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Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is on the record.

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is in the public domain.

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister, Deputy Howlin, who is leaving the Chamber, applauded what he described as the healthy scepticism of officials from the Department of Finance. That is nothing to the scepticism of the general public, as they review this debacle. If anybody imagines it has been lost on people that the Minister and the system, over a number of years, dodged and evaded questions that were asked...

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: They do not have it. That is what being vulnerable means. They do not have €3 or €1.

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: So the Taoiseach picks their pockets.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Occupational Injuries Benefit (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exceptional circumstances that would be considered appropriate grounds for considering an application for occupational injuries benefit by a person who applied for the benefit, more than six months from the date of the injury. [17599/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the policy of her Department to withhold social welfare payments, such as JobSeeker's Allowance, to non-Irish born residents until they have completed English language courses; if it is the policy of her Department to make attending English language courses a condition of receiving a JobSeeker's Allowance; and if so, the legislative and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 192. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the requirements that currently exist with respect to employers providing insurance for workers on their premises; if these requirements are legally binding or voluntary; and the legal or policy basis of these requirements. [17315/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 197. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he expects a chairperson for the panel of adjudicators to be appointed under the Construction Contracts Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17776/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: After-School Support Services (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if persons leaving community employment schemes to take up employment, qualify for the after-school child care scheme; if not, the reason why not; and if consideration will be given to revising the scheme, to allow this category of person to avail of the scheme. [17366/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin was refused treatment in Tallaght Hospital, Dublin 24 [17730/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for children with autism in schools in the Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Lucan, and Palmerstown areas of County Dublin; her views that the current level of support provided in these schools is meeting the needs of young pupils with autism in these areas; her plans to increase investment in these supports. [17294/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for children with autism in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; her views that the current level of support provided in this school is meeting the needs of young pupils with autism in catchment areas served by this school; and her plans to increase investment in these supports. [17295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for increasing the number of school places for children with autism in the Lucan and Clondalkin areas in County Dublin; the number of such places currently available in schools in these areas; the number of young persons living in these areas on waiting lists for such places; and her plans for meeting the needs of those young persons...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (6 May 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement the programme for Government commitment (details supplied) to place a public service obligation on private waste collectors, including a fee waiver scheme for low-income households; and if he does not plan to honour this commitment, the reason for same, and when this decision was taken. [17293/15]

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The citizens of this constituency deserve better representation than they have had in the past. They deserve a Deputy who will stand up for their rights and defend them against the austerity policies of this Government. There remain serious and unanswered questions around Phil Hogan's decision shortly after the 2011 election to scrap five inquiries, originally established by the previous...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Patience is my watchword. The Minister noted that the writ for the Carlow-Kilkenny by-election had to be moved within a six-month timeframe. This requirement was introduced on foot of an action taken by Deputy Pearse Doherty in respect of a previous by-election. I welcome the moving of the writ for the by-election. The Sinn Féin candidate in the contest will be Councillor Kathleen...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is Deputy Halligan allocated speaking time?

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I agree.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It excludes cases involving NAMA.