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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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports which will be put in place to allow a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 to remain at their current school; if she will consider the provision of additional special needs assistant hours to ensure that the person can remain in the school of their parents' choice. [31021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has instructed local authorities not to submit proposals for funding for social housing of more than 50 units; and if so, the reason why. [31839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Sep 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will consider applications from local authorities for social housing developments in excess of 50 units where the authority has available land for developments larger than 50 units. [31840/15]

Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: We oppose the guillotining of important legislation but there is something especially cynical about guillotining this Bill, which has been rushed from start to finish. In its haste to get these matters through, the Government got the justice committee to sit last Friday, which was most unusual. It has allowed an hour or an hour and a half to scrutinise legislation that proposes attachment...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can we see the advice?

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am suggesting that the Government should stop screwing struggling families. That is my proposition to the Tánaiste.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The answer is never.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Can we see that advice?

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am struck by the extent to which the Tánaiste has morphed into a Fine Gael mouthpiece. There is not a sliver of difference between her answer-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Labour Party, led by the Tánaiste, which came to office on a platform of opposition to water charges for some very obvious reasons, not least that people had suffered so much by way of cutbacks and were struggling to get by, now staunchly defends the indefensible. The Labour Party and the Tánaiste stand shoulder to shoulder with the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny and tells people...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste should listen to the people as she has promised to do and scrap this scheme. It is not working for the people or for the State's balance sheet. Would the Tánaiste prefer to blindly follow where Deputy Enda Kenny and his Blueshirt colleagues lead her, and insist on a policy that is clearly failing? She disregards lone parents, pickpockets them and leaves them...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Yesterday, Irish Water was forced to admit that fewer than half of householders were paying the Government's water tax. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Kelly, the Tánaiste's deputy leader,-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----has insisted that the €30.5 million collected to date of a projected income of €66.8 million was "a good start". I do not know what planet the Minister is living on, but his delusional response to the overwhelming rejection of water charges further discredits the Government. We learned today that, with the failure of the Government's intimidation and threats, Irish Water...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----by telephone in a desperate, last ditch attempt-----

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----to get them to sign up to water charges. This move is pathetic. I raised with the Taoiseach yesterday all of these issues. How does Irish Water expect to attract investment with such a derisory level of compliance with the Government's charge? According to one economist, at least 80% of householders would need to pay if the company were to borrow at competitive rates. That is not...

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government's figures for the Irish Water quango do not add up. It is time that she face this reality. The water tax is finished. Will the Tánaiste and the Labour Party heed this message?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 559. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the position regarding an application for dental braces for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30100/15]