Results 5,361-5,380 of 21,404 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is right that those of us who grew up in the 1980s recognise this atmosphere and ideology as set out through Majella's story. It is important in the here and now that we give absolute assurances, and that it is made absolutely clear, that we in fact live in a different Ireland. On that basis, the former Minister for Justice, Deputy Michael Noonan, should make a statement and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will try. I want to raise the case of Majella Moynihan. I am sure all of us, listening as Majella told her devastating story, have been moved and deeply saddened by her experiences. For those of us who were children in the 1980s, I think this transported us back to that Ireland - that awful, oppressive, misogynistic Ireland. Majella told her story. She told of her background as a...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens Assembly (18 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Taoiseach the terms of reference for the citizens' assembly on gender equality. [25416/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Carer's Allowance Payments (18 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that guards in the Irish Prison Service whose families are in receipt of a carer's allowance have recently had their payments suspended following an instruction by inspectors from his Department that all carer's allowance payments be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (18 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [25088/19]
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Operations (12 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international, EU and Northern Ireland division of his Department. [24205/19]
- Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the opportunity to speak on these statements on the North in the Dáil. Far from suggesting anybody should butt out, be quiet or be reticent in our discussion on the North, on the contrary, it is incredibly important that the Oireachtas has ongoing engagement on progress, dilemmas and politics in the North. I only wish debates on matters in the North were more regular. I have...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 958. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the final report of the independent review of the role and remuneration of elected members to local authorities will be published. [23318/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Seanad reform implementation group. [24204/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: While the Taoiseach has "noted" the report and said that it will be reflected on and discussed, he seems to have no appetite to act. I know from speaking to people that although the Seanad for all of its importance may not be the stuff of excited conversation on a daily basis in the real world-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----nonetheless there is a general sense that Seanad reform is a bit like rural broadband, namely, something that is spoken of at length but which never happens. I question the political will of this Government to deliver reform. The Taoiseach has expressed strong views on proposals for reform and that is all very well and good but given reform of the Upper House has been a matter of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President Macron of France. [23294/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if will report on the recent informal meeting of the European Council. [23296/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: Concerns around the budgetary position post Brexit will have been raised even more loudly by those who saw the statement in the weekend's edition of The Sunday Timesby Boris Johnson, potentially the British Prime Minister, that he would withhold the £39 billion in outstanding British contributions to the EU budget for 2019 and 2020 unless the EU agreed what he called more favourable...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: I suggest that the Taoiseach prioritise a visit to Edinburgh and that he very speedily ramp up the conversation with the Scottish Government and the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, in particular. The stance adopted by the Scottish Government on fishing and fishing rights around Rockall is, frankly, bewildering. Scotland wishes to remain within the European Union, and that position has been...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: Report and Final Stages of the National Minimum Wage (Protection of employee Tips) Bill 2017, introduced by Sinn Féin, are due to be held in the Seanad tomorrow afternoon. This is important legislation which would make it illegal for an employer to withhold or deduct employees' tips and would require businesses to display their tipping policy so customers know how tips are distributed....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: A cut of this nature runs against the grain of Sláintecare and the stated intention to keep people in the community. It runs against the ambition of dealing with delayed discharges and overcrowding in our hospitals. It makes eminent sense for the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, to go back to HSE management and tell them that the money has to be found and that 6,000 people or more...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to make a commitment to the people he has commended so warmly that he will go back to the HSE and that the money will be found for home help hours.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has not addressed the central point of my question. It has been confirmed by the HSE that between now and early November, there will be a reduction or a restriction on the number of new or additional hours allocated. As I said in the course of my question, this comes at a time when more than 6,000 people are on a waiting list for home care supports. Very often, as the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)
Mary Lou McDonald: I congratulate Deputies Clare Daly, Wallace, Fitzgerald and Kelleher on their election to the European Parliament. This is national carer's week. It is a week in which we acknowledge and recognise the tens of thousands of carers throughout the State for the contribution that they make to people's lives, to families and to communities. We can safely say that they are everyday heroes...