Results 21,261-21,280 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach raise the issue of the interest rate reduction for all of the deal? More importantly, will the Taoiseach urge our European colleagues to finally look in the eye the issue of the unsustainability of the debt burden and take measures to resolve that issue, which is at the core of our problems?
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am beginning to suspect that the ten years of the bailout agreement will have run out and the Taoiseach will still be coming in here telling us that he will do the business on the interest rate.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach continually refuses to deal with the issue of burden-sharing, an issue which he was very keen on during the election campaign. Last week, senior unsecured and unguaranteed bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank were paid in full for a bond of â¬200 million. At the same time, the Government was running around looking for â¬100 million in respect of the fair deal scheme to give some...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: When will the penny drop with the Taoiseach and his colleagues that the issue of the private debt with which the State has been burdened must be dealt with? He correctly said that other member states act in their national interest.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Well done to the Taoiseach for figuring that out; the challenge for him is to act in the interest of this State and its citizens and so far, he and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, have abjectly failed in that task.
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence base used to calculate the assumptions on which the projected return to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013 is based. [14230/11]
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions on which the projected return to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013 is based. [14229/11]
- Written Answers — Wage-setting Mechanisms: Wage-setting Mechanisms (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is considering in conjunction with the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Skills to counterbalance the negative impact of abolishing or changing joint labour committee wage agreements for students working part-time at weekends who rely on their current rates of pay to fund rental...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the damning criticism of the State's failure to protect women who were detained and abused in the Magdalene laundries. This criticism is contained in the United Nations Committee Against Torture report on Ireland. As many as 30,000 women passed through these laundries in the period from 1922 to 1996. The women were held as prisoners and forced to work without pay. They...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The State's contention in respect of these women is that they were in the laundries voluntarily and that the State has no liability or responsibility on the basis that these were private institutions. The State has not acquitted itself well, whatever the recommendation from the UN. The State has failed these women. This is not a new issue; the matter of the women in the Magdalene laundries...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I seek a more concrete commitment from the Taoiseach. The women await an apology; the women await acknowledgment; and the women and their families await the lifting of the awful and degrading taboo they have carried with them. They also await a measure of compensation. The State excluded these women from previous redress mechanisms. Now is the moment for the apology, the acknowledgement...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: When does the Taoiseach expect that to happen?
- Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach may not have made the commitment to halving his Department. I accept it is not in the programme for Government. However, he said he sees the Department as becoming the strategic centre of Government, overseeing the delivery of the programme for Government. It is for the Office of the Taoiseach to bring coherence, clear communication, commonality of purpose and a oneness of...
- Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am curious to know how the Taoiseach intends to anchor this strategic centre. It seems to be far from centred, it seems to be all over the place. What does the Taoiseach propose to do to bring a sense of discipline, action and good communication to his team?
- Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Labour Party benches knew all about shoes.
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: On two occasions this House has called for the release of files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Nobody in this House disputes the fact that there have been victims on all sides, and that all victims must have acknowledgement and truth. It is a given that this cannot be a selective process. I am worried, however, when I hear the Taoiseach report on conversations with the British Prime...
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about the files?
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can tell the Taoiseach that republicans will fully co-operate with an independent, international and properly established commission on truth and reconciliation; he need be in no doubt about that.
- Commemorative Events (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for his answer. It is clear that his commitment is to make available all records. That is as it should be. I realise the Taoiseach made this commitment previously and plans are underway for the all-party committee for the commemorative events leading to 2016. The issue of the personal effects and records held, as the Taoiseach put it, wherever they may be, is...
- Commemorative Events (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware that the Taoiseach has visited Moore Street and, as he put it, the laneways of history. One of the problems in terms of the protection for the building is that the approach that has been taken is very minimalist. We are all aware of that. Does the Taoiseach support extending the level of protection for the whole terrace? In order to develop it as a viable commemorative site and...