Results 12,941-12,960 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I be of help to help to the Chair?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have no interest in bantering. These are serious issues and the clock is ticking.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, that is a cop-out.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should get his skates on.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is nonsense.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I strongly object to anyone describing issues around dealing with the legacy of the past, matters relating to a bill of rights, marriage equality or dealing with Irish language rights as petty squabbles. They are not one bit petty. They go to the heart of people's basic civic rights in Northern society. As it happens, I was in Belfast last night. There is a clear voice from civic...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the basis of fact, yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: They do not have D'Hondt. It is a completely different system of governance.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The level of ignorance is astonishing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Scottish have a singular position.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is a co-guarantor-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: So that we can see people's------
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is a waste of space, God bless him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The simple repetition of "no return to a hard Border" does not achieve no return to a hard Border. If we are to take Ms Theresa May and the Tories at their word, we are walking very close to a return to a hard Border. The Taoiseach will know, because we debated it in the Dáil, that a motion was passed proposing we seek special designated status for the North of Ireland within the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about special status?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, for reminding me of the rules. The people faced the Taoiseach down on water charges. They called a halt to the Government's plans and privatisation agenda and the Taoiseach did not like it one bit. Yesterday, the Government and Fianna Fáil cobbled together a deal that seeks to subvert the will of the people and their democratically expressed...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The connivance is provided by the Taoiseach's party in its blatant undermining of the democratic and political processes within the Oireachtas. The cute-hoorism is, as ever, provided by Fianna Fáil, which has flip-flopped once again. Fianna Fáil Members have used their political strength not to be constructive, as they proclaim, but to face down and thwart the will of the people....
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: When it comes down to it, Fianna Fáil will look after itself first. That comes as no surprise but many people will be glad of the reminder. The truth is that this debacle has absolutely nothing to do with complying with EU law and everything to do with Fianna Fáil's fear of a general election. Fianna Fáil Members broke their key election pledge to abolish water charges in...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: These proponents of new politics call themselves the centre ground. However, they have demonstrated that it is only a brand name for business as usual. There is nothing new about what happened yesterday. It has been happening for decades, and with the same result: the ordinary people get screwed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. What they call the centre ground is in really the insiders...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Fine Gael also has metering. Here are my questions.