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Written Answers — Prisoner Allowances: Prisoner Allowances (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reduce daily payments to prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/12]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy of the Gardaí on the use of strip searching; if any garda has ever been disciplined for misuse of strip searches; and the penalty they received as a result. [22677/12]

Written Answers — Government Debt: Government Debt (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance if consultants (details supplied) have completed their external review of the €3.6bn general government debt error; if so, when he will supply the report to the Committee of Public Accounts and when will he publish the report. [22749/12]

Written Answers — Government Debt: Government Debt (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if the internal report in the €3.6bn general government debt error has been completed; and if so, when he will supply the report to the Committee of Public Accounts and when will he publish the report. [22750/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 223 and 230 of 13 March, 2012, if he will issue a response with regards to the annual amount spent on security measures at private homes and constituency offices of Taoisigh, Ministers and Minsters of State since January 2000 to December 2011. [22969/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form. the total public sector pay bill for 2011; the projected public sector pay bill for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015; the total public sector pension bill for 2011; and the projected public sector pension bill for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. [22971/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (8 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in a tabular form, the total local authorities pay bill for 2011; the projected pay bill for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015; the total local authority pension bill for 2011; and the projected pension bill for 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. [22972/12]

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Surprise, surprise.

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not true.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his work to date to liaise with the National Transport Authority and local authorities to deal with now obsolete bus lanes due to cuts. [23032/12]

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: As the Tánaiste knows, the news from Germany yesterday was that opposition to austerity and the austerity treaty is growing. The peoples of France, Greece, Italy and Germany are opposed to austerity. Indeed, politicians in some of those countries are prepared to take a stand. As the Tánaiste knows, the Bundestag has needed to abandon its plans for ratification of the treaty because...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: She stated: "I won't be voting for the treaty. It's anti-democratic. They shouldn't put issues about the Constitution to the people and say 'if you don't support this, you'll be punished'".

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ms Connolly and the Tánaiste's colleague on Fingal County Council, Mr. Cian O'Callaghan, described the treaty as a step too far. Fine Gael also has divisions.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The mayor of Longford, Mr. James Keogh, says-----

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Speaking as a business person, he is urging people to vote "No".

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure that, despite the heckling to my right,-----

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----there are Deputies within the Labour Party who equally recognise that this treaty is a bad deal. Is it not time for the Tánaiste to join the growing opposition to austerity across Europe and within his own party?

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: All of those announcements were welcome and were made in the absence of the austerity treaty. The one figure that the Tánaiste omitted from his response was the nearly 500,000 people still on the live register. He has been found out.

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The political sands are shifting and Labour's sister parties in the European Union, the trade union movement and, most importantly, the citizens of France, Greece,-----

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----Italy and Britain have recognised categorically that austerity is not working.