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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-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to tell me or, indeed, those who live in these appalling conditions about the record of the previous Administration. I must say it is getting a little tedious in this House that when a straight question is put to the Taoiseach, he runs for cover behind the record of his predecessors. That is not acceptable. His answer in this House today will be cold comfort to those living in these...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The fact is that Fine Gael, in government, has been quite satisfied-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to continue with the failed policies of those who it criticises, but it will not hold out any hope or any real alternative to the people who suffer from its collective view that it cushions the rich and punishes the poor.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Tell me this. Will there be a social dividend from NAMA? If there are unfinished or unsold houses, how will the Government use these to address the housing crisis? Can some of the housing stock currently in NAMA be given to not-for-profit housing associations to relieve the waiting lists? Can the Taoiseach give an assurance on behalf of the Government that he will give more than...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----I think many on the Government benches are boys-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and address the issues that affect people? I have asked the Taoiseach directly about these communities in Dublin and Limerick.

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have asked him about NAMA. I would like answers to those questions-----

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----rather than a ruaille buaille with Deputy Martin and the Taoiseach.