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Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is it not possible for the House to take a vote?

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a real pity.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a crying shame. Perhaps we might ask our colleagues in the Technical Group to reconsider.

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Tánaiste for that clarification. Of course, if this were to reach all Stages today and to pass through the Oireachtas, it would give us an all-island framework on the prohibition of the purchase of sex. It is a great pity and I hope that Deputy Catherine Murphy's consultations will be successful. What I wanted to ask the Tánaiste relates to Moore Street. Deputies...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Several days.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I have children.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----how on earth does she expect anybody to believe them?

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The fuel allowance scheme was cut from 32 weeks to 26 weeks. The fuel, rent and clothing and footwear allowances were cut. That was the Tánaiste's message about shopping around to families who were struggling. The age was raised for disability allowance entitlement. Carer's allowance was cut. I could go on and on. That is the Tánaiste's track record. That is what she has...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: This was the Labour Party's Tesco-style "Every Little Hurts" advertisement, and it seems that going into this general election, it will have the brazen neck to try the same scam all over again.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The news is that people have woken up to the Labour Party. They have wised up to the fact that far from protecting working families and low and middle-income workers it is happy to allow Fine Gael set the agenda, happy to run down public services, happy to agree to tax giveaways and bonanzas for the rich, and happy to ignore any promise it might make. That is what its track record reflects....

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: In fact, the record shows that the Labour Party in government raced through the lobbies to extend that banking guarantee-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----so the Tánaiste should save us the homily on that.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste said that in her view the recovery is dynamic. The recovery has not visited the vast majority of communities and families throughout the country, and she remains blind and indifferent to that. In this general election will the Tánaiste come clean, put her hands up and accept her party's dismal record in government? I ask her not to insult the intelligence of the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Wow.

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Three thousand euro an hour?

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: The election is fast approaching. Once again, the Labour Party is throwing around election promises like confetti at a wake. Does the Tánaiste really believe that people have such short memories-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: Some five years ago, the Labour Party made a litany of promises in order to get into government. It promised to protect low and middle-income families from Fine Gael. Does the Tánaiste remember the slogan "Fine Gael: Every Little Hurts"?

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: We remember it. The Labour Party said it would oppose water charges. It broke its word. It said it would oppose a property tax. It broke its word. It said it would protect child benefit. It broke its word. It said it would not raise taxes and yet a litany of taxes and charges increased. It said it would not cut social welfare but it cut rates and made payments harder to get. It...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I, too, acknowledge the Chairman's work and that of Deputy Deasy in this regard. The correspondence circulated to us this morning makes for very stark reading. There is no margin of misunderstanding. There was no apology. Perhaps there was no intention of an apology, bar for the work done by Deputy Deasy and yourself, Chairman. I agree with other members of the committee in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (28 Jan 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: I support that. It is a wise decision. It is just a further reflection of political inertia or indifference that this has gone around in circles for so long. My sense is that there is broad agreement that the right thing should be done, but for the life of me I cannot understand why this has not been sorted out. It is disgraceful that now, at the eleventh hour, at the end of this...