Results 21,161-21,180 of 21,307 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (10 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance the positions held by a person (details supplied) and the consultancy contracts undertaken by a company on behalf of his Department over the past ten years. [10416/11]
- Written Answers — Training Programmes: Training Programmes (10 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Fáilte Ireland training centre at a location (details supplied) closed last month; the action he will take to provide for the 250 bar, restaurant and culinary training places lost following the closure of the training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/11]
- Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the guidelines and criteria that will govern the targeting and selection of persons to participate in Tús; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10452/11]
- Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he has received the report and data from the National Procurement Service in relation to public procurement here, in particular in relation to quantifying the numbers of contracts which are being competed for, and won by, small and medium enterprise; the date on which the NPS will carry out surveys to ascertain the...
- Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures included in the jobs initiative to ensure the target of an additional 15,000 jobs in the hospitality sector as contained within the Strategy and Action Plan for Trade, Tourism and Investment to 2015 is met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10145/11]
- Order of Business (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: May I raise an issue on these matters?
- Order of Business (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: All right.
- Order of Business (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is ironic that we will have nearly a day-long debate on Europe Day in this House given the level of sovereignty that has been ceded by this State.
- Order of Business (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: In a sense, every day is Europe day. Can the Tánaiste enlighten us as to when the committees will be established? On the revised memorandum of understanding, the suggestion is to bring forward legislation to increase the current rate of carbon tax. I do not have to tell the Tánaiste or his colleagues about the issue of fuel poverty. More than 115,000 customers of Bord Gáis are behind...
- Order of Business (5 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Families are struggling. Given that the Labour Party and Fine Gael were very strident on this matter in the last Dáil, when is it proposed to bring forward legislation on it?
- Written Answers — School Management: School Management (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the powers of a school patron to authorise the dismissal of a teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9842/11]
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the fact we are at last having this debate, although I note there will not be a vote on the issue. I understand the document which was published last night is the basis upon which the troika will deliberate. The Taoiseach has indicated that it is possible the matter will return to the House and I believe we should vote on it. I make that point repeatedly because what is agreed...
- Order of Business (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will not react.
- Order of Business (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The revised memorandum of understanding finally came to light and was published last night. I am not sure whether there is anything new in it other than the issue of the minimum wage. What progress has the Taoiseach made on these matters in light of his assertion that he is toiling daily on them?
- Order of Business (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of yesterday's exchanges, the Taoiseach stated that because the document is not the finalised agreement with the troika it would return to the House. Can he tell me the date in May on which that will occur and whether we will have a debate and, more important, a vote on the matter? I raised this question with the Taoiseach previously.
- Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has tied us to an EU-IMF deal that explicitly envisages the sale of State assets to write down debt, and that imposes vicious austerity on ordinary people. The result of this is real hardship for people. I do not know whether the Taoiseach saw last night's RTE "Prime Time" programme, which showed the kind of hardship experienced by many communities in Dublin and beyond in this...
- Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----are not fit for human habitation. They live in flats that are damp and overrun with rats. We saw last night children with asthma and other medical conditions-----
- Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----living in circumstances which a senior microbiologist described as reminiscent of refugee camps.
- Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to know what the Taoiseach and his Government propose to do about that.
- Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not need the Taoiseach-----