Results 241-260 of 21,647 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Those very families the Taoiseach describes - working families and families on middle incomes - are now left in a situation where the Taoiseach cannot answer a straightforward question. It is a question they need an answer to now because they have to plan their finances for their young people going to university and college and accessing the places he has described. It is incredible that he...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: They want to know what fees they are going to pay.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim fáilte roimh Bridie McNally, who is here with us today. It is her birthday and she is here with a group of very lively women from County Monaghan. Fáilte agus breithlá shona duit, Bridie. She is also Deputy Bennett's mother - I should probably have said that. Can the Taoiseach be straight with students and their parents? Can he tell them when they get their bill...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister came to the Chamber this afternoon with big folders and is surrounded by his colleagues, including the Minister for higher education, Deputy Lawless, but could not answer a straightforward question. It is not acceptable, smart or clever to come to the Chamber and refuse to answer a very straightforward question that students and their families need clarity on. Will their fees...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the fees be €2,000 or €3,000?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister has put the heart crossways in families.
- Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: They have been cancelled.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Raising rents.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: They will make matters worse.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister said a lot there but did not answer the question. He is the Minister for public expenditure and this is a straightforward question. Will the cost be €2,000 or €3,000? On the basis of what he is saying and according to the logic of his presentation, I assume the cost will be €3,000. The Minister, Deputy Lawless, has announced an increase in student fees to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is going to hike up the cost of their rent-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and is now going to hike up their fees,-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----but the Minister does not even have the decency to be clear about it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Minister to confirm-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----if students will pay €2,000 or €3,000.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are no increases in the North.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will it be €2,000 or €3,000?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Jesus, surely the Minister can answer a question as basic as that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)
Mary Lou McDonald: Mother of God.