Results 14,421-14,440 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Victims of such crime are robbed for their confidence and their dignity.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: They are left physically, emotionally and mentally sick and their childhoods are taken yet so often, despite the horrific nature of these crimes, perpetrators receive very, very light sentences. This infuriates not just victims and their families but the general public. It sends very dangerous messages to victims of crime generally but specifically to victims of sexual violence. These are...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have been general.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have taken the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's advice and I have spoken in general.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: People have, therefore, have had enough of light sentences for these crimes and there is a real and immediate challenge. As legislators, we must respond rationally and effectively to what is a very grave deficiency within our criminal justice system and the Government must lead that response. We need to build public confidence. We need a mechanism to deliver consistency and accountability...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: All of us appreciate and value the independence of the Judiciary, the separation of powers and the necessity for an independent Judiciary. The Tánaiste will notice that I have not advanced an argument in respect of mandatory sentences for that very reason. It is our job, however, to reflect truthfully the level of public disquiet that arises in high profile or other cases, particularly...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional public Traveller accommodation units provided in 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form; the Traveller accommodation budget allocations in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if his Department's target for Traveller accommodation units to be delivered in 2018 will meet its projected...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has instructed Galway City Council as a relevant housing authority under the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998 to amend or replace its accommodation programme for the purpose of addressing the Traveller accommodation crisis in the city. [45454/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action his Department will take in circumstances in which a local authority does not meet its responsibilities as set out in the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998. [45455/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: While it might be better to raise this issue when discussing the work programme, will we deal with the issues that arose around the Eversheds memo and the legal advice received now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Chair.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: This correspondence came to me, and not only as a Member of the Oireachtas. It was clear from the correspondence that it was intended for this committee and I have forwarded it on. It is the case that it is not our business to start delving into the individual circumstances and disputes that may have arisen between any nursing home and HIQA or any other agency. I need a bit of guidance...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Just so that we are absolutely clear, I am more than happy with that because we need to deliberate on how we advance that. I do not take from the intention of the correspondence, and it certainly was not my intention in forwarding it, to trespass in any way-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----on anybody's statutory independence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Chairman action that now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: And then give a broader consideration to the correspondence.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The committee received and discussed correspondence specifically related to Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, not least from my colleague, Deputy John Brady. I return to the Chairman's remark that we are "it" when it comes to regulation.