Results 8,861-8,880 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (21 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 865. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive an appointment for speech and language therapy. [13422/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (21 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 953. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all meetings between his Department and Nursing Homes Ireland from 2011 to date, in tabular form. [13821/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (21 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 954. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all meetings from 2011 to date between the National Treatment Purchase Fund and Nursing Homes Ireland in tabular form. [13822/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (21 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 955. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all meetings from 2011 to date between the National Treatment Purchase Fund, Health Information and Quality Authority and Nursing Homes Ireland, in tabular form. [13823/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (21 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: 1131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his assessment of the value and range of services which post offices provide to local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13785/17]
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is fair enough. Obviously, the argument in favour of a different location for the hospital is related but separate. It does not really concern us. I ask that we check with the health committee to ensure the expenditure to date, the projected expenditure, the estimates and the forecasts are absolutely, thoroughly and rigorously examined. The figures in the public domain indicate that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I entirely agree. Whatever way we do it, we need to make sure our piece of the work will be covered to ensure the issue will be rigorously examined because very large sums of public money are involved.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Exactly.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Super.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the Chairman. The staff of Console are being given the brush-off and are out of pocket. As they set out in the letter, they, like everyone else, have bills to pay and families to care for. They are in this position not least because of the failure of the Health Service Executive to monitor and control the section 39 agency in question, namely, Console. It is doubly...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will probably have to be creative and persistent.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is terrible to be asked to choose between the three issues referred to by the Chairman. The special report on the redress schemes is very important work, which is also highly topical given the turn of events around the Tuam mother and baby home and the need to re-examine the issue of mother and baby homes. Not only is this work very important, but it could also be very useful in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: May I ask-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The report is being published today and we will need to examine what it contains, but I am anxious that it not drift and that we will schedule it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Absolutely.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: We could reschedule.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: May I make a suggestion?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will try to be helpful. Could we examine the report when it is published today?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (9 Mar 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Connolly is right to caution that we should not bite off more than we can chew. We can assess the report and determine whether it is possible to reschedule.
- Public Accounts Committee: HSE's Patients' Private Property Accounts 2015
HSE Financial Statement 2015: Note 13 re Fair Deal Scheme
Health Repayments Scheme Donations Fund 2015 (9 Mar 2017) Mary Lou McDonald: I assume, as members of the committee, we have some influence over how this matter is dealt with. The Chairman has raised the matter, so may I proceed?