Results 11,121-11,140 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Really? How kind of the Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: They were not going to hostels. That is an entirely different issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Who was in government last year?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Who was in government last year?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will see. The jury is out on that.
- Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:- 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy entitled A Vision for Change, which laid out a pathway to progressive, modern and recovery-based mental health care in Ireland; - despite plans for its complete implementation by 2016, much of the strategy is incomplete and many of its...
- Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: It falls to me to conclude the debate on our motion. I will do so by firstly thanking people for their contributions and acknowledging people who came along. I also want to make it plain that at no stage did I or any of my colleagues set a hostile tone nor would we. Why should we? This issue is far too important for all of us, not just as public representatives but as human beings, for...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: An Garda Síochána is, once again, at the centre of more allegations of wrongdoing - let us acknowledge these are allegations - and there is undoubtedly a crisis of confidence again in a Garda Commissioner. In fact, it is almost like Groundhog Day. Yesterday, the Taoiseach stated that the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality would appoint a judge to assess the...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The law is designed to do many things, including, as the Tánaiste outlined, protecting whistleblowers and others. What it is not designed to provide is a get-out clause for her not to answer perfectly reasonable and legal questions that have been put to her. I asked whether there are other allegations on her desk. A simple "Yes" or "No" will suffice. I asked her if it is true that a...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste will be aware-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I just do not want the Tánaiste to inadvertently mislead the House. The Tánaiste will be aware that there was a report last Tuesday evening on "Prime Time" which said that-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----correspondence from a whistleblower landed on the Tánaiste's desk.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, I have asked if the Tánaiste has-----
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----other correspondence in respect of it.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste had a lot to say earlier about the independence of the processes for senior Garda appointments. However, the evidence stacks up against her claims. In May the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality appointed four of the eight new assistant commissioners while in July she appointed ten chief superintendents and 18 superintendents. In fact, far from delivering...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not want to delay this meeting unduly but we need to discuss how we structure these meetings. We need an examination that is evidence based and we need a mechanism to check clear conflicts in testimony or new material that is introduced. Our job is to examine this report. People will analyse it, give their views or position on matters but it hinges on the documentation and facts...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that but -----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The issue is not the length of the meeting. The last meeting was very lengthy. The issue is how we go about this in a structured way so that we can, at some stage, get to some sense of resolution or common agreement because our objective is to produce an agreed report, I presume.