Results 21,021-21,040 of 21,307 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I note the announcement of the Minister for Finance that burden-sharing is to be imposed on senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide. I hope this marks a realisation in government that senior bondholders must be dealt with rather than a stunt to mark its 100th day in office. When will the legislation required for such burden-sharing be brought before the House, given that...
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and to assure the House that the burden-sharing imposed will be substantial and that it will extend beyond Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide to all the covered institutions. On this, the Government's 100th day in office, I hope its efforts in respect of burden-sharing-----
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----will meet with much greater success-----
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----than its failed attempts to obtain a reduced interest rate on the IMF-EU deal.
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many public servants who have experienced a reduction in pay due to recent budget cuts have been put in a position their income is now so low that they have become eligible for family income supplement; and her views on this matter. [15331/11]
- Written Answers — Public Service Remuneration: Public Service Remuneration (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Finance, following the controversy surrounding the severance package of the former FÃS chief executive, Rody Molloy, which was agreed by the previous Administration, the changes he has made to his Department's guidelines on the exit packages of senior civil servants. [15267/11]
- Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Residential Institutions Redress Board did not take into account section 1(3) of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 in respect of evidence submitted to it by survivors who worked in the laundry as children, who were sexually abused in the same laundry, and who received no education during their time there....
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options FÃS are considering for the disposal of the Bannow Road, Cabra training centre site, Dublin 7. [15545/11]
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the student grant application forms for 2011-12 will be available; his views on whether the delay in publishing the application form for 2011-12 will cause unacceptable additional delays in the processing of applications and thus create additional financial hardship for students and their families; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to decrease the current funding stream to Pobal now or during his term in office. [15617/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has contacted the Attorney General since taking office to request a date by which the latter will conclude his review of the Irish Human Rights Commission assessment on Magdalene laundries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15697/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 434: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State was aware of the nature and function of the Magdalene laundries during the period from 1922 and as recently as 1996. [15698/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State was aware that there was no statutory basis for the Irish Courts use of the Magdalene laundries. [15699/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State was aware that it had enacted legislation to enable the use of one Magdalene laundry as a remand home. [15700/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 437: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the state was aware that children and adolescent girls were confined in the Magdalene laundries as late as 1970. [15701/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State maintained a special provision whereby women giving birth to a second child outside marriage at a mother and baby home could be transferred directly to a Magdalene laundry. [15702/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures his Department has taken to protect the constitutional rights of the women and children held in the Magdalene laundries. [15723/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State paid capitation grants to Magdalene laundries for the confinement of problem girls. [15703/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 440: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State never inspected, licensed or certified the Magdalene laundries as approved institutions despite providing public moneys in the form of capitation grants to the institutions. [15704/11]
- Written Answers — Magdalene Laundries: Magdalene Laundries (15 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the State has yet to produce records for the women it referred to the Magdalene laundries. [15705/11]