Results 10,681-10,700 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (8 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient psychiatric beds, including child and adolescent inpatient psychiatric beds; the number of these that are operational; and how this compares to the European average. [15057/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (1 Jun 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: 67. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to update Dáil Éireann on the progress of Culture 2025. [13267/16]
- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have absolutely no interest in being privy to the inner workings of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party. However, if this is to be decided by the business committee-----
- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----it is a matter for the Dáil if the parliamentary party-----
- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: ------of a party in government is being briefed on a specific date.
- Order of Business (26 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, the Taoiseach indicated that a briefing would be provided for other political leaders in respect of the Tánaiste's meeting with the Garda Commissioner. Can she please indicate when that meeting is scheduled to occur? Can she also give us a sense of the proposed terms of reference, or even the process she envisages, for establishing a task force for the north inner city?...
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: Hear, hear.
- Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: For the delicate and gentle souls on the Fine Gael benches, I want to place on the record that I have impeccable manners, since good manners are now a concern for this brigade. What have we learned in the course of this debate? The stand out lesson is that Fianna Fáil is on the wrong side of the Chamber. It seems that despite all the talk about new politics, there is a constant in...
- Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I acknowledge and welcome in the Visitors' Gallery the families and campaigners for Justice for the Forgotten. They are most welcome here again. I pay tribute to their great work and their tenaciousness in pursuing truth over these long years. Any progress that has been made in the search for justice is due largely if not exclusively to their efforts. They are to be commended on that. ...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: It has created increased stress and distress in the community and it serves absolutely no useful purpose. I ask the Taoiseach to join me in that appeal. Mr. Victor Stevenson, a man who campaigned long and hard on behalf of the survivors of the Bethany Home and the Westbank orphanage, has died very suddenly and he will be laid to rest tomorrow. Sadly, Victor died without having seen...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Mary Lou McDonald: I know that.
- 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.