Results 6,601-6,620 of 21,404 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Although the issues at stake have been quite vexed around the language Act, marriage equality, legacy issues and legacy inquest funding, I want to state that we did in fact find an accommodation. It is my belief the Taoiseach travelled to Belfast on 12 February in good faith. It is also my understanding that visit was initiated by the British side. It is my clear understanding that at that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister on 12 February 2018. [8491/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his conversation with Prime Minister May on 19 February 2018. [9665/18]
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: What message is the Government sending?
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: What is the right message?
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not a blank cheque.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, was on the airwaves today, encouraging elderly people not to skimp on their heating. He rightly said that shivering behind a single bar electric heater would be penny wise and pound foolish. However, the difficulty is that when one moves beyond the rhetoric, the Government is not prepared to stand up that advice with anything substantive. We know...
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: That should not be beyond the Government's wit. Let us face it, when the chips are down for the bankers, the big guys and the big rollers, this House can sit all night if it needs to-----
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to ensure they are bailed out. In very cold weather, elderly people in particular and people on low incomes do not need a pep talk or a team talk from the Taoiseach, they need action.
- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: With all due respect, I suggest that the Government acts with urgency and provides a double week of fuel allowance. The Taoiseach's exhortations and words of encouragement would then actually mean something.
- Severe Weather Conditions: Statements (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure people appreciate the Taoiseach's concern for the welfare of our citizens but I am a bit at a loss as to the purpose of his statement. It was a statement of the obvious as, clearly, there will be updates. He did not say anything concrete to bring some relief or comfort to citizens who live in vulnerable places, in particular older citizens and those who live in cold houses. If...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I therefore assume that the text allows for the North remaining within the customs union and the Single Market, or can I put such a direct question? I recall that last December the Taoiseach sought to assure people that the agreement struck was cast iron and watertight, but in the days following the announcement it became abundantly clear that it was anything but. Doubt was shed as to...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: Follow that, as they say. In this very important week, I want to raise the issue of Brexit. Tomorrow and the next day, we will see the text that will give effect to the agreement struck between the European Union and the British Government last December. The Taoiseach will recall at the time of its publication we acknowledged some political progress had been made. However, we raised a...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Financial Forum (27 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his address to the European Financial Forum on 31 January 2018. [7228/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic communications unit; the number of staff now employed by the unit; and the responsibilities and positions of each. [8490/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff in his Department attached to the Government Information Service. [8492/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (21 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet Committee meetings he has attended in 2018. [8336/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Issues (21 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has engaged in meetings regarding sectoral plans in response to Brexit. [8337/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (20 Feb 2018)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a contradictory message.