Results 9,181-9,200 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Of course.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is in the United States this week.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have no doubt that he will meet representatives of Irish America as part of his visit. That is most welcome. Reaching out to and engaging in dialogue with our diaspora is essential, particularly given the massive increase in emigration again in recent years and the whole new generation of young people scattered across the globe. I know, too, that Fianna Fáil leader, Deputy Martin,...
- Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ba mhaith liom ceist a chur ar an Aire faoin Bhille um fhoréigean baile. I would like to ask the Minister about the consolidated domestic violence Bill. The report of the Femicide Watch project, Behind Closed Doors, revealed last week that 209 women and 16 children were killed by men, most of whom were either the current or former partners of the women or the fathers of the children,...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: For many Deputies, it is why they were elected.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: We can agree on the point that we should behave in accordance with how we were elected. The majority of Deputies in this Dáil were elected on the basis of the abolition of water charges. That is a statement of fact. The Government does not need a commission, a committee or a long, elaborate process of reflection to understand that reality. That is what the majority of Deputies,...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: How is the Government pursuing water charges?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: How is the Government pursuing water charges?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, just said-----
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is not answering the question.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I understand the process perfectly.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday evening, we received the long-awaited report of the commission on the future of water charges. I welcome aspects of the report, particularly the call for constitutional protection to keep our water services in public ownership. Sinn Féin has long argued for that. I also welcome the commission's recognition that the best way to pay for general domestic water usage is through...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome and share the very strong view the Taoiseach has expressed of adherence to the Good Friday Agreement. That progress came after a very protracted and vicious conflict and it was hard-won on all sides. The Taoiseach is aware that this internationally-binding agreement recognises the Border as a contested border and that the matter is contemplated within it. The agreement also makes...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I noted with interest the report in Friday's The Irish Timesthat the Taoiseach told a Fine Gael fundraising event that the outcome of the Brexit referendum could result in a united Ireland. The Taoiseach will not be surprised to hear that I welcome these comments if true. The First Minister of Scotland, Ms Nicola Sturgeon, spoke in the Seanad earlier today. She has been very clear on her...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Chairman, it is contemptuous to treat the committee in this way. Sadly, it seems to be part of NAMA's pattern. We can put that to them. We certainly need time to study the statements, but I think the representatives from NAMA need to understand that as a consequence of their approach this will not be their final appearance before the committee. There is no doubt in my mind that we will...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is the reality.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will need to do that but could I just note at this point that Mr. Robinson has the opportunity to come before the committee to have his evidence tested. That is the distinction, if you do not mind me saying, Chairman, just as the Deputy First Minister availed of.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Record 3, yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (24 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: If the Deputy does not mind, this is not a question to the witness but concerns the issue raised by Deputy Madigan. So that we are clear, we have contemporaneous notes of a conference call on 10 March that are exactly the same as the contemporaneous record of 11 March. One is 4 p.m.-----