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Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: First, I extend a very warm welcome home to Irish citizen and fellow Dubliner, Ibrahim Halawa. I am sure everybody will join me in extending to him and his family our warmest wishes as he readjusts to life back home. Cead míle fáilte ar ais. Fáilte abhaile Ibrahim. I wish to raise the refusal of the Government to provide necessary funding to produce up-to-date research...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbour Authorities Staff (24 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 39 of the Harbours Act 2015 to enable an employee director to serve in excess of two five-year terms. [44651/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have read both. Statement No. 2 is just a shortened version of statement No. 1.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: As committee members, I am assuming that because both have been circulated to us, we have both. We cannot pretend that we do not. It is most unusual. I do not know whether we have ever had circumstances where an opening statement has been recanted before it has been delivered. We have both.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I propose that we publish both opening statements.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Vacancies.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are slightly different things.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: How shall we deal with the matter?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Good.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Our function is to protect the legal rights of the citizens and taxpayers who pay into the nursing homes support scheme fund, otherwise known as the fair deal scheme, which finds its way to public, private and voluntary nursing homes and which has been the subject of considerable comment and controversy as we have said repeatedly in recent times. When private nursing homes interact with the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The content of it is-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Cathaoirleach-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can I say in that regard-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, we will not. I object to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I strongly object to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I strongly object to that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very alarmed by Mr. Tadhg Daly's correspondence. It is regrettable that he will not be here to assist us with his inquiries. Mr. Daly will be aware that we wish to speak to him about a number of issues and newspaper accounts of a meeting that occurred in October 2015, which I understand he convened. These raise very serious issues. We understand that issues regarding using a...

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat. Can I presume that Mr. McEnery's statement is being published?

Public Accounts Committee: HIQA: Governance and Management of Conflict of Interest Issues (19 Oct 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is custom and practice. The last time Mr. McEnery was before us, he was wearing his National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, hat. He is welcome here this morning. How long has he been the financial adviser to Nursing Homes Ireland?