Results 10,401-10,420 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about the media footage of the killing?
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach proposes to establish a task force for the north inner city. Can he set out a timeline for the production of terms of reference or an initial draft of the form that might take? As the Taoiseach will understand, people in the north inner city, particularly in and around Cumberland Street and Avondale House, are extremely distressed today. It has come to...
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: They are not.
- Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to share time with Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.
- Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is true to say that a lot of progress has been made in raising public awareness and understanding of mental health, emotional well-being, suicide and other self-harm. It would be foolish, however, to think for a second that all the stigma and fear surrounding these issues have been overcome. Public representatives must be part of an open dialogue in partnership with the communities we...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 485. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted for a procedure. [11682/16]
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Over the last number of days the Tánaiste has been asked about the O'Higgins report and the legal direction given by the Garda Commissioner on behalf of an Garda Síochána to her legal representatives. On each occasion she has steadfastly refused to answer very straightforward questions to which the public interest demands answers. I noted that yesterday she indicated that the...
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is the Order of Business.
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I tell the Ceann Comhairle what I also understand, if I might put it to him this way. In her last response the Tánaiste indicated, as we know, that we will have a debate on the O'Higgins report next week.
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: She also said quite correctly that it is a very lengthy document, running to some 370 pages, and of course Members will wish to examine all matters in that report very thoroughly. In the meantime-----
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Bar this interruption, I would have completed what I had to say and put the question-----
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is relevant, Ceann Comhairle. I ask whether the Tánaiste, working on the assumption that she will put the questions to the Commissioner, will at least receive responses from the Commissioner-----
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I ask the Tánaiste to publish responses that she will get, one presumes, from the Garda Commissioner for the information of the Dáil Deputies in advance of the debate next week?
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: On a second matter, Ceann Comhairle, I ask the Tánaiste when it is proposed that the Minister for Education and Skills might come before the House-----
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to make a statement - timing is everything they say - on the very troubling brief that he has been given for his Department as he settles into his new role. Page 35 of that brief reflects the fact that the current reduced funding levels create a risk that some schools may not be able to cover critical costs such as insurance, heat and light. The brief continues, "the absence of which...
- Order of Business (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could he be any more snide?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will hold a public inquiry into a recent press report (details supplied) that claims that a corporation in the United States of America was able to use cheap labour, in the form of women incarcerated in some Magdalen laundries and other institutions, over many years to make profits for that company that are not taxable in Ireland; if she...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a recent press report, (details supplied) why religious orders were given such a high level of autonomy to collude with global multi-national companies in providing cheap labour, in women incarcerated in Magdalene Laundries and other institutions, to make profits which they did not have to pay taxes on; why these companies were not...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (19 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance why religious organisations are not subject to the same level of financial scrutiny as secular organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10999/16]