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One-Parent Family Payment Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government stated that the measures which reduced the upper age limit to seven years would only occur when there was a credible system of child care in place. The Tánaiste emphasised that if this was not forthcoming, the Government would not proceed with the measures. The question then arises of where is this safe, affordable and accessible child care and where is this equivalent of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form for the 2015-16 school year the allocation of mainstream classroom teachers, special needs assistants, any other teaching staff resources and the teacher-pupil ratio for each class in third, fourth, fifth and sixth class for every senior school in Dublin 22. [25954/15]

Order of Business (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I endorse the sentiments of the previous Deputy. It is appropriate as young Lorcán Miller is laid to rest, the last of the young victims of this tragedy, that we once again send our sympathy and solidarity to each of the families, friends and the young people who were associated with, or caught up in, what has been a nightmare for those families. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: What use is that to these families now?

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: What of the Tánaiste's commitment? That is the question I asked.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That the Government is going to cut their incomes again.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: They do not need more motivation.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Answer the question as regards the Tánaiste's commitment, please.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is nothing humane about the cuts to these families.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today is the last day that lone parents whose youngest child is seven will receive the one-parent family payment. Next week 30,000 lone parents will transfer onto the new transitional jobseeker's allowance and more than 10,000 of these parents will have their weekly payments cut, some by as much as €87. It is a great pity that the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Welfare, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am glad the Minister stated what we all know, that is, the extent to which single-parent families are at risk of poverty. He will be aware, not alone of that but that studies have reflected the fact that lone-parent families disproportionately suffered, under both the previous Government and, indeed, his own, in an era of austerity and cutbacks. We also know that many of those families...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (23 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 513. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the location and status of the passport applications in respect of children (details supplied); when the passports will be issued; his views that a process that does not seem to keep track of documentation of such high importance is demonstrably inadequate, especially considering these children are living in fear of violence in the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome Mr. O’Driscoll and his officials. For how long is he in position?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Prior to that, did he work for the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: For how long has he worked for the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Did Mr. O’Driscoll have any involvement with the investigation unit at any stage? Did he work in it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: But only for that period.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Listening to Mr. O'Driscoll, one would wonder why on earth any change was made at all given the stellar performance of the SIU, as my colleague was saying. That contradicts not only the six or seven cases we heard, to which I will come back in a moment, but also the views of the current IFA president, Mr. Eddie Downey. He has stated in public repeatedly that the unit that Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not want Mr. O’Driscoll to do so because time is limited and he needs to answer me directly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Aidan accepts that there has been criticism of the unit.