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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the number of community gardaí operating from a location (details supplied) have been cut. [7016/11]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures the Garda Síochána will take in order to ensure that there is no repeat of the violence which occurred at the Smithfield horse fair Dublin on the first Sunday of March 2011. [7018/11]

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Fine Gael-Labour coalition Government sought and received a mandate from the people on 25 February last. That mandate was based on a whole series of electoral promises. It was meant to be a mandate based on commitment and backbone. They said it was a mandate to renegotiate the EU-IMF deal, and impose burden-sharing on gamblers and speculators, as well as reducing the crippling interest...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, remember telling the people of this State the following?: Labour's view is clear. This is a bad deal for Ireland. Because it is a bad deal for Ireland, we will vote against it here and, in the forthcoming election, we will seek a mandate to renegotiate it... Why are European banks being protected from losses in...

Bank Bailout and EU-IMF Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish I had a few more minutes to do that.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The first thing that strikes me about this debate is the title of it which is a master stroke in euphemism. The choice of "Statements on Bank Reorganisation" is a very self-conscious choice of words by the Government, not least because statements on this, the fifth banking bailout, would read rather less attractively. The Government's primary assertion is that it has adopted a new approach...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government also claims that this is the final deal and the final figure. It makes much of the robust stress tests carried out but what the Government does not say is that, for instance, on one of the key indicators of that stress test - the level of unemployment - we are just a shade off the worst case scenario as envisaged. I hope this is the final tab and I hope these are the final...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and to carry out the promises it made to the people in the course of the general election campaign. It blew it. Perhaps it was more comfortable for it to stay in the established groove of Fianna Fáil policy.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever their rationale is for acting as they have, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have made a mistake. There is little sense in the Fine Gael Party or, with respect, the Labour Party throwing shapes about the bank guarantee, as they did in the past two years. They should save the hot air because when the real test came and they were faced with changing tack and taking the correct...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Fine Gael and the Labour Party are in government and responsibility rests with them. When the illogicality and full consequences of their position of taking on the bank debt and discounting burden sharing come to light, they should not point the finger at the Fianna Fáil Party because it is no longer in charge. As an Opposition Deputy, I do not want to spend the next year or more listening...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: So the Government is not putting it in.

Water Services (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government if the planned new State company Irish Water will be sold off as part of the Government agenda to privatise State assets [6917/11]

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I note the Tánaiste's self-congratulation on his efficiency and what he claims as a new departure. He has not skipped a beat. In hock to the IMF and the European Union and in the embrace of Fine Gael, he has chosen very quickly to walk the well trodden path of Fianna Fáil and the previous Administration. Not alone has the Labour Party gone along with further bailout of the banks to the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The question remains as to when the Government intends to do it. There is a pattern emerging here in that the Government is kicking every issue down the road. The Government parties had no such reservations when they went to the people and categorically assured them that the cut would be reversed. They did not refer to delays or consultations but gave a cast iron commitment which it must...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: When?

Order of Business (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Feicim nach bhfuil reifreann ar chearta an linbh fiú luaite sa mhéid atá curtha i gcló ag an Rialtas. Cén fáth nach bhfuil? Cén uair atá sé i gceist ag an Rialtas Bille maidir leis an Seanad a thabhairt os comhair an Tí? The legislative programme does not make reference to a Bill to facilitate a referendum on children's rights or legislation for the reform or, as the Government...

Murder of PSNI Constable: Statements (5 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be mindful of the clock. I join in the expressions of sympathy to the Kerr family at this dark and traumatic time for them. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues of this young police officer. Ronan was just 25 when he joined the new policing service in the North of Ireland last May. In a spirit of public service he joined the PSNI to both protect and...

Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding plans for the relocation of the Abbey Theatre including its possible location. [6185/11]

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his plans to support the Irish cinema sector. [6186/11]

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. The agreement reached among the Whips was that the motion would be taken without debate. It is scandalous that the Government is once again prepared to accommodate Deputy Michael Lowry for a further 30 minutes. The Deputy has been facilitated twice and has had an hour and a half at his disposal to put his position on the record. The House has heard that position, but...