Results 3,861-3,880 of 21,103 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I too wish to send our sympathies and regards to Damien Carrick on the loss of Trish, a wonderful and courageous woman. The Taoiseach says there must be no toleration of violence against women and children in our society but the facts are that there is such a tolerance. The Taoiseach says we must do everything we can but everything is not being done. The Taoiseach says we must provide...
- Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is not really in to people answering questions.
- Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Cullinane. This year has tested us all. It has tested our mettle, our resolve and our resilience. None of us could have expected that we would live this reality, with our people and our communities robbed of the simple everyday things that make up our lives. It has been a year of stress, worry and uncertainty brought by a global pandemic. People have...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Dearie, dearie me. Jesus, that is good.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Not on this issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change. [35253/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: We previously discussed the programme for Government commitment to developing and protecting Ireland's biodiversity. An important component of this work is the National Biodiversity Data Centre programme, established by the Heritage Council 14 years ago. This programme collects data on Ireland's biodiversity and, thanks to the ecological commitment of its staff, the all-Ireland pollinator...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about accountability?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach would be better to focus on his own performance.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach challenged Deputy Murphy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit. [35252/20]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: First, I am increasingly at a loss as to what this liaison unit is doing. The Taoiseach has cited its efforts - no doubt they are legion - to effect Dáil reform. Yet, not 40 minutes or an hour ago we had an exchange in which the Taoiseach steadfastly refused even the current accountability mechanisms not to mention any new innovation. I imagine we will all take that with a grain of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has previously remarked that the commission has been constituted as an expert group rather than a stakeholders' representative body. This observation is to miss the point of the concerns raised about the breadth of the commission's membership in terms of addressing the limitations of the goals set for its work. There is no reference in the terms of reference to the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Future of Media Commission (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the establishment of the Future of Media Commission and the role of his Department in its work. [36853/20]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why not? Fine Gael-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach misunderstands his role in all of this-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----which is very worrying given that he is Head of Government.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mary Lou McDonald: Go away out of that.