Results 7,301-7,320 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a rather standout piece of gossip.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That name has been withdrawn.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The concern specifically around the United States is not just the domestic policies pursued by this Administration but the global reach of the United States, which is unrivalled by the Cubans and the Venezuelans. The Taoiseach would accept that. It is very difficult to know where to start with the Trump Administration. On the one hand, people accept the reality that this man was...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have absolutely no interest in the Taoiseach's analysis of the Bolsheviks, the Russian Revolution, the Wizard of Oz, his film choices or anything else. I asked a question about the undocumented Irish and I got precisely no answer.
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It was 1998.
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are now at the end of June and we will take Second Stage this week. Is it realistic to imagine that we will have all Stages of this legislation dealt with, allowing for amendment if Members so wish, and allowing the time and space for full consideration? I understand it is the Taoiseach's intention to have these matters dealt with before we rise for the recess. While Sinn Féin will...
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Deal breakers.
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Micheál Martin seems to have changed his tune on judicial appointments since last week. He seemed to be quite happy with the procedure that he enjoyed whereby he could just have a private tête-à-têtewith the Taoiseach on the relative merits of appointing-----
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----outside of any constitutional authority or any procedural regularity-----
- Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----that I am familiar with. Those of us who support this legislation support it on the basis of modernisation, public confidence and accountability. The authorship of the legislation ought to be a secondary matter for anybody who cares about judicial appointments. I wish to raise this Bill with the Taoiseach because I am concerned about the issue of timing.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have no reason to doubt that the Taoiseach and other members of the Government were distressed to hear of this case. I accept that absolutely. I also accept that a review has been initiated and that the Minister, Deputy Harris, acted speedily. I have no reason to question that. However, in a fundamental way, that is to miss the very important point of who was responsible for this...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tUasal Michael O'Brien. I understand he is a Dub, so he is doubly "fáilte". Yesterday, we heard the heart-rending story of Michael and Kathleen Devereaux from Wexford. Michael is 90, Kathleen is 85 and they have been inseparable during their 63 years of marriage. In April of this year they applied to the fair deal scheme. Michael was accepted but...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach tell us now that this couple will be reunited?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will he tell us their needs will be assessed as a couple-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and that they will receive the care they need and that they are entitled to as a couple and a family?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Very different.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with Deputy Connolly. It is important that it be said on the public record that we are under-resourced as we speak. Not only do we have a very busy schedule, we also have a very diverse brief, unlike other committees, perhaps. Everybody is before us, which causes a challenge for us, as members, but also for the staff because we are covering virtually the entire gamut of public...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat. Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe uilig. At the outset I believe the use of sabbaticals is essential. I thought I would say the good stuff before I get stuck in to the more difficult pieces. I want to talk with Professor Fitzgerald and Dr. Thorn. I thank them for their attendance and I also welcome Professor O'Shea and the other representatives. I am not...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Tommy Foy organised the purchase of Cross pens, Bulova watches - I presume they are fancy watches, I have no idea but it sounds impressive - and medallions. Not meat, rather commemorative medallions. There has been a debate here around conflicts of interest, the stating of conflicts of interests and the policy thereon. Is Professor Fitzgerald asking the committee to believe that Tommy...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: They did not know?