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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 109. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a plan for a youth project (details supplied) in Dublin 1 to be merged with the Swan Project. [9543/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 110. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to any suggestion to close down a youth project (details supplied). [9544/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 111. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their retirement; if he will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed,and the appointment process followed in each case; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the non-surgical options provided by the Health Service Executive for children with a diagnosis of scoliosis. [9442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 127. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will provide funding for persons diagnosed with scoliosis to attend clinics overseas to receive treatments, such as the ScolioGold treatment, which is currently not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9443/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their retirement; if he will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in her Department who have been appointed to a State board under her aegis following their retirement; if she will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their retirement; if he will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of senior civil servants who retired since 2011 in his Department who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their retirement; if he will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of senior civil servants who retired from his Department since 2011 who have been appointed to a State board under his aegis following their retirement; if he will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 241. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of senior civil servants who retired from her Department since 2011 who have been appointed to a State board under her aegis following their retirement; if she will provide in tabular form the names of these persons, the boards to which they were appointed and the appointment process followed in each case; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sale of Aer Lingus (3 Mar 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if existing Irish and European Union fiscal rules, such as the expenditure benchmark or fiscal treaty debt, and deficit rules, or any other policy or legal commitment to the European Union institutions would restrict the use of any proceeds from the sale of State assets, such as Aer Lingus, from being used to fund current or capital...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise two items. First, can the Tánaiste advise us when we might see the water services (amendment) Bill? Second, I am increasingly concerned about the way in which the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, is handling the new social inclusion community activation programme, SICAP. The entire process has been flawed from the...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Estimates of funding cuts range from 7% to 38%. They will be utterly devastating in my own constituency area. In light of this, will the Tánaiste support an urgent Dáil debate on this matter? The Minister, Deputy Kelly, should discuss and rationalise, if he can, the flawed nature of the social inclusion community activation programme. The process is deeply unfair to workers and...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: There has been no consultation with the workers in the sector. She just brushed that off. It is astonishing for the Labour Party.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That was a disgraceful decision and a huge mistake. We are now seeing the consequences of that mistake. The Government made it easier for banks to repossess family homes than in 2013. A combination of these factors explains why the banks now behave in an ever more aggressive manner with struggling homeowners, as the Tánaiste has acknowledged. It also explains why the number of...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked a very specific question on the legislation of 2012, the banks' veto and the need to revisit the legislation to remove the veto. Could the Tánaiste state whether the Government intends to remove it?

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Keep the veto; that is great.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Almost every day my office is contacted by families who are at their wits' end and fearful of losing their homes. Some are hardworking families who, due to unemployment or illness, have fallen behind in their mortgage repayments. Others are private tenants who are meeting their monthly payments but whose homes are subject to repossession proceedings. These families are willing to engage,...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: My question and my remarks referred specifically to the fact that more than 100,000 homes are at risk of imminent repossession. This is the level of distress among residential mortgages and mortgages in the buy-to-let sector. Let us remember that buy-to-let properties are homes for many thousands of families across the State. In 2012, we argued for a public insolvency service which...