Results 20,161-20,180 of 21,306 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: She will receive an annual pension pot of â¬114,000 and she is entitled to a whopping â¬445,656 pay-off on her retirement. To her credit, she has indicated that she will wave her special severance payment but let us be honest-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----she should not be eligible for that payment in the first instance.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The former Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach set the trend-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----with a pension pot of â¬713,000, and all of that happened on the Minister's watch.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Fianna Fáil Party may have filled the trough but the Minister is happy for the high rollers to continue feeding from it.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister could rescind special severance gratuity payments and added years but he chose not to-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and hiding behind the Top Level Appointments Committee, TLAC, and the courts does not wash. Former taoisigh receive eye-watering pensions year after year, despite some of them still earning big money in the private sector. I refer to John Bruton, Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern, Albert Reynolds and Dick Spring. All of them earn pensions of between approximately â¬120,000 up to approximately...
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and that is taking account of the current public service pension reductions.
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: A total of 100 retired civil servants-----
- Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----are in receipt of annual pensions in excess of â¬100,000. As the Minister is aware, civil servants make up just one tenth of the public sector, yet the Minister's Department tells us it does not know the total number of public servants in receipt of similar pensions. That is a disgrace, and it reflects a laissez-faire attitude on the Minister's part to these bumper pension payouts. In...
- Written Answers — Foras na Gaeilge: Foras na Gaeilge (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 30: To ask the Aire EalaÃon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén plean atá aige maidir le todhchaà na foilsitheoireachta i nGaeilge ach go háirithe forbairt Ãis', aonad dáileacháin atá faoi scáth Fhoras na Gaeilge. [36561/11]
- Written Answers — Museum Projects: Museum Projects (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the recent public sector reform proposals will affect the management of museums; if service levels will be maintained and improved; the savings which are expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36575/11]
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today is the first of 16 days of action against violence against women. In respect of the programme for Government commitment to consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation, I got a very disappointing answer to a parliamentary question from the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, who stated that he had more urgent legislative matters in respect of the troika...
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: It has been promised but has not yet been scheduled. I ask the Tánaiste to pursue this as a matter of urgency and to ensure that funding for services that protect women and their children who find themselves-----
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----in violent situations is ring-fenced.
- Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware of all that but can the Tánaiste indicate when the full package will come before the House?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday the Taoiseach promised he would make an honest man of the Tánaiste. Some would say he will have his work cut out for him given the number-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----of promises the Labour Party has broken since entering office. Before the election, the party was crystal clear. It promised not to cut child benefit, introduce student fees or increase the registration charge. It even attacked its buddies in Fine Gael for proposing a 2% increase in VAT, a tax which, as we all know, will hit the poorest hardest. In spite of adopting these positions,...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is well recorded. The Tánaiste also promised an end to cronyism-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Labour Party promised an end to big pensions and salaries.