Results 11,001-11,020 of 21,149 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Exactly.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the issue of the past, everybody has expressed their disappointment that full agreement was not reached on these matters. That disappointment is shared by us in Sinn Féin. Let us put on the record the cause of the failure because there was agreement on the mechanisms for truth recovery and to afford some level of closure and comfort for victims and survivors, irrespective of the...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The North is not a properly functioning state and, by way of a newsflash for those who did not notice, Ireland is partitioned, the Border is a contested border and the consequences of partition are felt, North and South. Those who are frustrated by the rounds of negotiations who say, "Not this all over again", should bear in mind that in order to achieve full normalisation, full democracy...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I, too, welcome that we are having these statements and this debate on the North in the Dáil today. Like others, I wish that this were a more regular feature of Dáil business and I urge the Government to ensure it is. These latest negotiations were in the first instance a direct result of the crisis created by the economic and political policies of the British Government in...
- Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is a Dub.
- Tributes to Retiring Member of Staff (25 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Well said.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And cross-Government.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: So are the ones going on strike.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We want to give them-----
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is the conditions.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are imagining it, so.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The nurses have imagined the crisis.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of the contractor she funded to build Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and the cost for the provision of this school. [41620/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the contract between the Education Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of a sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College which was funded by her Department; the cost to her Department and to the board for the sale of the land from Castlethorn; the monies she and the Board have paid to date to...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the Education Training Board are taking legal action against Castlethorn for its failure to meet the terms of its contract to build the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin; and if the board sought her approval or guidance, prior to taking this legal action. [41622/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Construction Contracts (24 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the absence of an agreement between her Department, the Education Training Board and Castlethorn for the provision of the sports hall and community centre at Adamstown Community College in Lucan in County Dublin, and in the context of a possible lengthy legal action by the board against Castlethorn, if she will directly fund, or co-fund...
- Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: With respect, the problem in regard to a lack of brevity is coming from the other side of the House.
- Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: When can we expect the consolidated domestic violence legislation to be brought forward? I have been asking about it since 2011 and have been fobbed off repeatedly. The Government seems to have put the matter on the long finger. Second, will the Tánaiste confirm that there will be statements on the North next Wednesday? Will she also confirm her support and that of the Labour Party...
- Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No. The process of rolling out Supplementary Estimates, totalling €1.6 billion, commences today. Undoubtedly, moneys for education services, An Garda Síochána and so on are necessary and welcome. We should not, however, in this of all years, proceed in the absence of a debate in this Chamber because this is the last year of the Supplementary Estimates process....