Results 9,061-9,080 of 21,426 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I absolutely agree with Deputy Connolly. The Chairman ought to challenge that decision. We all appreciate the staff can only do what they have the resources to do. That is taken absolutely. I now have a sense that there is messing going on and I am not speaking about the staff.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not referring to you, a Chathaoirligh. There is political messing happening on this issue. We have been stalled in completing our work not least because of a staffing issue on the one hand, as it now emerges. On the other hand the political system, in the form of the Government, is saying that it is stalling the ball on a commission it had already committed to on the basis that it...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not a runner at this stage. It potentially brings this committee into disrepute. We are being treated like patsies. I am certainly not prepared to be part of that.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (2 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise one issue. There has been a ruling in the courts relating to an action taken by a previous witness to this committee. This committee was vindicated. There was a lot of talk at the time that the action was initiated against this committee and indeed, against the State, about the remit of the committee, the conduct of its members and so on. It would be useful to get a report...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 50. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the clinical stream within the HSE tasked with the issue of interacting mental illness and addiction which leaves many persons in severe mental health distress struggling to find adequate treatment. [4633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 96. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve communication between mental health professionals and services with the families of persons under their care in order to better treat their illness and improve recovery chances while respecting the principle of privacy and confidentiality [4635/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that the full capacity protocol has been deployed at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in 2017; the process for implementing this protocol at the hospital; and the effect on wider services at the hospital when it is deployed. [4742/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in each of the years 2004 to 2016. [4743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatients at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in each of the years 2004 to 2016. [4744/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in each of the years 2004 to 2016. [4745/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of staff at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in each of the years 2004 to 2016. [4746/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 271. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (31 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the €5 million allocated to develop mental health services in primary care which was spent in 2016; the number of additional staff who were appointed for mental health services in primary care in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4455/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Commitments contained in the recent strategy for the private rental sector, published as per the programme for Government, aim to encourage banks and landlord borrowers to agree solutions to buy-to-let arrears. The latest figures show that 7,148 people, including over 2,500 children, were in emergency accommodation in the week before Christmas 2016. That is an increase of 36% year on year...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Minister introduce legislation in the coming term to give the necessary protection to these families, as per the amendment put forward by Focus Ireland and supported by Sinn Féin?

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not think the Minister needs to be reminded that the issues at play here are very serious.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach will be in the White House-----

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach will be in the White House in a matter of weeks on St. Patrick's Day. This is a very important day for the Irish in America. Will the Minister tell me what message the Taoiseach will convey to the US President on our behalf on all of these matters? A particular focus of the Government, as we have said before here, has been the very real issue of the estimated 50,000...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister does not have to convince me of the value of our relationship with the United States or with Irish America.