Results 16,121-16,140 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The living wage technical group published its assessment of the living wage for 2019 this morning and its report makes for a sobering read. They have found that the living wage - the rate of pay that a full-time worker requires in order to enjoy a socially acceptable standard of living, in other words, an income floor of such a level as to allow him or her not to live the high life but,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are well behind the curve. Often one hears tributes to and, on occasion, one sees people shed crocodile tears for low-paid workers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: These workers do not need not soft words, honey-coated words or tributes, they need to earn at least the living wage.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Low Pay Commission should be looking at a living wage, not the minimum wage. The Taoiseach is wrong to state that those on the minimum wage are simply people who are working for pin money or to earn supplementary incomes. Almost half of those on the minimum wage are full-time workers. The minimum wage stands at €9.80 per hour. Everyone here, including the Taoiseach, earns...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was "No".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not. It is terrible.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Sinn Féin will look after workers. How utterly counterproductive.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely. There has to be order between the parties of Government. Ulster Bank's announcement of the sale of €900 million worth of loans to vulture funds, including 3,200 family homes with domestic mortgages, is unacceptable and morally bankrupt. The sale is only possible because the Government has given political cover and support to vulture funds. Fine Gael is as responsible...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Shinn Féin, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann agus le cairde an iarTheachta Mark Killilea, a fuair bás i Mí na Nollag. On my behalf and that of Sinn Féin, I wish to express sincere sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of former Teachta Mark Killilea who passed away last December. Bhí gairm fada...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [26555/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Inquiries (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has formally commenced the scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28613/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 237. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Cappagh Hospital for surgery. [28857/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: In recent days there has been considerable controversy surrounding the recent decision of the Naval Service to dock two vessels because of the continuing recruitment and retention crisis in the Defence Forces. As the Taoiseach knows, the officer in command of the Naval Service, Commodore Michael Malone, wrote in a Defence Forces newsletter on 27 June that 540 personnel had left the service...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why then did the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, contradict Commodore Michael Malone? There have been expressions from very senior levels within the Defence Forces describing the relationship between them and the Department of Defence as toxic, broken and dysfunctional. That is not a sustainable situation. The Minister of State then came out and openly contradicted the commodore and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: Has the Government made a decision on the legislation necessary for the extension of presidential voting rights to the diaspora and people living in the North? When will the legislation be published? When does the Government propose to establish the commission? Does the Government intend to hold a referendum on this matter in the autumn?

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after “co-responsibility for care, especially within the family;”: “— scrutinise the structural pay inequalities that result in women being disproportionately represented in low pay sectors;” May I say something about the amendment?

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Motion (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move and I sit.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C (European Union including Brexit) last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [27549/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand a briefing of opposition parties is taking place on the most recent contingency plan for Brexit. There is a feeling of Groundhog Day. At first glance it does not appear that contingency planning has moved forward to a significant degree, still less that it has taken leap forward that is necessary as we face the real possibility of a disorderly Brexit. Information on the extent...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 Jul 2019)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is a contradiction at the core of what the Taoiseach is saying and I share the alarm that the June meeting was last year and there has been no meeting this year. The Taoiseach is saying the sub-committee does not work as a mechanism and his proposal is to put Brexit in with EU affairs and global matters. To extend the scope makes absolutely no sense.