Results 13,001-13,020 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (10 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 204. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific supports available to unemployed taxi drivers who wish to return to the taxi industry. [6088/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (10 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 470. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipping a nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 7 that is currently closed; and the date it will be re-opened. [6059/15]
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Oh dear Jesus.
- Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have asked the Tánaiste before about outstanding matters arising from the Constitutional Convention. She has indicated, as has the Taoiseach, that the Government does not intend to bring forward legislation, much less hold a referendum, on proposals agreed to by the Constitutional Convention on the position of women in the Constitution and the reference to women within the home. The...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government introduced the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act in 2013 which has led to a tenfold increase in the numbers of repossession cases lodged with the courts. The Government has failed to get the banks to meet their mortgage lending targets. It has failed to control the spiralling costs of rent because it will not introduce rent controls. It has failed to invest in appropriate...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, the budgets need to be given to the local authorities.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: The homeless crisis continues to spiral out of control. Every day families with children and single people continue to present as homeless. Rising rents, increased repossessions and the lack of social housing are forcing scores of adults and hundreds of children out of their homes. Following the tragic death of Mr. Jonathan Corrie in December, the Government Press Office went into...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: Two of the Tánaiste's remarks were very revealing in terms of the Government's attitude and approach to the housing and homelessness crisis. First, she said the Government would commits to doing more "should" additional capacity be required. Lest she and her colleagues in government are unaware, there is an absolute and urgent need for additional capacity. As I set out, this is...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know about other members of the committee, but I was not aware that that had been the turn of events for the family subsequent to our meeting with its members in private session. Strictly speaking, it is not our job to get involved in the particularities of individual cases. That said, we had a lengthy discussion on the question of mediation and were led to believe by NAMA that...
- Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: What date?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have received the maximum amount of compensation afforded under the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. [5096/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have accepted lesser amounts than they applied for under the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. [5097/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants under the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries who have received lesser amounts than they applied for because of inaccurate and-or missing records. [5098/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries that have been rejected. [5099/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries that have been rejected because of inaccurate and-or missing records. [5100/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries has been advertised in Ireland’s Own magazine, as promised by her. [5101/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has alerted Irish embassies to the existence of the restorative justice scheme for the survivors of the Magdalene laundries. [5102/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, following her communications with the Minister for Health and her officials' communications with the Health Service Executive, she will unequivocally confirm that survivors of the Magdalene laundries will be provided with a physical card, either a HAA card or a RWRCI card, under the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 105. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on the mechanism to deal with health care for survivors of the Magdalene Laundries who live overseas, as referred to by her on 24 September 2014. [5103/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (4 Feb 2015)
Mary Lou McDonald: 106. To ask the Minister for Health if the breaches outlined in the Health Service Executive internal audit of the positive action group were attributed to expenses incurred under the HAA cards in the possession of Hepatitis C survivors. [5104/15]