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Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: The difficulty is that not only Deputies here but people outside this Chamber have raised concerns about the robustness of this legislation and whether it fully captures the Quirke report. The best way to adjudicate on that is to ask the relevant and competent body to examine those matters and to report on them. I am very disappointed that the Minister is not accepting my amendment or...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I support amendments Nos. 17 and 18. Amendment No. 19 addresses the concerns expressed by Magdalen laundry survivors and their advocates, which are shared by Sinn Féin and other Deputies, that despite the Minister's insistence to the contrary, the legislation will not give full effect to Judge Quirke's recommendations. Despite the deficiencies in the legislation and discrepancies...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I strongly support the amendment. When we look at the approach taken by the State in its totality, in so far as it concerns the Magdalen women, it has been limited, piecemeal and expressly and deliberately designed to achieve damage limitation, particularly in the payment of damages and financial compensation that might be awarded to the women concerned. The McAleese report remains...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: When we addressed these issues last week, I raised my concerns about the Minister's amendment and the fact that the formulation and form of the legislation strayed from that envisaged by Mr. Justice Quirke. That is most regrettable and also unnecessary. It has caused unnecessary confusion, unless, of course, it is deliberate in limiting the number of services and treatments to which the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of recipients of rent supplement on 1 April 1989, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013 and 2014. [6808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: International Agreements (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any of his officials or Departmental consultants have legal and / or policy expertise in the area of the implications for public spending of Ireland's international treaty obligations; if so, if he will provide, in tabular form, the date, subject matter and mode of communications, he has had with these experts since 2011, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 349. To ask the Minister for Health when a reassessment of needs will be carried out in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6728/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the European Council will approve the European Globalisation Fund application for the former workers at a company (details supplied) in County Dublin. [7046/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of households housed through the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Long-term Leasing Scheme on 1 April in 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, and 2014. [6807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: 501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the total social housing output; the total private housing output; and the total number of social houses, sold to tenants for the two periods of 2000 to 2010; and 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6809/15]

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: This morning we learned that the HSE's CEO, Mr. Tony O'Brien, warned the Government that its failure to provide sufficient funding for the health service this year will lead to significant clinical risks for patients. Mr. O'Brien's memo to the Department of Health indicates that these risks are most acute in the context of accident and emergency departments-----

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----maternity care, vital procedures and primary care. In light of what I have just outlined, there is an urgent need for the Minister for Health to make a full statement to the Dáil on this issue. There have been conflicting accounts from the Government in respect of funding requests from the HSE in respect of the health service. It is essential that the Minister come before the...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the Government's position on it? Does it agree with the commission's recommendation?

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about the arrests in Jobstown?

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: Another five people, including two minors and a pensioner, have been arrested in west Tallaght this morning. A further four people, again including a child, were arrested yesterday. Seventeen arrests have been made to date. It is reported that up to 33 people will be detained in the coming days. The scale of Garda resources deployed for these arrests stands in marked contrast to the lack...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: There is growing concern that these arrests are politically motivated and that somebody somewhere has a desire to criminalise the community in Jobstown and the entire anti-water charges movement. I would like to make it clear that I do not believe it is acceptable in a democracy to protest at politicians' homes. Equally, it is not acceptable to detain politicians, political staff or council...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am not inviting the Tánaiste to interfere in any investigative process. I would not do so. I acknowledge the independence of the Garda and indeed the independence of the Judiciary, both of which are essential pillars of our functioning democratic system. That is why it is essential for the independence of those organisations and institutions to be reasserted in circumstances of...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: We are talking about children of 14 and 16 years of age.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: I think the Tánaiste will agree that the right to peaceful protest and demonstration is a core part of the democratic system, just as is the independence of the organisations she has identified. If she is not concerned about the public perception of this turn of events, she should be because there is growing public concern that the State, through An Garda Síochána, is actively...

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is a most dangerous perception to grow.