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Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is actually not allowed. Did you break the rules, a Cheann Comhairle?

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question is to whomsoever feels moved to answer it.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: We usually get no answers but today everybody wants to answer. Fair play.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. I wish to raise with the Tánaiste the issue of rent certainty. The housing action plan commits to the introduction of legislation on tenancy arrangements in the private rental sector and to a strategy for the private rental sector. The plan is high on promises but low on delivery, particularly on the issue of rent certainty. The Tánaiste will recall that Sinn Féin...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is rent certainty included?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the issue of mental health and suicide prevention with the Tánaiste. Yesterday, the coroner's court held an inquest into the death by suicide of a young man in November 2014, Ryan Dempsey from the Liberties. He was in his early 20s and he had his full life ahead of him. He was clearly a young man at risk. He had been discharged five times from accident and emergency...

Leaders' Questions (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Ten years ago A Vision for Change held out the promise of a modern, responsive, resourced service for people in crisis and with mental illness, including those with suicidal ideation and who are in acute danger. Ten years on that promise has been broken. That is a fact. All of the talk of political will and priority only serves to highlight the fact that for the past ten years mental...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Noted.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think that is the right approach because we obviously need to reflect on all of it. However, there is also a broader issue in respect of the section 38s and section 39s. So far, where difficulties, controversies and malpractice have been exposed, in some cases it is almost accidental or it is at least happening in a piecemeal fashion. Therefore, we need to consider how we can get a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is right. We recognise there is an issue here. The Chairman made a good point that in circumstances where State moneys are provided to an organisation that also receives charitable donations and perhaps private income, the committee has found it almost impossible to disaggregate the figures and demonstrate that public moneys were used for a certain purpose alone. Financial officers...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to record my thanks for a response. I want to bring it to the attention of the people who are concerned about the matter and then revert to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is welcome because obviously it has been a source of considerable controversy. If we are to deal with the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the Northern loan book, when will we have sight of the report? I understand it has been completed and has been sent for comment or feedback.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will Mr. McCarthy publish the report or when will it come into the public domain? In other words, when will we get our hands on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: In this the timing is everything. I agree with the Chairman that we must deal with this matter, but we can only do so having had prior sight of the report. I hope the Minister, when he receives the report, will publish it without delay. One cannot have a farcical situation where the investigating committee is left without a report. We cannot have representatives of NAMA before the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, I do not doubt it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: May we take it that our prior discussion on section 38 and section 39 organisations and the mechanism for oversight are included in the mix also?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (20 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: 295. To ask the Minister for Health if a clinical lead on dual diagnosis has been appointed by the HSE; if so, the name and remit of the person appointed; and the funding that has been made available to the person appointed. [22935/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Jul 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach did not answer the question.