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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the contract between the Education Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of a sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College which was funded by her Department; the cost to her Department and to the board for the sale of the land from Castlethorn; the monies she and the Board have paid to date to...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the Education Training Board are taking legal action against Castlethorn for its failure to meet the terms of its contract to build the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin; and if the board sought her approval or guidance, prior to taking this legal action. [41622/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the absence of an agreement between her Department, the Education Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and in the context of a possible lengthy legal action by the board against Castlethorn, if she will directly fund, or co-fund...
- Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is a Dub.
- Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Well said.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I, too, welcome that we are having these statements and this debate on the North in the Dáil today. Like others, I wish that this were a more regular feature of Dáil business and I urge the Government to ensure it is. These latest negotiations were in the first instance a direct result of the crisis created by the economic and political policies of the British Government in...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the issue of the past, everybody has expressed their disappointment that full agreement was not reached on these matters. That disappointment is shared by us in Sinn Féin. Let us put on the record the cause of the failure because there was agreement on the mechanisms for truth recovery and to afford some level of closure and comfort for victims and survivors, irrespective of the...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The North is not a properly functioning state and, by way of a newsflash for those who did not notice, Ireland is partitioned, the Border is a contested border and the consequences of partition are felt, North and South. Those who are frustrated by the rounds of negotiations who say, "Not this all over again", should bear in mind that in order to achieve full normalisation, full democracy...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Partition is not a fresh start.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Exactly.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is not actually a member of Sinn Féin.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a mandate for abstention.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The crisis in our health system is getting worse. This morning, we learned that 99% of members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin have voted for industrial action. This is not a dispute about pay; it is a dispute about patient safety. Nursing staff levels have been decimated on the Government's watch. Nurses would tell the Tánaiste, if she...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste has some cheek to call for constructive engagement from nurses who are at the end of their tether. They are stressed out of their minds and managing an impossible and utterly chaotic situation in our hospitals. It takes gall of the highest order for the Tánaiste to appeal to them to be constructive. They are more than constructive. Every day they are managing the...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Tánaiste maintain a position of confidence in him? I refer to those who attend Beaumont, the Mater, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and hospitals across the State. I ask the Tánaiste to tell them how she will ensure patient safety.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: On trolleys.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: He passed the buck.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a crazy answer.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are.