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Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I acknowledge the presence of the families who are here in the Visitors Gallery and commend their work. I also commend our colleague, Deputy Broughan, for bringing this motion forward. It is straightforward in seeking a commission of investigation. No parent expects to bury a child. It goes against the natural order of things, yet these families faced that reality and have lived with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (25 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: 200. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: It will never be done. It is what the Taoiseach refers to as a "priority".

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: In special designated circumstances.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Exactly.

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: The programme for Government contains a commitment on the value and benefits of rural transport links for communities. In respect of that, and with an eye to the fiasco that is unfolding around Bus Éireann and the very aggressive position taken by management, I note that the Minister is missing in action from all of this. I ask that the Minister, Deputy Ross, be asked to present...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I entirely echo the Tánaiste's sentiments in respect of the screening process. I return to my initial point. This is why public confidence is so essential. For the uptake to increase and therefore for danger to citizens' health to decrease, people must have confidence in the system. These events date back to October 2014. This has been a long running saga. A number of people...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to raise a HSE report into colonoscopy screening services at Wexford General Hospital. The report concerns the recall of patients who were treated by a consultant referred to as "clinician Y". The recall was instigated on foot of two cases of cancer being detected in October 2014 in patients who had recently undergone a colonoscopy but had not been diagnosed. The report found a...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the au pairs themselves?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: No.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: For what purpose? They did not like my press statement. Is that it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is fine. In fact, the remarks I made were simply to clear an inaccuracy. I will have to look again at the transcript of the meeting. NAMA officials had posited a scenario as to where this had originated and we had established that it was not true. To me, that much is duly noted.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is no question of NAMA not receiving fair procedure. The agency got a perfectly fair hearing.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is appropriate.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree. There is a strong argument for calling in the HSE in promptly either on this issue alone to discuss related issues as well. The correspondence from Deputy McGrath suggests not only that there is no one in the hospital but that it will never have patients on beds. That is his assertion. Whether it is correct is another matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a great joke made by the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: For the record, I was only joking.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Cullinane has made the point about compliance in this instance. This recurs. One can set one's clock by it. One could nearly name the institutions. Are we making any progress with these systems in terms of actually complying with the rules?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can I ask about a procedural matter? How do we decide what and when? I know a lot will fall to the secretariat and the clerk but-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are in a strange situation where there are lots of things we need to do yet we are trying to fill a hiatus. I am not taking from the importance of the matters mentioned by the Chairman, not least the issue of direct provision. I endorse what Deputy Cullinane said regarding the HSE and the arm's length organisations. We talked about this previously. I am mindful that resources are not...