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Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: October 2009

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The issue of charges is entirely separate-----

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: To summarise, notwithstanding everything else that has been addressed, Mr. McEnery has confirmed that he attended a meeting convened by Nursing Homes Ireland on 23 October 2015. He confirmed that at that meeting a matter of boycott of the fair deal scheme was discussed and he has acknowledged that, on the basis of that meeting, an investigation by competition authorities is now under way....

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Boycott was discussed.

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Boycott was discussed and an investigation is now under way. Whatever the witness might say about the distinctions between HIQA and the NTPF, we all understand that architecture. However, for the witness to suggest that it was in any way tolerable for the chairman of the board of HIQA to attend and speak and give advice, insights or experience at a meeting whose subject was the boycott of...

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The discussion took place at the meeting.

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not accept that.

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: First, I extend a very warm welcome home to Irish citizen and fellow Dubliner, Ibrahim Halawa. I am sure everybody will join me in extending to him and his family our warmest wishes as he readjusts to life back home. Cead míle fáilte ar ais. Fáilte abhaile Ibrahim. I wish to raise the refusal of the Government to provide necessary funding to produce up-to-date research...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is the right thing to do. Although the Minister has cited studies that have been and will be carried out, none are comparable to the SAVI report in terms of the depth of data produced and the depiction of the entire scope of sexual violence in Ireland. This is the right thing to do. The Minister is correct that it is about prioritisation. It is not lost on Members that €5...

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The one feeds into and directs the other. I would like the Minister, as a member of Cabinet, to state his personal support for the funding of a new SAVI report and to state that he recognises the priority of this and that he is prepared to see an allocation-----

Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----of €1 million for this purpose.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question revolves around a commitment in the programme for Government, on page 5, to enhance the lives of those with disabilities. Lewis Harte is from Castlebar, County Mayo. He suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which is a very serious life-limiting condition affecting a very small number of boys in Ireland. Lewis will turn six on 2 November, next Thursday. He is mobile, and he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 39 of the Harbours Act 2015 to enable an employee director to serve in excess of two five-year terms. [44651/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach does not understand courtesy.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Accountability of Recipients of Public Funds) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (25 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very pleased to propose with Deputy Cullinane this simple but important Bill which could, if enacted, strengthen good governance, accountability and the public interest within all organisations in receipt of public moneys. I see no reason it would not be supported by the Government or, indeed, everyone in the Dáil. As a member of the Committee of Public Accounts for some years,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Data (25 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full year cost in 2016 and to date in 2017 for the free travel pass scheme. [45187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Data (25 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a long-term illness payment. [45188/17]

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The leniency of the sentence handed down in a high profile sexual offences case earlier this week has, rightfully, disgusted and angered people. The abuser groomed a young girl, bombarding her with thousands of text messages, many of which were sexually explicit. He then sexually abused her when she was only 16 years old.

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware of that. The testimony of the victim was heartbreaking

Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have taken it into consideration. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

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