Results 8,341-8,360 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is waffling.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is in an old politics bubble.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is kind of tragic.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Stop talking.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for the information in respect of the Fennelly report. We await its imminent publication. I could not agree more with the Taoiseach that trust, confidence, respect and pride are exactly what we need. Despite the Taoiseach's talk about commissions and restructuring, and his repeated assertions of a need for accountability and modernisation, his actions shout against...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: What is getting lost in the midst of all of this is that we are now at a crossroads such that the decisions that we take now will affect not only us and policing in the here and now, but generations to come. The Garda Commissioner's position is untenable. Sin é; that is the position. The commission and restructuring will amount to nothing if the Taoiseach is not prepared to take the...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Chief Superintendent Pat Leahy's position is not in question - Nóirín O Sullivan's position is in question.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today, the future of policing and justice in the State is at a crossroads. Public confidence in the management of An Garda Síochána has been shattered by scandal after scandal and there is a flagrant lack of accountability and a detached arrogance among the top brass. The extent of the damage done to the Garda cannot be overestimated - it is immense. This issue is bigger than...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: No review or inquiry, no matter how robust or comprehensive, will be successful in addressing the dysfunctionality at the heart of the Garda while Nóirín O'Sullivan remains in office. It is as simple and clear cut as that. She has presided over a litany of catastrophes and her position is untenable. In no other walk of life would this be a matter for debate. The Commissioner...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is ten years since the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was signed by the Government. Ten years on, when it is proposed that we will ratify this convention? The Minister will be aware that the ongoing delays and the failure to ratify the convention have caused frustration and hurt to people with disabilities, their carers, families and to Irish society...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I too extend our sympathy and solidarity to the family of Captain Mark Duffy and to those other families who still agonisingly await the return of their loved ones. Yesterday, hundreds of people marched with the workers of Bus Éireann to the Dáil as part of their campaign to protect their livelihood and the public transport network in this State. Six days into their strike...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It seems the Minister is almost as deluded as his colleague, the Minister, Deputy Ross. To describe the current fiasco as "very real progress" is really extreme even by the standards of his Government. Of course, the Minister, Deputy Ross, has previous form in looking the other way and sitting out his responsibilities. We saw how he did that with the Dublin Bus dispute last autumn. I...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Really?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Under the Government's approach, we have industrial chaos.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That sounds reasonable.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It should be noted.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: They will appear later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Correct.