Results 21,201-21,220 of 21,307 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: We have been promised statements the week we return from the Easter recess on the revised memorandum of understanding. The revised memorandum has not been published and although it is being discussed in Washington, Frankfurt and God knows where else, Members of this House have not had sight of it. Instead we have been drip-fed elements of the discussions the Government has had with the...

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will Deputy Howlin indicate if I am wrong with regard to the sale of State assets?

Order of Business (21 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: On a point of order-----

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the Irish Aviation Authority establishes and maintains an up-to-date register of aircraft known to have been involved in and aircraft operators whose planes have been implicated in rendition and other human rights violations; and his further plans to ensure air traffic control require of these operators...

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to share time with Deputy Pearse Doherty. To listen to Deputies from the Government benches, one would imagine that Shell, Statoil and the great and good of the exploration world were in Ireland to enjoy the air or perhaps take to the high seas with Deputy Ferris. Deputy Lynch should go with them because he is clearly in need of some oxygen. It has become clear in the course of the...

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: They know full well that the benefits of the natural resources of this State are not being returned to the people. They should get out from under the shadow of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and support this motion.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was as a result of the Maastricht treaty referendum.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was struck, while listening to one of the previous speakers, by the fact that the phenomenon we are describing as herding, group-think and mania predates the bank crisis in the political culture of the State. I was struck by this when I heard a Member from the Fianna Fáil benches talk about the jeopardy that entry into the eurozone brought on the State. He recalled the time of the...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and secured a very hefty sum in Structural Funding, returned to our shores and the debate was over.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is only now, when the limitations and jeopardies of membership of the euro are clear, that we are having this discussion. When Professor Nyberg makes reference in his report to group-think and to the herd mentality he is referring to that phenomenon. Given that the incoming Administration is largely pursuing the same path as the previous one, which it so heavily criticised, we are not...

Civil Aviation Legislation (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he plans to appoint Authorised Officers beyond members of An Garda Síochána, as foreseen under Section 49 of the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 and their training requirements. [8606/11]

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I notice the Taoiseach is delighted with himself because the Troika are so satisfied with his revised memorandum of understanding. I wonder if his missive to The Irish Times might be signed "Delighted in Castlebar" rather than "appalled". He was asked a straight question. He promised a debate on the revised memorandum. This party wants a vote on the matter. Given that the Taoiseach seems...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----despite the fact that he has now produced a revised arrangement? I ask him to publish the deal, bring it before the House and allow us to vote on it.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: And a vote.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The cynicism is in the Taoiseach's refusal to allow a vote on the memorandum of understanding and well he knows it.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if the situation regarding the three community development posts at locations (details supplied) has been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7968/11]

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome yesterday's announcement on the minimum wage and I am glad to see that on this matter, at least, the Government's U-turn has come the full 360 degrees. I understand the matter will be addressed in the revised bailout agreement between the Government and the IMF. However, the proposal on the minimum wage was joined by one to cut the wages and conditions of almost 240,000 workers...

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am. For a long time Sinn Féin has argued for pay cuts at the top of the public sector and the Civil Service. I notice the sabre rattling by the Tánaiste's ministerial colleague, Deputy Brendan Howlin, who is coming at the issue of public sector wages in an indiscriminate way, in tandem with the IMF.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is clear that low paid workers in the private and public sectors will be the target for further austerity measures. I want to ask the Tánaiste the following.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will these matters be addressed in the Government's new bailout deal with the IMF? Will the Government bring the deal before the House, not for discussion by way of statements but by way of a debate and a vote? Will the so-called jobs budget actually be about job creation, or will it prove to be a charter to slash wages?