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- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: His exiting of the organisation coincides with the kicking off of a lot of the investigative procedures and so on around the complainants. Is that not so?
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: He had retired at that time. I just think it is interesting if one looks at the sequence of what happened next and I am struck by the contrast. I presume the financial controller was the direct line manager for these staff, for persons A, B and C. Is that right?
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Who was?
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: What would the financial controller's role have been and what would have been his interaction with persons A, B or C?
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would have thought that the financial controller, notwithstanding a layer in between, is the person in charge - the authority figure.
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Okay, so the boss winds up exiting with a very generous severance package. The whistleblower ends up unwell and not working for the university. The other two whistleblowers are engaged in a protracted dispute process with the university and the Department. This is very troubling.
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would like the witnesses to explain to us in more detail the settlement the university made with Revenue in respect of the sabbatical policy. What was that all about? Was UL making a habit of paying for peoples' spouses, for their travel expenses, accommodation and so forth? How did that bill work up? Was it a liability in terms of benefit-in-kind? I would like more information on that.
- Public Accounts Committee: University of Limerick: Financial Statements 2014-2015 (30 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It was their mistake so they paid it.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Two minutes, not seven.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: When did we do that?
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I think the 30 seconds are up.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: As has Deputy Farrell's entire speech.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is like Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is in fierce bad form. That is too bad. This is not all about him. It is news to me that he threatened to injunct the Committee of Public Accounts. Shame on him if that is the case. I suppose that mirrors the approach and the attitude he displayed this evening. Quite frankly, I could not give a curse what his view is of Sinn Féin. I do take exception to him levelling...
- Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: He needs to put his comments on the record.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: There is agreement among all of us that the issue at stake is the implementation of agreements previously signed. The position taken by Sinn Féin, to insist that matters agreed are delivered, is not a form of grandstanding, nor is it a case of Sinn Féin bickering or presenting a Sinn Féin wish list. It is Sinn Féin insisting on something that is the very basis of good...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Speculate as we might, the facts of this particular fiasco are not in dispute - more than 14,500 unsafe convictions and close on 1 million fake breathalyser tests. There is one thing the Tánaiste could do that would more than anything restore public confidence and send a very clear message that there is accountability, namely, she could call the Garda Commissioner to account. Her...
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why did the internal audit function not do something as basic as that?
- An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: We cannot.
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: This will come to a vote so we need the Ceann Comhairle's guidance. He needs to tell us how we can get this matter on the agenda for today. This cannot be beyond his wit or ingenuity. As Deputy O'Brien said, we made the request on Saturday that there be a statement and an opportunity for questions. That is clearly what needs to happen. The Ceann Comhairle should advise us on how that...