not solve their problem. The residents find themselves in a position where there are very serious deficiencies in fire safety in the homes...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach needs to intervene. I can only assume from his response that he did not seek out Mr. Bernard McNamara. I tried unsuccessfully to get a telephone number for Mr. McNamara. If anyone has contact details for him, please pass them on and I will call him.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last week, the Royal Institute of Architects stated that many more cases similar to Longboat Quay could occur because building control legislation has yet to be fixed. It called for increased resourcing of local authorities to allow them to properly police building standards.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It called for mandatory independent inspections that would be outside the control of developers, which would be a very important change. It also called for the establishment of a consumer redress scheme and very much more.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: All we get from the Taoiseach, however, is an unwillingness to intervene directly, as he should do, with Mr. McNamara and the other parties. The Taoiseach should make clear that residents will not be expected to put their hands in their pockets to pay for this work.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Rather than slapping himself on the back, the Taoiseach should give a commitment that he will introduce the necessary amending legislation and new resources to ensure this horror story is not revisited in the future. That is what he should do. Will he call Mr. McNamara and make plain that the residents will not bear the costs?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is what I want to hear the Taoiseach say and it is what the residents want to hear from him. They will not pay for this.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The management company is made up of residents.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: So he is washing his hands of it. Very interesting.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In that case, call Mr. McNamara and tell him.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And the Taoiseach is happy to let them pay.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That will not happen in 25 days, and the Taoiseach will not ensure that the residents do not have to pay. He is a disgrace.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ten of the 20 questions to which the Taoiseach is responding are in the name of Deputy Adams, so please bear with me. Not many harvests are being gathered in Ringsend or Pearse Street. Deputy Humphreys looked a little puzzled by the Taoiseach's Woody Guthrie reference.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. I have heard of him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No. It was before my time. Obviously, the development the Taoiseach has described around the J1 visas is concerning. Will the Taoiseach set out exactly what he has done about it so far by way of engagement or representation? Although that is concerning, it is secondary to the longer-standing and deeper concern for the undocumented or those who have overstayed various visas in the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question No. 29.