Results 10,601-10,620 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 163. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery. [21657/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (12 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 116. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that public funds provided by his Department are not misused or misappropriated by voluntary and charitable bodies providing supporting services such as suicide prevention supports and bereavement counselling as in the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21002/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 119. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the current problems being caused in mental health services by the failure to provide adequate care to persons in mental health distress who have a history of or a continuing substance abuse problem; his plans to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21001/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 572. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see an early intervention team. [21089/16]
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: My question is on the Charities Act. In the media today we see that substantial moneys seem to have gone astray from, or been misused in, another charitable organisation, in this instance Carline, which supports teenagers. It seems that €161,000 is in question in respect of that organisation. This follows on the scandals around Console and St. John of God.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Charities Act. Will the Minister tell us at what stage Part 4 of the Charities Act, which allows for investigations, will be active? Will he also reply in respect of Part 6, which lays down the principles for fundraising?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----by the State will not now be fleeced for costs. I want the Minister to give that assurance now to the House and to John Allen.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is in charge of the Department and he is blocking people from taking their cases.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Governments legislate.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: That matter is settled at European level.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am not seeking additional briefing. I am seeking answers. I am asking the State to change its course of action. The Government has an ex gratiascheme. It is instructive that it is ex gratiabecause, as the Minister concedes, it is a matter of denying liability. Let me tell the Minister about his scheme. Of the 210 victims the State bullied into dropping their cases of abuse, 15 have...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the Minister will recall the case of Louise O'Keeffe, who was only eight years old when she was abused by her primary school teacher in County Cork in the 1970s. As the Minister knows, she sought justice against the State and against the Department of Education and Skills. Her case was relentlessly contested by the State. She was pursued at every step. The State won in the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sorry, but, before he does that, let me make a couple of observations about how the committee might work. In the previous Dáil, particularly during its last year or so, I was concerned that obstacles were being put in the committee's way. In some instances, it may have been legitimate, but in others I considered it to be overly conservative and cautious and a little obstructionist...
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I ask a question on the issue?
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: We dealt with Mr. Fannin in the course of the last Dáil. Is it possible for the clerk of the committee to make contact with Mr. Fannin to clarify for him the position in respect of the PAC? Can we clarify for him where we are now in terms of what we can and cannot do, and what we might and might not do, in respect of his case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not think doing so would do any harm.
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I presume the correspondence will be published and, therefore, a matter of public record.
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: More to the point, he had an engagement with the committee. He is personally frustrated and angry, in fact, in terms of his personal treatment. For the purposes of the committee, it would be useful to speak to him and explain to him the current situation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I understand it is a matter of legal proceedings. I simply ask that the committee engages with the man.
- Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: We should do him the courtesy of explaining the situation.