Results 8,821-8,840 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Agreed. I know it is not the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's fault.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: If we had more time, the Department of the Taoiseach's strategy statement for 2016 to 2019 would demand and really deserves more rigorous and critical scrutiny than we can afford to it today. The Government's multiple failures regarding housing and homelessness, health, including mental health, and water, are just some of the issues that expose the inadequacy of the strategic objectives set...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategy Statements (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In the section of A Programme for a Partnership Government on making partnership in democracy work, the Government commits to transparent oversight. This includes building on freedom of information reforms and committing to further changes, including a more open freedom of information regime. Under the Act, people have the right to access records held by bodies under the aegis of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The point I am making is that they are not vexatious or frivolous matters. For example, the time taken to release information is significantly longer than the four weeks specified and, in fact, it can often take up to three months. We have found that only after repeated calls, e-mails and virtually wrestling with bureaucracy, which, by the way, does not seem terribly happy with the idea of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not surprised to hear that the number of requests increased once the fee was waived. Half the concern about the fee was that it would act as a disincentive for people to lodge freedom of information requests. I am certainly not trying to be a champion for vexatious or frivolous requests, such as the one outlined by the Taoiseach about sandwiches and the cost of a bowl of soup, but it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: So it is slightly down, but nevertheless-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Freedom of Information Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach remind me how many of these were refused and how many went to appeal? If the Taoiseach does not have the information to hand, he might provide it to us afterwards. What was the reason for refusal? Were they all asking about sandwiches and bowls of soup?

Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I listened with interest to the Taoiseach's comments during his visit to the United States last week. I welcome his remarks in respect of the plight of the undocumented Irish citizens in the US. I also noted in Philadelphia the Taoiseach announced the Government would hold a long-overdue referendum in respect of voting rights in presidential elections. As the Taoiseach is aware, we have...

Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Above anything else, Martin McGuinness was a proud Derryman. There is no doubt that his childhood and young life in the Bogside formed him, shaped him and defined his character. Martin was born in 1950 into an Orange, discriminatory state. He, his family and his kind were regarded as second class citizens. They endured terror. Martin, a person of courage, chose to stand up and be...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Governments need to fulfil their commitments too, I am sure.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Taoiseach for those kind words. We are all very well aware of the outstanding issues that must be resolved. Let it be noted that they are old issues. These are matters that were identified, discussed, negotiated and agreed many years ago, but still we await their implementation. That is what this comes down to. I am aware that the Government, not least in the person of the...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to share in the expressions of sympathy with Captain Dara Fitzpatrick's family and, indeed, with the families of the missing crew of Rescue 116, and acknowledge the passing of Mrs. Maureen Haughey and the loss of young Ryan McBride of Derry City. Today, I stand here in place of my party leader, Deputy Adams, who spent the night in Derry with the family of our departed friend and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Facilities (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investment plan for the training unit in Mountjoy Prison; and her plans for the unit and its long-term role in the rehabilitation of prisoners. [13083/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current wait times for applications for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14100/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting for ophthalmology assessment in the Mater hospital. [12796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for cataract operations at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the current waiting times for cataract patients without admission dates for cataract assessment and cataract operations, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient beds and procedure beds in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. [12901/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (21 Mar 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 730. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations and the number of the procedures cancelled for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital from 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form. [12902/17]