Results 11,641-11,660 of 21,157 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 171. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if witnesses to the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will have an opportunity to clarify anything they believe does not reflect their testimony. [28202/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if witnesses to the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be provided a copy of the general report of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28203/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the commission of investigation is directing witnesses to the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes as the first point of contact, as opposed to the investigation of the commission of investigation into mother and baby Homes. [28204/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a document will be made available to witnesses who wish to engage with the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. [28205/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the plans of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes for engaging with witnesses who live abroad. [28207/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes and-or the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be accepting evidence from persons who were in institutions, other than the 14 institutions listed in the terms of reference. [28208/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legal basis for the confidential committee of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. [28206/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 193. To ask the Minister for Health following on from a meeting held with the Health Service Executive and an organisation (details supplied), if he will provide an update on the potential plans for establishing a Headstrong Jigsaw site in the north inner city of Dublin. [28019/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (9 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the site at the Mater hospital in Dublin 7 that had been originally chosen for the new children's hospital now that a new site has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28020/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Beausang. When is it envisaged that the proposed legislation will move through the Houses? Is there a legislative timetable at this point?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Would that mean the autumn?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am very pleased to see a general scheme for this type of legislation at last. It is long overdue, and Mr. Beausang alluded to some of the reasons for that in his presentation. It is also very necessary. Head 5, which deals with public declarable interests, states that "[p]ublic declarable interests are the following in any 3 consecutive 4-month periods" and goes on to set out different...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The general scheme refers to "[p]ublic declarable interest [...] in any 3 consecutive 4-month periods." Could the witnesses translate that for me, taking the €2,600 remuneration as an example? Is that income in excess of €2,600 that occurs consecutively on an annual basis - am I reading this correctly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: So the €2,600 is an annual limit. That was not terribly clear from the wording.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I cited the €5,000 threshold for the supply of goods or services to a public body, where the value of the goods or services "exceeds €5,000 or €5,000 in aggregate". Am I to take it that this figure is also borrowed from the existing provisions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In terms of marrying that with the existing benchmarks, are the witnesses satisfied that it is sufficiently high or low as a threshold?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: General Scheme of Public Sector Standards Bill 2015: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: We will have other opportunities to go through this.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a distraction.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: When the Taoiseach was asked earlier about the €18.5 million shortfall for Dublin City Council homeless services he sidestepped the question and offered no clarity. Perhaps he will take a second opportunity to do so. When will the Minister, Deputy Kelly, make clear these moneys will be provided to Dublin City Council? I am aware the Lord Mayor of the city, Críona Ní...
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and dewy-eyed emotion he demonstrated following the death of Jonathan Corrie when he was out on the streets of Dublin and met some of the rough sleepers in the city? The homelessness issue is now at crisis level-----