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Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I apologise for not being in the Chamber when the Minister spoke. I have read his speech. Speed-reading is one of my varied talents. As I listened to Deputy Fleming, I almost mistook him for a Government Deputy. He announced that the emergency is over and almost lauded the Minister for his efforts in that regard. It seems that Deputy Fleming is labouring under the misapprehension that...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Excessive pay was one of the issues that arose at the meeting. This is an issue that weighs on the public mind. I do not think there is any point in trying to disregard it or try to portray it as some kind of crazed agenda for poverty among public servants or politicians. There needs to be an understanding that although we should be paid well, we are not a special category of citizens and...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do have a nice house. One of the things that happened when the FEMPI measures were introduced set a very dangerous and worrying precedent. I refer to the manner in which the collective bargaining system used by the State, as an employer, to deal with its employees and strike pay arrangements with them was fatally undermined. The Minister, Deputy Howlin, will recall that at the time of...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: This also applies to subsequent agreements. The Minister said he would legislate if a deal was not made. That represented a fundamental and basic shift in how business is done. I do not think it was a positive development. Whatever about the Government's predecessors in Fianna Fáil, I do not believe this approach was reflective of traditional Labour Party values as I understand them.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department will fund training for persons on long-term unemployment benefit to facilitate their becoming qualified bus or train drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36516/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dublin 11 for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused funding under the vocational training opportunities scheme for a course in Pearse College of Further Education in Crumlin in Dublin 12; if her Department will review this case; and if there are any other forms of support to facilitate this person in remaining in education...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who have received a notice to quit, but who are unable to source alternative rent supplement accommodation in their own local authority can be considered for rent supplement in another local authority. [36168/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 654. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department will issue the housing assistance payment transfer list regulations to local authorities; and the reason for the delay. [36313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 657. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in processing the proposed extension of the Clonburris special development zone boundary, first submitted to his Department by South Dublin County Council in July 2014; and when he will agree the designation of the proposed boundary. [36342/15]

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is rubbish.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach does not know the communities.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I believed I would have more, as I had 30 minutes yesterday and only used five. Anyway, I shall do my best to impart my wisdom in 15 minutes. The Minister has extolled the virtues of the unwinding of the financial emergency legislation. The dark days are over and we are on the road to recovery, he says. That is what he would have us believe. The FEMPI legislation came about because of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (22 Oct 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason redress for women resident in certain institutions cardholders are not given priority for counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (3 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will request the Appeals Office to expedite an appeal by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3, given that the person's Rent Allowance has been suspended, and as a result the person may become homeless. [37867/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (3 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 512. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 1,846 women and girls confined in the Magdalene laundries during the 1920s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied) [37292/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (3 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 2,695 women and girls confined in the Magdalene laundries during the 1930s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (3 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 514. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 2,498 women and girls confined in the Magdalene laundries during the 1940s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37294/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (3 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 515. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 1,725 women and girls confined in the Magdalene laundries during the 1950s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Data (3 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 516. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 1,593 women and girls confined in the Magdalene laundries during the 1960s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37296/15]