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Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: High profile announcements and promises on the never-never are no good. They are no good to the families who do not have a roof over their heads tonight. When does the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, propose to release the funding to local authorities to let the building begin, for work to begin today on the shovel ready projects? The Taoiseach tells us it is not a matter of...

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Demonstrate that and tell us when the money will flow to the local authorities.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: One cannot find them.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Alan Murphy died on the streets of our city last Friday. He was a man in his thirties, sleeping rough only minutes away from this place. Alan was not the first person to die on our streets and I fear he will not be the last. Last December, Jonathan Corrie tragically lost his life while sleeping rough minutes from the Dáil. In response to the public outcry, the Minister for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Freedom of Information Requests (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests that have been submitted to the National Asset Management Agency; and of these, the number that were refused; and the reason for their refusal. [33386/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Data (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 308. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Secretaries General in receipt of public sector pensions while employed in a public body and-or State agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33384/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (29 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he has addressed the concerns raised by the school supply sector, which believes its businesses cannot survive if excluded from the public procurement process; the action he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33385/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (24 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when arrears of a disability allowance will be paid to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; the amount of same. [32487/15]

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I stated that the Minister, Deputy Donohue, was the best boy in the class. Was I being nasty? He should take the compliment.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am very sorry to hear that it has not been easy for the Minister of State in government.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I can hear the hearts of the nation breaking on his behalf because it has been so difficult for him. Boohoo. That pales into insignificance beside the hardship it has visited on people right across the country. The Government's rhetoric about recovery and its bombast rings very hollow, certainly in the constituency that I represent-----

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----because no recovery is evident there and the hardship that families are undergoing is real. The Government's half-hearted, mealy-mouthed nod in the direction of those families is, at this stage, insulting. If the Government were politically smart, it would stop doing that. Now I come to the Fennelly report itself. For a person who has talked up Fennelly, the Taoiseach demonstrated...

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I trust the Minister of State, Deputy Simon Harris, has not been distracted by his own theatrics. I am impressed at the way in which all the best boys in the class are lined up to defend the honour of An Taoiseach.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The best girl will stand there presently. I wonder did they all bring apples to the Taoiseach this morning-----

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and leave them on his desk to curry favour.

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister, Deputy Noonan, in his somewhat monotone contribution earlier, seemed to be labouring under the misapprehension that the Fennelly report was merely a fig leaf, an excuse we had all waited for to table a motion of no confidence in the Taoiseach. Far from needing to conjure any pretext to table a motion of no confidence, the objective conditions on the ground and the experiences...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he expects that a commencement date for the Construction Contracts Act 2013 will be set during the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31518/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 453. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there has been such a lengthy delay in the setting of a commencement date for the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31519/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 454. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, further to the closing date for applications, a date has been set for the selection and appointment of panellists on the Adjudication Panel under the Construction Contracts Act 2013; if he expects that there will be representation from small and medium enterprises on the panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Conditions (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 813. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as a chronic illness; and the supports that are in place for persons in County Dublin and Dublin 22 who suffer from COPD. [30781/15]