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- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: We have debated that. That is not my question.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: My question is to Mr. Reid. Has he ever made a similar suggestion or observation to NAMA? Did he make that observation in respect of the entire Project Eagle process, particularly because one of the notable things from the NAMA side was an excessive reliance on valuations that dated back to 2009 and a limited remit for Lazard? As Mr. Reid is obviously a person who thinks these matters...
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: At any stage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: So Mr. Reid would not been aware of how limited was the mandate for Lazard.
- Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: In other words, Mr. Reid would always have taken the view that NAMA was more than equipped internally and in terms of external advice to discharge its functions fully.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Surprise, surprise.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about rent control?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Fianna Fáil opposed rent control.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask about the terms of reference for the commission of investigation into the case of Grace, the young woman with intellectual disabilities at the centre of foster home abuse allegations. The report by senior counsel, Conor Dignam, was published on Tuesday. It makes for disturbing reading. When will the terms of reference for the commission be brought to the Dáil? When does...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I shall know that in future.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: That has been the custom and practice in the past.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am not disputing that. I am just saying that has been the custom.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste said that dealing with this crisis will take time. She has had six years, yet the crisis deepens. The Tánaiste claims that every effort is being made to resolve the crisis. That is just not true: it is incorrect. In fact, she has refused to deliver rent certainty by linking that to the consumer price index. That is what needs to happen. Everybody sitting here...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last evening, the Department of Housing, Community and Local Government published the monthly figures outlining the number of citizens homeless across the State. The manner in which the figures were released is deeply disappointing and, in fact, shocking. The Minister delayed their publication and then quietly posted them on the Department’s website late in the evening, with no press...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, I raised the issue of the refugee camp at Calais, known as the Jungle. I wish to raise it again this morning. I welcome that time is being provided next week for a debate on this matter. The Tánaiste will be aware of the crisis across Europe in terms of child refugees, some 10,000 of whom it is estimated have gone missing. Meanwhile we are seeing distressing scenes from...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his forbearance. I will conclude on this point. On the last occasion that there was movement from the camp in Calais-----
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will make this point. I am an elected parliamentarian and I will make my point and then I will resume my seat.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, I will not resume my seat.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Do not speak to me like that, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am about to finish.