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Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding plans for a National Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7547/11]

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning the almost 800,000 holders of private residential mortgage accounts have woken up to the news that at lunchtime today the ECB will announce an interest rate increase of 0.25%. As the Tánaiste knows, data from the end of last year reflect the fact that 10% of mortgage holders are in distress, a large proportion of whom are in substantial arrears, while others have restructured...

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do. Given that people are already struggling-----

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am coming to that now.

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I notice the Ceann Comhairle does not afford me the same tolerance and hospitality as he affords my colleague.

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is no proposal in the legislative programme to deal with this pressing matter. That is astonishing given the urgency of the situation in which so many families find themselves. The Government is asleep at the wheel, it has let this matter slip by-----

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government moved very quickly to bail out the bankers, to have episode five of the bailout. Where is the legislation to protect mortgage holders who are struggling and in stress?

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am acutely aware of the promises the Tánaiste made in the election and of the contents of the programme for Government. I am also aware, as is the Tánaiste, that none of them has found its way into the legislative programme. This is not an issue that can wait. People are under pressure now; people are having their homes repossessed now; people cannot meet their mortgage repayments now....

Order of Business (7 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: If legislation is not required then the Government should act now on this issue.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the publication of the Hennessy report. [6918/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the process of providing a school building for a school (details supplied). [7015/11]

Written Answers — Market Rights: Market Rights (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will state the legal impediments that are preventing the closure or relocation of the Smithfield horse fair, Dublin. [7017/11]

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.