Results 11,461-11,480 of 21,157 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We spoke yesterday about the homeless crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We know the figures. They may be statistics for some people, but they involve real families. The last thing this State needs is 900 more people evacuated from their homes. Will the Taoiseach call Mr. McNamara? Will he put him under pressure to come up with this money? He is back in business and things seem to be good for him again.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will finish on this. We need legislative change and adequate provisions in this area. We need changes in the fire safety Acts and building regulations. The Taoiseach knows this needs to happen. His Minister for fiascos, Deputy Alan Kelly, surely knows this. How is it that this change has not happened and that these families are left in this dire, stressful and utterly unacceptable...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Taoiseach going to do?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Taoiseach contact Mr. McNamara?
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have no difficulty in trying to make contact with him, but I am not the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach might acquire clear-vision goggles. This morning I spoke to a young working mother with two children. She works hard and her priority is putting her two kids through school and college. In 2009 one of her dreams came true when she bought an affordable home in Longboat Quay here in Dublin. Last night she learned to her horror that she may be evacuated from her home within...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is not the first time such a situation has unfolded; it is not a unique scenario. I have two questions for the Taoiseach. First, where is the legislation that is required to provide home owners and the taxpayer with the protection they need? Second, will the Taoiseach personally intervene with Bernard McNamara to ensure he and those responsible for Longboat Quay foot the bill and are...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: If the Taoiseach or I walk into a shop today and purchase something, and we subsequently discover that it is faulty, we can return that item, have it exchanged or get our money back. However, if, like the home owners in Longboat Quay, one buys a house that was not built properly, the responsibility for making the property good rests with the purchaser. That is essentially what has happened...
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure that will be a massive relief to Deputy Martin. I wish to raise three issues. We have been promised the reformed and consolidated domestic violence Bill and we were led to believe it would be prioritised in the course of this Administration's tenure. It now appears the legislation will not have come through the Oireachtas by the time the Dáil is dissolved and we go to the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And the working time directive.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I did not have a vote then.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I was elected to serve in the House, Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is this a commentary?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am actually from this city.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach moved from bland generalisations to worrying, bland generalisations.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let me just probe this a little bit further with the Taoiseach. He referred to circumstances in which we can be helpful. He said we will try to be helpful. I find that a little worrying. Let me tell the Taoiseach why. The tenor and nature of the reservations of British Tories, UKIP and a variety of other political forces about the European Union have been very obvious for a long time,...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is living in cloud cuckoo land.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I speak to them every day. In that case, there is no crisis - we are just imagining it.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The sum total is that the Taoiseach has no answer for families who will seek emergency accommodation tonight and will be sent away. Some of them will sleep in cars. Some of them have slept in parks. The Government has acknowledged that we have what amounts to a humanitarian crisis at this stage. There are 130,000 households on the housing waiting list. The Taoiseach cannot claim with a...