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- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Notwithstanding our jousts in this Chamber and my unending frustration with her answers or lack thereof, I wish her a happy Christmas. I also wish a happy Christmas to, and thank, all the staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas for their unending patience with each and every one of us. I am sure that all the people who watch us with despair, dismay or delight - depending on their viewpoint -...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No. This is very important legislation and the proposal is to guillotine the debate. That is the wrong thing to do. This issue has come up consistently during the term of this Government which was so critical of its predecessors for the practice of guillotining debates.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is important legislation.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: There is a need to allow the scope and capacity to have a full and complete deliberation on the legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is here.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have it.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In fairness, the Tánaiste asked and I have it here.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is fully costed for the terms-----
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: My apologies. It has been fully costed.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It deals with bringing about proper universal access.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can give it to the Tánaiste for Christmas. I insist.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It does.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That was a truly amazing answer. The achievement of the Government is: 4,000 fewer nurses. Bualadh bos. There are 68,000 people waiting for inpatient treatment. Well done; good job. There are 400,000 people waiting for outpatient appointments. This is before we come to the absolute chaos in accident and emergency units. The Tánaiste should not attempt to hide behind the valiant...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In regard to the Government's largesse in respect of older citizens, let me tell the Tánaiste something. The greatest concern raised by older citizens in respect of health is the prescription charge because it puts them to the pins of their collars and forces them to make a decision on any prescription as to which medicines they will take and which to leave behind. In many cases, they...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Make no mistake, she has failed them.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: More importantly, the Tánaiste should do the decent thing and take the opportunity and accept the Government has got things badly wrong and should change course now. This means that it should provide resources, staff, a plan and a new beginning for the health service.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will send the Tánaiste a copy of our plan for the health service for Christmas for her to read.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The single biggest failure of the Government has been its failure to reform the health system. In 2011 the Labour Party stated in its manifesto that in government it would deliver better, more effective care for every patient. The Fine Gael-Labour Party programme for Government described the coalition as the first in the history of the State that was committed to developing a universal...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government promised to create a single-tier health service, guaranteeing access to medical care based on need, not income. They were very big promises. Five years on, the hope it gave to hundreds of thousands of families has been cruelly dashed. Not only is the two-tier health system still in place, but the Government has, in fact, also made it worse, with 4,000 fewer nurses, 68,000...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (17 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of ceasing public service pension reductions with effect from 1 January 2016. [46032/15]