Results 8,161-8,180 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The issue is whether it was in the local chronicle or splattered across The Irish Times, what I am querying is that a Minister of State would deem it appropriate to intervene in that way. I think it is completely inappropriate. I cannot imagine what he was thinking, bar maybe jockeying for position within his constituency, but that is for him to explain. We need to decide what we do about...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely not.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is, and we are all entitled to say what we wish, within the boundaries of the law and decency. The difficulty is that the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, is sited within his Department. In that regard, are we setting ourselves up for a position whereby, as we consider matters in the Department of Justice and Equality, for example, that it is okay for the Minister to come out with a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is the question now.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Lastly, this is not to start rapping people on the knuckles. I am all for people saying. Had he personally-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----said it casually, we would take a different view. This comes from his Department and that is problematic for this committee.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, why not?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Careful.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Do not mention Kerry and what it does in the football.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is desperate.
- Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Nor are we pretending to be. Deputy O'Callaghan should read the motion.
- Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a ludicrous point.
- Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors has been meeting at its annual conference in Killarney over the past number of days. The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality did not attend. However, the Commissioner did, and yesterday, when attending the conference, she approached the podium to speak and was met with what was described in the media as an eerie silence....
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not need one. On 29 April, the Taoiseach will go to the European Council meeting and the guidelines for the negotiations with Britain on Brexit will be agreed. We have already raised with the Taoiseach our deep concern about the guidelines, particularly Article 11 which is weak, vague and certainly insufficient. It does not provide the negotiating platform necessary to protect the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is also a bilateral agreement.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I congratulate everybody who campaigned for it and I commend the Minister on the decision to make Orkambi available to cystic fibrosis patients.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should not worry about my outrage.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not me that he should be concerned about; it is the outrage of people that I represent-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----who pay their taxes and who pay for everything.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I notice Deputy Donohoe is laughing. These are people who live in the community that he also represents.