Results 7,601-7,620 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- 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?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. I want to make this point, if I might be so bold; the university has taken a battering-----
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and its reputation is critically compromised. The institute stands accused of bullying, of marginalisation, of victimisation, of malpractice and of misleading this committee. Professor Fitzgerald stated that his colleague, Mr. Field, gave incomplete evidence. That is not what he did. Mr. Field deliberately misled the committee. I am in a position to say this because, as it happens, I...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Please do.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Okay. I appreciate all of that concern but time is limited.
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Has Mr. Foy been disciplined for any of these matters?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: "University of Limerick whistleblowers reach two years under suspension", is the headline of an article dated 12 June 2017, written by Ms Anne Sheridan and appearing in the Limerick Leader. Just to let the Chairman know, he is quoted in this matter. It strikes me that there is a world of a difference in the experience of the two whistleblowers, the two women who came forward and whose...
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Okay, we will take that as read. What about Mr. Foy?
- Public Accounts Committee: University College Cork and University of Limerick: Financial Statements (22 Jun 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Has the fact that he misled the Department been put to Mr. Foy? Is there an official procedure under way? This, obviously, is a disciplinary matter, is it not?