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Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to call on the HSE to provide the documentation and to come before the committee. That was my question to the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, my question has not been answered.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know what conclusion we can draw from the Minister's prevarication on this issue.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could you ask the Minister to answer my question?

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: For God's sake, I thought we had new politics.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Last week the RTE "Prime Time" programme did a great public service in setting out a tale of truly outlandish spending by the charity Console on the part of its founder and his family. The story is amazing but not unique. Sadly, we have been down this road previously with other charitable entities. The programme told a story of irregularities in finances, of altering accounts, and of how...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if and when she finalised and signed off on the procedures manual for the rural development programme. [19050/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 150. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if and when she approved the operating rules for the rural development programme. [19051/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 151. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will sign contracts with the Local Community Development Committees. [19052/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Programme (30 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 152. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will formulate and sign the service level agreements for the rural development programmes. [19053/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (29 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will broaden the expert commission on water services' terms of reference as the current terms are too narrow and should include issues such as how best to avoid water poverty, how to increase water conservation through investment in green technologies and how to ensure that water and sanitation services are kept in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (29 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) receiving an appointment for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18591/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to ask about the citizens' assembly that is envisaged. I understand that, in the first instance, it will deal with the eighth amendment. Many of us wonder about the fact that yet another mechanism has been produced for more debate but also a further delay in dealing with what is a very urgent issue. Why are elected representatives excluded from the assembly? Will the Oireachtas...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Good Friday Agreement to which the Tánaiste refers revolves around a concept of consent which has not been uncontroversial in Irish politics and history. I put it to the Tánaiste that it is not sufficient for her blithely to say she respects the vote of the UK. I have asked her to recognise and respect the vote of the people of the North of Ireland who, by a majority, voted to...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Say it then.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, we had statements on last Friday's vote by Britain to leave the European Union. The Taoiseach, during a lengthy contribution, said he regretted that decision and hoped the gains of the past two decades with regard to North-South co-operation were fully protected. While I welcome his comments in this regard, at no point in his contribution did he acknowledge that the North had...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the importance he places on pupils being taught about national and international events of an historic and significant nature and if he will consider assigning History as a compulsory subject at junior certificate level. [18409/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the recent changes in van tax which appear to have made it more expensive for van users, particularly those who are not self-employed. [18412/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a private waste company (details supplied) is subject to the current negotiations with the Government around the increase of charges; the action he will take against those companies which have increased their service charge as a means of passing additional charges onto their customers, given the 12 month suspension of...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very calm about these matters, but I am also very determined that the Minister will not walk away from, wimp out on or equivocate on something that is clearly in the national interest. I am an Irish republican. My view is, and will always be, that the partition of our country has not served us well. We will be truly stronger together. In this turn of events and with this political...