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Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the office was consulted about this case in June 2014 and the opinion was given in September 2015 after one year and three months. Would it ordinarily take that long for an opinion to be furnished?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is a period of one year and three months not quite lengthy in the furnishing of a legal opinion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Again, if I write to Ms Creedon, can she clarify the timeframe for me and why it took one year and three months for the opinion to be given?

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was extraordinarily long. The difficulty is that Mr. O'Daly cites the Department. The ultimate tool for questioning the Department and the Minister is parliamentary questions, but the information on this case has been sparse. If one reads the responses, one is nearly led to believe that in this case it was, in fact, the Mr. O'Daly office that took the call on there being no prosecution....

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Have there been circumstances where Mr. O'Daly's office recommended prosecutions and where Departments have taken a different views

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. O'Daly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely not. I did not ask for it mainly because I knew I would not get it. I would request it if I thought there was any chance that it might be provided.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The difference, in this case is that the client is a Government Department and the issues that arise are ones of public concern which involve the expenditure of public moneys.

Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón ó chroí a chur in iúl do chuile dhuine atá buailte ag an ócáid tragóideach seo. Tá an-trua agam dóibh siúd atá tar éis baill dá gclann a chailleadh agus dóibh siúd a ghortaíodh san ionsaí seo. Tá sé dochreidte gur tharla sé seo do dhaoine óga a bhí...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has responsibility for a parcel of land (details supplied) in Dublin 22; why the legal process initiated by South Dublin County Council a number of years ago to acquire the lands by way of a deed of waiver has not yet been completed; and if he will expedite this transfer, as a matter of urgency. [40260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 413. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs report will be released to the parents of a person (details supplied) as it is delaying that person's access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40414/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 414. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the early intervention team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contract between the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board (DDLETB) and Castlethorn Construction to build the Adamstown community college and adjoining sports hall in Lucan in County Dublin was a public private partnership; the details of the original funding agreement between her Department, the DDLETB and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to complete the sports hall at Adamstown community college in Lucan in County Dublin in 2016. [40230/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (17 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracts that her Department is funding via the education and training boards for new-builds with a construction company (details supplied); the date at which these contracts were signed; and if her Department has any plans either directly or indirectly to sign any contracts with the company in the near future. [40254/15]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, to delete lines 3 to 29. I am conscious today's debate might be a re-run of the discussion and debate we had at committee.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The stated objective of the winding back of the financial emergency legislation was in the first instance, according to the Minister, to give relief to low and middle income public and civil servants. That was certainly the position the Government, not least the Minister himself, stated and restated at Lansdowne Road. Let it be said on the floor of the House that, as I have acknowledged at...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thought I had set out my position very clearly, but I will rehearse it for the Minister because clearly he has misunderstood what I am saying. I am taking him on his word about the orderly unwinding of the FEMPI legislation. It was all about those earning under €65,000. He is on record countless times as saying this is what it is all about. The legislation is introduced and we...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The argument I have consistently made which the Minister might hear if he unblocked his ears is that this legislation and his efforts ought to be about restoring income for those under the €65,000 threshold. From talking to people who work in the Civil Service and the public service and some of their unions, I know that this is what they understood this was about initially. That is...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage (18 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I may be, but I will finish what I want to say.