Results 6,221-6,240 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: That, too, tells where the Taoiseach's balance of consideration and emphasis lies. I will put the question to the Taoiseach again. There is a request for four additional staff places. He has indicated difficulties in recruitment.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to hear solidly from the Taoiseach his concrete proposals to beef up the resourcing and staff complement of that office.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The news of the data breach at INM is deeply alarming. Hundreds of thousands of emails may have been compromised. Nineteen individuals were singled out for data interrogation in October 2014 and, allegedly, it involved a hired firm conducting a trawl of electronic records of journalists and others at the company. They included investigative journalists and lawyers who had worked on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Birth Certificates Administration (17 Apr 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 967. To ask the Minister for Health if after implementation through the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017, a partner in a same-sex relationship and parent to a child who was born before the implementation of the Bill will retrospectively be listed as a parent on the child's birth certificate along with their partner due to the fact that Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy David Cullinane. We will take five minutes each. I am very glad to hear the leader of Fianna Fáil reiterate the necessity for special status for the North of Ireland and to protect the peace agreements, to ensure no hard border and to keep the North inside the customs union and the Single Market. There are women in the Gallery from Ligoniel in north...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The net point is that whatever views are taken of Russia, America or any other administration or regime, at the core of this matter is this country and its policy and tradition of military neutrality and an independent foreign policy. Was the issue of Catalonia discussed? The Taoiseach will be aware that Charles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday. All of this is playing out...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: So why did the Taoiseach contact it?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I was actually at the Speaker's lunch for the first time when the Taoiseach told his story about his interaction with President Trump. Although the telling of it was gauche and cringy, I am more worried about the fact that it happened than the fact that the Taoiseach said it out loud on that occasion. Correct me if I am wrong, but I am not sure he has actually given an explanation for that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and the Taoiseach was warmly received, but he needs to explain what happened, the chain of events and how in the name of God he thought it appropriate to do what he did, never mind to stand up and say it on Capitol Hill.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Deputy is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to the United States of America and his meeting with President Donald Trump. [14006/18]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has just published the scheme of the Bill which will be introduced if the referendum to remove the eighth amendment succeeds. I welcome that and I trust it will provide the necessary clarity on many of the legislative issues involved. Whatever about the level of confusion sown yesterday, there should be no confusion as to the necessity to repeal the eighth amendment. Issues...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: There was a harrowing, heartbreaking letter from a victim of rape carried in The Irish Timeson Monday. I do not know if the Taoiseach has read it. This person was a victim of marital rape and the letter was shocking. The author wrote bravely and with considerable dignity. Her words reflected the trauma of being sexually assaulted and the additional horror inflicted when the perpetrator is...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The case is concluded.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have not criticised the judgment. I have reflected the real, lived experience of a woman, as published in a newspaper. If the Ceann Comhairle would do me the courtesy of allowing me to get to the substance of my question-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Implicit and explicit in what I am saying is the true, accurate, real-life reflection of the reality as experienced by this woman and many others.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are significant issues relating to inconsistencies, leniency and light sentencing, particularly when it comes to sexual crime. I believe this underlines the need for sentencing guidelines. I understand that the Judicial Council Bill 2017 contains provision for a sentencing information committee. However, it does not recommend the drafting of guidelines, and as such I believe it will...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am not presuming for a second to second-guess any member of the Judiciary. This case went through the courts. The accused was found guilty. The sentence was handed down and the matter was then appealed. That all happened. Furthermore, I am not referring to mandatory sentences. I have raised this issue many times and I am simply highlighting again the fact that there is now a deep...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagement with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Mr. Xavier Bettel, on 5 March 2018. [14008/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Mar 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Acting Chairman did not stop anyone else.