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Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----for making a mountain out of a mole hill and for behaving in this fashion.

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has been delayed. It was announced in March 2014.

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The crude thing was to bring the matter to CPP. That is what happened.

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand that the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, is due to publish the heads of the health information and patient safety Bill today. Is this the same proposal that was announced by the then Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, in March 2014 and included in the HSE service plan of that year?

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, failed to honour this commitment, unfortunately, and the continued under-funding of the health system has further reduced patient safety. Can the Tánaiste tell the House whether the full Bill will be published before the election? Is this just another piece of pre-election bluster? Is it not "what you tend to do during an election", as Deputy Rabbitte...

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: When might that appointment be announced?

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Legislate for it.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope the Tánaiste is not trying to shift the blame and suggest that it is non-engagement by families that is causing this difficulty. I set out clearly for her the consequences of the legislation, the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013, that she championed and brought through this House. The figures demonstrate the consequences of those actions. The Tánaiste is...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The banks I asked the Tánaiste about regard, for instance, voluntary surrender or eviction - the euphemism is "repossession" - as sustainable solutions for families in mortgage distress. In what framework could anybody understand voluntary surrender or eviction to be sustainable solutions for any family? We are faced already with a chronic housing and homelessness crisis right across...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is about writing off large portions of unsustainable mortgage debt.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: If the banks continue blatantly and brazenly to refuse to go down that line, we will see not only thousands more court actions lodged-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----but a tsunami disaster for families across the State and many other families evicted and rendered homeless. Aside from the tea and sympathy, will the Tánaiste tell me when she will put the reins on the banks?

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: When will the Tánaiste intervene? When will she ensure that these families have some form of recovery and some form of certainty in the form of a roof over their heads?

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Across the country, thousands of families are living in fear of losing their homes. These are hard-working families, who bought average family homes and are now being dragged through the courts by their lenders. These are the very same banks that were bailed out by the taxpayer. Last year, 7,100 families had court proceedings lodged against them. Over the past nine months of this year,...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It has been successful in that endeavour. The figures speak for themselves. Before this Act became law, banks lodged between 50 and 100 court actions every month. After the Act became law, the number exploded to between 500 and 1,000 per month. That is a tenfold increase. The Tánaiste opened the floodgates, then she sat back and, once again, let the banks call the shots. As a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It strikes me that there are two issues here. Everyone acknowledges the sensitivity and the caution which applies in making any comment on or criticising the Judiciary or anyone on the Bench. The actual issue Deputy Deasy raises is the concern over an instruction given to a senior official to apologise for a view which he expressed. If this committee sends a general letter it will, with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: If I may, I wish raise one matter of which I have made the clerk aware. Mr. Douglas Fannin has been in touch with me again in respect of the special investigations unit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. He is extremely anxious that his case and the issues arising receive proper scrutiny and examination. I wanted to raise this again with the committee and ask for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Could the Chairman remind the committee how much time has elapsed since the Department was before us?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thought so. It is just crazy that we are still waiting. I understand there is a commitment that we will have that document and the responses.

Public Accounts Committee: 2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor (12 Nov 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sorry I have only arrived in time for the tail end of the hearing. I offer apologies to witnesses and to you, a Chathaoirligh. My question is for the Office of the Chief State Solicitor. To whom do I direct my question? Ms Creedon. What is the process if a Department engages the Chief State Solicitor for advice on a particular issue? How is a decision on whether to prosecute a...