Results 12,361-12,380 of 21,179 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a disingenuous thing to say as regards the refugee process. I do not accept the Minister is so ignorant of the problems in the system as to make that argument. It is outrageous.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Pardon me, Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It has got damn all to do with a journalist entering the room. The Minister should appreciate that, given the publication for which the particular journalist writes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not the point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to make one brief point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister has set the commencement date for the Refugee Appeals Tribunal at October 2014.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a big mistake. It adds further to the opaque nature of the process and the lack of surveillance of the entire process in which people find themselves trapped for years, and of which direct provision is a part. The Minister knows that as surely as I do. Could he indicate whether it was the Minister for Justice and Equality who sought the measure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information Act 2014: Motions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister might also answer which Minister made the request.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Spongers and alcoholics. That is how he sees the people who will not pay. How interesting.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is why we need the Low Pay Commission.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is the Government's legacy.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That may not be too much for the Taoiseach but it is for others.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council (31 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 3. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the recent suggestion that the Economic Management Council should not be retained past the period of fiscal crisis. [47797/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (31 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that an Irish citizen (details supplied) is currently incarcerated in Madrid in Spain, that the person has applied to be transferred to a prison in Ireland and that the procedure has already been initiated; the length of time this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12966/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 466. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no local facility for outpatients who need dressings tended to on a daily basis in the Clondalkin area in Dublin 22, as the current situation of obliging such patients to attend Tallaght hospital in Dublin 24 in the morning, is very inconvenient for those dependent on public transport [12941/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 494. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who suffers from epilepsy and requires a guide dog. [13198/15]
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Tá trí cheist agam. The first involves the water services Bill and the matter which we debated on Leaders' Questions but in respect of which clarity was not forthcoming. Will the Tánaiste indicate when we might expect the legislation in question to be introduced? The second question I wish to pose relates to the Construction Contracts Act. It is 18 months since this...
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Local authorities have a case to answer but, ultimately, the buck stops with central government. I remind the Tánaiste that this Administration has cut council housing budgets by 25% since it took office. In light of the seriousness of the issues raised in the complaint to which I refer, will the Tánaiste facilitate a Dáil debate on the matter? More importantly, will she...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: So the people who are struggling are misleading us, are they? That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I asked about the attachment orders.