Results 11,301-11,320 of 21,157 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I presume the Minister of State, Deputy Paudie Coffey, is on his way.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Would I be right in assuming that?
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would prefer to give it a moment because I feel like I am speaking in a vacuum more so than usual. It is a common experience I have, but it is particularly acute just this minute.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And empty chambers echo the most.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: On what basis?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is not the point.
- Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is undoubtedly a significant milestone in a journey that is still not complete towards achieving equal citizenship for all of our people and building a Republic. I acknowledge in particular the members of the Yes Equality campaign present in the Visitors' Gallery and congratulate them on their efforts and the joy they brought to a matter that has had a joyful ending. I also acknowledge...
- Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: He is going through his options.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Second Stage (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister of State was very polite - I use that word advisedly - in his description of the whys and wherefores of the demise of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. In 2010, Sinn Féin welcomed the investigation by the Comptroller and Auditor General into the DDDA on the grounds that it had presided over dodgy deals and developments. Indeed, the Comptroller and Auditor...
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Regarding the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which is working its way through the Oireachtas, would the Taoiseach consider giving the authority a stronger oversight role in cases dealing with allegations of Garda malpractice and cover-up? One family concerned with these issues joins us in the Visitors' Gallery this evening. Ann Doherty, the...
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would appreciate a response from the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Would the Taoiseach agree to meet Ann Doherty?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question No. 29.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: My apologies. This is a matter the Taoiseach has raised consistently in the United States of America. Did it form part of his discussions with President Obama on the occasion of his last visit some time ago? What about the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP? It is a comprehensive free trade and investment treaty being negotiated between the European Union and the USA....
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Ten of the 20 questions to which the Taoiseach is responding are in the name of Deputy Adams, so please bear with me. Not many harvests are being gathered in Ringsend or Pearse Street. Deputy Humphreys looked a little puzzled by the Taoiseach's Woody Guthrie reference.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. I have heard of him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No. It was before my time. Obviously, the development the Taoiseach has described around the J1 visas is concerning. Will the Taoiseach set out exactly what he has done about it so far by way of engagement or representation? Although that is concerning, it is secondary to the longer-standing and deeper concern for the undocumented or those who have overstayed various visas in the...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: So he is washing his hands of it. Very interesting.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In that case, call Mr. McNamara and tell him.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And the Taoiseach is happy to let them pay.