Results 12,401-12,420 of 21,179 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste might answer the question. That would be a novel approach.
- Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: And Democratic Left.
- Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is outrageous.
- Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome the motion brought forward by colleagues in the Technical Group and I extend my party's support for it. If those in Government imagined that the campaign against domestic water charges had been holed below the watermark or was on the wane, they would have got the message last Saturday when people came onto the streets of Dublin in their tens of thousands to say emphatically to...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is not true. It is not modest by any scale. That is where he is wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: In Enda land, he wants to screw people on small money.
- Other Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, there is not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I agree with the Minister insofar as I do not believe anybody imagined that in one fell swoop pay, pensions and so on would be restored. I do not think there was any such expectation. I would like more detail from the Minister in respect of how he envisages the unwinding of FEMPI playing out. Where does he propose to start? Does he propose to start with pay or pensions? Is he considering...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister proposes to address pay and pensions in parallel.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is what the Minister hopes to do. He might, then, when he responds shed some light on his thinking as regards flat rate versus percentage increases. As he knows, there is a debate at play at the moment among trade unions and public servants as to which would be the better route. He referred to pay cuts for those earning in excess of €65,000. Could he again confirm that the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 2. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the time frame for rolling back the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation; the order and manner in which this will be done; his meetings to date and planned meetings with unions in the public sector on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11966/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: My question relates to the rolling back or unwinding of the financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation, known as FEMPI. How does the Minister plan to achieve this and what is the order and manner by which he proposes to roll it back? What meetings has he had to date to discuss these matters? What meetings does he plan to have with the unions in the public sector on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 136. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will secure an appointment for hip replacement surgery at Cappagh Hospital, Dublin 11. [12273/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will secure an appointment for an operation to remove kidney stones. [12294/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if holders of a public service vehicle licence or plate licence are being instructed by her Department that they have to surrender their licences in order to qualify for a jobseeker’s payment; her views on whether this is counterproductive in view of the fact that it would take some time and cost to replace these licences which may hamper...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Last night, the Government did not oppose the passage of Sinn Féin legislation on extending the vote in presidential elections to citizens living outside the State - the diaspora and citizens living in the North. Can we get an assurance from the Minister that this was not a tactic simply to sidestep the issue? Will the Minister give her view about the likely taking of that legislation...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not my intention to fire missiles or anything else around the Chamber. We find ourselves faced with a number of traumatic sets of circumstances. The Minister should bear in mind this. When all the commentary is over, the political point-scoring is done and the dramatic grandstanding on some people's parts is finished, the victims will be left with their pain. That is what needs to be...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let me say this to reassure the Minister.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: There is nothing outrageous about acknowledging the pain and suffering of victims. How that is outrageous is beyond me.