Results 11,081-11,100 of 21,440 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- 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]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Business of Joint Committee (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wrote to the Chairman yesterday with a proposal that we invite representatives from the Central Bank to appear before the committee. The Central Bank has published an internal audit report in respect of lack of compliance with State guidelines for public bodies. The report makes for very poor reading on the part of the bank and raises matters of very great concern. I spoke to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In his opening statement, Mr. Daly makes a lot of play on the absence of preferential treatment by NAMA, the absence of cosy relationships, etc. In light of that, I want to ask him a couple of questions about Project Eagle, the sale of the northern loan portfolio. When was it decided to bundle the properties and sell them in a single lot? Can he recall the date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does Mr. Daly have paperwork or analysis that informed that decision of the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will come back to that. I merely want to know does NAMA have paperwork and can Mr. Daly provide it to the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: What I am referring to, specifically, is the decision to have the transaction as one lot. Obviously, NAMA made an analysis of that and the transaction has now occurred. I would like to see the documentation on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, of course. I am asking that Mr. Daly provide the paperwork, the basis upon which NAMA took that decision for a single lot, to the committee. Can Mr. Daly do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Daly. Is Mr. Daly familiar with the name Mr. David Watters,-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----from RSM McClure Watters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of NAMA: Discussion (16 Dec 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is a Belfast accountant.