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Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Later today the Government is set to announce the slashing of a further 14,500 staff from the public service. Has the Tánaiste, or the Government, given any consideration to the impact these cuts will have on frontline services which, as we speak, are already under immense pressure? Has the Tánaiste considered that his agenda, rather than delivering public service reform, will create a...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: At the same time, the Government refuses to call for accountability at the very highest levels of the Civil Service and insists in continuing with the appointment of the outgoing Secretary General of the Department of Finance, Mr. Kevin Cardiff, to the European Court of Auditors.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the Tánaiste's party has gone so far as to ask one of its elected officials to be silent in her criticism of that matter. How does the Tánaiste square that circle? Public service reform is not about slashing numbers in the service. More important, what has the Tánaiste to say to citizens who rely on public services and who do not, at this time, receive the services they...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I, too, believe in public services and have the utmost respect for public servants. I also believe in the accountability of public services and the Civil Service at the highest leadership levels. I put the matter of his proposed appointment to the European Court of Auditors directly to the outgoing Secretary General from the Department of Finance, and he answered my question although the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It might fit the Tánaiste better to demonstrate respect to the ordinary citizens of this State who rely on public services.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Those public services require to be staffed adequately. The Tánaiste told me he has considered the consequences of the loss of a further 14,500 jobs. Those consequences will be diminished services that may be less efficient and may cause more hardship for citizens. How can a quality service be delivered to our people when there is to be such an exodus from the service? The Government's...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: We do respect them.

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Walking away with a big pension is a rare form of ballyragging.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Ó Cuív has a point. Today's announcement on public sector reform should be more properly made here in the Dáil.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the Taoiseach's meeting in Berlin yesterday. It seems that the honeymoon with Angela is well and truly over.

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Given that the euro is in serious jeopardy and in light of the austerity measures that are being cooked up in advance of the budget and delivered in salami slices-----

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can time be allocated for the Taoiseach to report to the House on his tête-À-tête?

Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will he give us some sense of where matters stand and of whether there is a plan B, or even a plan A, for this State in respect of the survival of the euro?

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (16 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which he intends to forward funding to local authority higher education grant departments to enable the latter to pay out awarded student contribution fees to universities. [34857/11]

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----vital primary care centres will be provided. That is a long-standing and overdue commitment. From the point of view of health service users the capital programme is critically undermined by the savage spending cuts that continue to be imposed. For example, the HSE is retreating from care of the elderly as shown by the closure of care homes in Abbeyleix, Dublin and Athlone in the past...

Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (16 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: This plan as announced will do two things. It will lock this State into growth stagnation and will also condemn this State to many more years of very high levels of unemployment. The Minister's Government, and I have heard his arguments about fiscal rectitude and balancing the books, much like the previous one, fundamentally misunderstands the critical role of capital investment and...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the forthcoming legislation dealing with the regulation of credit unions; when this legislation will be published and brought before the Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/11]

Written Answers — Bank Guarantee Scheme: Bank Guarantee Scheme (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought and secured Cabinet approval for the forthcoming extension of the Credit Institutions (Eligible Liabilities Guarantee) Scheme 2009, which is due for renewal on 31 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34433/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 77: To ask the Taoiseach the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their applicable pay scale grade;...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of his constituency and parliamentary staff, appointed following the February 2011 elections, on salaries that exceed their applicable pay scale grade; the number of his existing and parliamentary staff employed prior to the February 2011 elections but awarded salary increases following the election that...