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- Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund): Motion (29 Mar 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is coincidental then. I wanted more information than was given in the Minister of State's script. It would be helpful, for example, if for the â¬26.9 million under the heading for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine it was shown what percentage this figure represented of the original capital budget. Agriculture, agrifood and the rural economy are critical to our economic...
- Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund): Motion (29 Mar 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I understand. We need to know the purpose to which the â¬27 million will be put. Defence is to take a further â¬500,000 in respect of buildings. The Government has closed barracks across the State. How did this underspend occur? What, in the name of all that is rational, is this about at a time when, instead of ensuring the upkeep of buildings, they are being vacated by Army personnel?...
- Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund): Motion (29 Mar 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will conclude my sentence. The Chief Whip is present. Given the fact that 31 March is like the charge's D-Day, perhaps the Government could accept Sinn Féin's Bill to repeal the charge. Unless the Government can tell the House exactly where the â¬114 million will be spent and why it was not spent originally, let us carry it over to write off the household charge. How is that for...
- Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2012: Motion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Among others.
- Banking Sector Regulation: Announcement by Minister for Finance (29 Mar 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That makes no sense.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I extend sympathies to Deputy Pearse Doherty on the sudden death of his father, who is being laid to rest this morning. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dÃlis. They say that lightning does not strike twice but the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, seems to be disproving that maxim. May we have a couple of straight answers from the Taoiseach? He has...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----from this charge.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has made a virtue of the fact that he will not touch income tax and it is clearly a matter of doctrine that the Government will not tax the very wealthy. It is fairly gung ho about imposing charge after charge on lower and middle income people. What will the charge be for the installation of meters? Will the Taoiseach give a guarantee that whatever way this scheme works, the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: To set the record straight, more than £1 billion has been invested in water improvement in the North where there are no household water charges - we saw to that - and no prospect of the water service being privatised. Those are the facts.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I find it astonishing that the Taoiseach states it will be a matter for discussion whether water supply would be cut off to houses and homes across the State.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: To quote him directly, he stated it will be "a matter for discussion". There cannot be any discussion on that issue.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Water, as the Taoiseach conceded, is essential for a decent standard or quality of living. He stated the speculation as regards costs that is doing the rounds in the public arena is just speculation. However, in the absence of any clarity from the Government, there will be such speculation. The Taoiseach has failed this morning to indicate in any substantive way for the citizens of the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I heard all of that.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to answer my question.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking about the guaranteed supply of water to homes. It is a very simple question.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will people have their water cut off?
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I understand that a committee headed by Dr. Don Thornhill is due to report to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, shortly on the introduction of a property tax. As the Taoiseach is aware, public speculation is that the proposed tax could amount to â¬1,000 for home owners.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could the Taoiseach confirm when the group will report to Government, whether the report will be published and debated in the Dáil and what his plans are to introduce proposed legislation for the property tax?
- An Bille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (An Conradh ar Chobhsaíocht, ar Chomhordú agus ar Rialachas san Aontas Eacnamaíoch agus Airgeadaíochta) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil)Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy TóibÃn. If he is watching proceedings on the monitor in his office, I urge him to come to the Chamber tout de suite. It is important to state at the outset that Ireland is a member of the European Union. More than that, Ireland is an ancient European nation, and we must be very clear in debating this treaty - like any other - and not go off on some tangent...
- An Bille um an Tríochadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (An Conradh ar Chobhsaíocht, ar Chomhordú agus ar Rialachas san Aontas Eacnamaíoch agus Airgeadaíochta) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil)Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Danish Prime Minister Thorning-Schmidt shared a platform with the Taoiseach in Davos not so long ago. At the time, the Taoiseach informed the world at large that Ireland was in difficulty because we had all gone mad borrowing. On that occasion the Danish Premier was much more insightful and she best encapsulated what had happened when she argued that we were in a position where banks were...