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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 316. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual percentage increase which will accrue, under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, and as referenced in the Lansdowne Road Agreement, to those earning €65,000 to €80,000; €80,001 to €150,000; €150,001 to €185,000; and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual monetary increase accruing from the implementations of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, and the Haddington Road Agreement, starting with a pay-scale of €15,000 and increasing by €1,000, up to the maximum of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual percentage increase accruing from the implementation of the Lansdowne Road Agreement, the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013, and the Haddington Road Agreement, starting with a pay-scale of €15,000 and increasing by €1,000, up to the maximum of...

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

Mary Lou McDonald: 665. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will receive an appointment for dental implants. [23960/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (16 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be granted a place for next year in the school that the person is currently enrolled in due to that person's special needs. [23933/15]

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are very serious allegations. Given that the Tánaiste is familiar with these matters, I request that she ask the Government to give time next week for a debate on the issues in question. In respect of the Water Services Bill, the Tánaiste and the Minister, Deputy Kelly, told us that they would introduce measures by which unpaid water charges could be taken from people's...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Sarcasm does not suit the Tánaiste. I will just give her that by way of a pointer.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: And a debate.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I reiterate that I think the Tánaiste's response to the plight of Ibrahim Halawa is very worrying and will be disappointing for the family. When might we see the publication of the report from the Fennelly commission? I ask her to confirm that it has been supplied today to interested parties and to give the House a sense of the timeline. Sinn Féin and I have raised...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The reason this young man's detention has been so drawn out and harrowing is precisely that the Government has not prioritised his safety, welfare and return. I have been speaking to members of the Halawa family and they are not convinced or satisfied that the Government has acted fully and appropriately to secure the safety and freedom of one of our citizens. To visit Mr. Halawa on 40...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I call on the Taoiseach to lift a telephone today, contact the Egyptian Prime Minister and state categorically that we demand the release of an Irish citizen, the Dublin man, Ibrahim Halawa. I want the Tánaiste to make the same call and I ask her not to equivocate or fudge the issue because the case is much too serious for that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Given the gravity of this case, I insist that the Tánaiste answer the question. The reality is that what secured the release of an Australian citizen was direct contact, prime minister to prime minister. I ask the Tánaiste to answer my question.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like the Tánaiste to answer the question I put to her.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning, we learned the very distressing and alarming news that a 19 year old Dublin man has gone on hunger strike in an Egyptian jail. Ibrahim Halawa was born in the Coombe. He went to Holy Rosary national school in Firhouse and then to Rockbrook College in Rathfarnham. He finished his education in the Institute of Education on Leeson Street. He is a Dubliner. Ibrahim has been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to speak on the issue of procurement because the office has come before the committee. To guide whatever discussion we have with it rather than speaking in generalities and broad brush strokes, it would be very useful to synthesise the precise instances where various Departments and agencies have strayed from appropriate procedures and practices. One of the big problems in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a useful exercise, but from our end of things I do not know if it is the Comptroller and Auditor General, the clerk or whosoever brings together what we have found and the dilemmas we have come across. We can have a discussion beyond this, but it should be the premise on which we speak to the office.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will not take issue with the Deputy’s class analysis of greyhound stadia.

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I thank every Deputy who took part in this evening's debate. I also acknowledge and thank my colleague Deputy Pearse Doherty for introducing this legislation, and I thank Fianna Fáil and Independent Deputies for stating their support for allowing this Bill to go through to Committee Stage. The Minister of State's rhetoric is depressing, though not unexpected. We are disappointed...

Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very happy to have the opportunity to bring the Bill before the House this evening. It deals with an issue of major social importance, which is a political and economic problem also. The Bill deserves the support of all sides of the House which can play a part in righting a wrong. The Bill would empower the Central Bank to act in...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should answer the question.