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Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Of course, we will. That is stupid.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is still a voluntarist system.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure people will be interested to know that the Tánaiste worked in Dunnes Stores once upon a time.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Exactly, but that is of little comfort or consequence to people who find themselves in the circumstances here and now.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: They cannot plan with any certainty their level of income from one week to the next. They are only one example of working people living in poverty. This is not by any means unique to Dunnes Stores; we are all aware of that. The Tánaiste urges the Dunnes Stores management and the proprietor to engage with the industrial relations machinery. The Tánaiste refers back to the 1996...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why not bring it in?

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why not bring it in as an emergency matter?

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: We all know that when it comes to other matters this institution can sit late into the small hours. Why not on this matter? Why not give the striking workers the certainty of knowing that the law will protect them, that Dunnes Stores can no longer act with impunity and can no longer snub its nose at workers like Mary, and her family, who, as I have told the Tánaiste, struggle from week...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Tánaiste understand the collective bargaining rights enjoyed in the North?

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Tánaiste wish to comment on that, not that it is of any use to the Dunnes Stores workers?

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I join, I hope, everyone else in the Chamber today-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I join, I hope, everyone else in the Chamber today in sending out a strong message of support to the striking Dunnes Stores workers. I salute them in the action they have taken. At the centre of this dispute is the gross abuse of 15-hour contracts by Dunnes Stores management. I spoke to one woman whose story is very typical of her co-workers. Mary has worked in Dunnes Stores for 13...

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why have these two crucial pieces of legislation to protect working people like Mary not been introduced? Has the Tánaiste raised these urgent matters with the Taoiseach? Why amidst her condemnation and words of support does she tell us in her next breath that we have to wait again for these two pieces of legislation? This is an emergency matter. The Tánaiste described the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Bill will be enacted; the reason for the delay of over a year and a half in giving effect to this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13616/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Expenditure (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her plans for the provision of mainstream funding for the Bawnogue Youth and Community Centre, either directly by her Department or indirectly via the education and training board; and if either her Department or the board do not have such plans whether she will consider the provision of mainstream funding for this service. [13621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a commencement date for sections 2 and 3 of the Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2014 has been arranged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13612/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanism available for third parties who wish to make a planning related complaint on roads project such as the Newlands Cross flyover N7 junction improvement scheme where the third party believes that the construction of such a project, or aspects thereof, are in breach of either the environmental impact statement or the final...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (2 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provision that exists for third parties to have complaints heard on road building works that are covered by section 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and section 52 of the Roads Act 1993 where the third party believes the works to be in breach of the environmental impact statement and/or the final schedule of commitments....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I broadly share the concerns expressed by Deputy Fleming. I appreciate that the new regime differs in as much as bodies have to be exempted. That is the right approach. However, I am not convinced by the Minister's proposals before us. Above all, I am alarmed in terms of the change of effective date, particularly in respect of refugee bodies. My position on the issue of direct provision...