Results 5,981-6,000 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Websites (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I echo Deputy Martin's question. Is it intended to go ahead with the research or has it been abandoned? In a similar response last year, the Taoiseach stated that as part of the eGovernment strategy, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer had been working on the development of a digital service gateway. This, the Taoiseach stated, would allow for "a single digital point...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagement with the Prime Minister of South Korea, Mr. Lee Nak-yeon on 29 May 2018. [25769/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Justin Trudeau, on 26 May 2018. [26446/18]
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: If I might try to be helpful, could a note-----
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am about to try to help the Deputies.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Jesus, Mary and Joseph - the Ceann Comhairle rang his bell very loudly.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It might be helpful if the Taoiseach or the Government circulated a note summarising the advice on the legislation. I want to raise a different matter - the motion to be debated this evening both here and in the Seanad on the 25th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality. I welcome the motion and the notion of an apology to those who were convicted under what was, frankly,...
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Everybody has been deeply shocked by the images of small, distressed children being separated from their parents and being held in what can only be described as cages. It is unconscionable and mind boggling that this would be a policy and practice pursued by any civilised administration. I note that the Tánaiste has commented appropriately on the issue on Twitter but I agree with...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The McCabe incident which, of course, we are not going to discuss here triggered the report and investigation, but the difficulties in Tusla were well known and had been well recorded in advance of them. What is of deep concern is what seems to be the scale of the systems failure within the agency on matters people would regard as the basics. It is not that sophisticated systems seem to have...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, report on the operation of the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, which was brought by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, to Cabinet has just been published. As we know, the report was initiated on foot of Tusla's catastrophic mishandling of allegations made against Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe. I understand...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the status of Bills under preparation in his Department. [24671/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the Prime Minister of Belgium, Mr. Charles Michel. [23615/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Risk Assessment (13 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently published draft national risk assessment 2018. [24673/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans Associations Funding (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the consideration that has been given to making an annual financial contribution towards ​military veterans' organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) that provides help and support to former soldiers. [24706/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the starting salary and relevant expenses and conditions for serving soldiers; and the way in which it compares to living wage standards. [24707/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the provision made for former soldiers who find themselves homeless after leaving the Army. [24708/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed by the Dublin passport office in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [25151/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the Dublin passport office in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [25152/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual pay bill for the Dublin passport office in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [25153/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (12 Jun 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications processed by the Cork passport office in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [25155/18]