Results 101-120 of 21,658 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has a big problem with wasting public money. Yesterday, I raised with the Taoiseach that taxpayers will stump up €100,000 for another bicycle shed and the never-ending catalogue of waste on the watch of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Government is pouring millions of euro in people's hard-earned money down the drain. The Comptroller and Auditor General's...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked the Minister two questions. Does the Government take responsibility for the scandalous waste and lack of accountability and proper management I have set out? By way of response, the Minister reached for everyone else bar the Government. He should attribute this waste to those who are in the accommodation. That is simply not an accurate reflection. That is not what the...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún seo. I thank Deputy Quaide and the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. In reality, there should not be need for this debate today. It is absolutely beyond argument that the carer's means test is unfair and disrespectful. As my colleague set out, it is actually demeaning. It needs to be scrapped. Two days before the general election was...

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: On that note, will the Government meet with the families to set out specifically what it is doing?

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sharing time with Deputy Mac Lochlainn. First I want to extend a welcome to the families and supporters of many of those who are on the flotilla. What we are witnessing is not a war. For 24 months, Israel has inflicted a barbaric genocidal attack against the impoverished, besieged people of Gaza. Netanyahu’s brutal military machine, funded, armed and supported by the United...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [49936/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [46218/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the issue of Government waste. The Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report was published today and it makes for pretty damning reading in terms of lack of due diligence in the awarding of IPAS contracts. It confirms a concern that we have had for quite some time in relation to profiteering and lack of accountability in the awarding of IPAS contracts, lack of due...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to know how the Taoiseach stands over this. It has happened on his watch.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are not agreed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. We are saying that a bike shed should not cost €335,000, nor should it cost €100,000. How is that? That is what we are saying. The Taoiseach may smirk if he wishes but the reality is his Government's track record in terms of wastage of public money is absolutely incredible. The Taoiseach's performance there and attempt at a smart-alecky narrative is probably the reason....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: He is not struggling to make his rent or mortgage. In the bigger scheme of things, he can lean for national development plans and billions of euro, which he also squanders. He is bad at managing the small money so he is even worse at managing the big money. That is how we end up with the most expensive hospital in the world when it comes to the children's hospital, so do not be smart with me.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Do not be smart with me. I asked a serious question and I want a substantive answer. Does the Taoiseach, the head of Government, believe €100,000 on a bike shed is value for the hard-pressed taxpayer?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Please answer that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to extend a welcome to the Mayo Self Advocacy Group, which is joining us in the Public Gallery. This time last year, it was revealed Government spent €335,000 of taxpayers' money on a bike shed here in Leinster House. There was widespread public shock and anger but, of course, Government waste did not end there. We had €1.4 million for a security hut at Government...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when fixed bus stops will be installed on the N51 road between Navan and Slane, specifically, at the stretch of road passing the Graigs Lane and Dunmoe Castle. [51460/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: I want to return to the issue of the global flotilla. I spoke this morning with Senator Chris Andrews, our colleague. His boat, the Spectre, was hit by four Israeli drones. I understand that 11 devices hit that and other boats on the flotilla. These are clearly acts of intimidation, of menace, and of threat. They represent yet another brazen violation of international law. It is simply...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is a great word.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: That was because they were too low.