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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...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree and/or other third level qualification course that the Secretary General to the Department graduated with from the University of Washington and also University College Dublin. [34031/11]

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance 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 2011elections but awarded salary increases following the election that exceed their applicable pay...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name, position and a breakdown of the retirement packages for all vocational education committees chief executive officers eligible to retire before the end of February 2012. [33998/11]

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the former Ministers currently in receipt of ministerial and TD pensions; the names of the recipients; and their gross annual pension excluding the public service pension reduction in tabular form which includes a breakdown of the TD pension, ministerial pension and the total of both for each retired Member. [34643/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Allowances: Departmental Allowances (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of delegate allowances, [i]ex-gratia[/i] payments, and out of hours allowances paid to civil servants in 2010. [34653/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 October 2011, if he will supply the data as requested. [34679/11]