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- 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.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: There is nobody looking for something for nothing. That is not the debate here. What is at issue is who prevails in a democratic society.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: What we have seen is a textbook example of the Parliament, the Dáil and elected representatives-----
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----conniving to abandon their democratic mandate and, rather than seeking to represent the people, seeking to face them down. That is what they are all about. That is what their new politics - old politics - is all about.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Who are the chronic water wasters? Who are these people? How will they pay these levies?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am outraged, but my outrage is the least of the Taoiseach's worries.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, for reminding me of the rules. The people faced the Taoiseach down on water charges. They called a halt to the Government's plans and privatisation agenda and the Taoiseach did not like it one bit. Yesterday, the Government and Fianna Fáil cobbled together a deal that seeks to subvert the will of the people and their democratically expressed...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The connivance is provided by the Taoiseach's party in its blatant undermining of the democratic and political processes within the Oireachtas. The cute-hoorism is, as ever, provided by Fianna Fáil, which has flip-flopped once again. Fianna Fáil Members have used their political strength not to be constructive, as they proclaim, but to face down and thwart the will of the people....
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: When it comes down to it, Fianna Fáil will look after itself first. That comes as no surprise but many people will be glad of the reminder. The truth is that this debacle has absolutely nothing to do with complying with EU law and everything to do with Fianna Fáil's fear of a general election. Fianna Fáil Members broke their key election pledge to abolish water charges in...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Apr 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: These proponents of new politics call themselves the centre ground. However, they have demonstrated that it is only a brand name for business as usual. There is nothing new about what happened yesterday. It has been happening for decades, and with the same result: the ordinary people get screwed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. What they call the centre ground is in really the insiders...