Results 8,981-9,000 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last week the Dáil agreed the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry into the Maurice McCabe scandal and related matters. Can the Tánaiste tell us what progress has been made thus far in establishing the inquiry and providing the legal and other resources for Mr. Justice Charleton to begin his work? When does she anticipate the tribunal will sit? In response to my...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Tánaiste's reference to the Cabinet as "hospital" was not deliberate. Perhaps the chaos in both has been comparable in recent days. The only thing that is clear here is that the Tánaiste is continuing to equivocate on the matter of costs. Is she happy that the children's hospital, if and when it is completed, will be the most expensive children's hospital built...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking about the children's hospital and not about the airport.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste should not be ridiculous.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: When?
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: So it will take another decade or two.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: By the way, the Tánaiste's remarks are not answers.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Tánaiste has not provided answers. We are getting used to this.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, parents across Ireland have woken up to the shocking fiasco of the spiralling costs of building the national children's hospital. They read this morning with horror that the situation has spun so far out of control that the estimated cost has ballooned from an initial €404 million in 2012 to a mind-boggling figure of more than €1 billion today. As it stands,...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government makes a commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. Yesterday, decades of international consensus on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute were summarily dumped by US President, Donald Trump, and Benjamin Netanyahu. The consequences of this are potentially disastrous for the entire region. When will the Government make good its commitment?...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: This has been agreed by the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Government had better get its skates on.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government's record is quite eye-catching - indeed, eye watering. It includes one in eight persons on waiting lists, which is quite something, and childhoods spent in bed-and-breakfast accommodation, hostels and hotels. If the Minister believes this is stuff to brag about, that is, of course, his prerogative. I would beg to differ. I asked the Minister to set out very clearly what the...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: If other things have been agreed with Independent Deputies, it is as well for the Minister to put them on the record now rather than for them to come to light later on.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I asked two questions and the Minister-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Ceann Comhairle has no role in ensuring accountability for Ministers to answer-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last night the shambolic and incompetent Government scraped through a vote of confidence. While the Government might have won the vote it should be very clear that it and the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, do not enjoy the confidence or support of the majority of Irish people. The Taoiseach and the Government remain in power by way of favour from Fianna Fáil and the Independents in the...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, tell me how the Government managed to secure the support of its Independent colleagues? What was the price of the votes of the Ministers, Deputies Shane Ross, John Halligan, Seán Canney, Kevin Boxer Moran and Finian McGrath, for keeping Deputy Enda Kenny, an incredibly incompetent Taoiseach, in power? We know the Independents...
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Deputy is right.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Deputy Dooley.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mary Lou McDonald: Shucks, thanks.