Results 13,221-13,240 of 21,204 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: I thank Mr. Quigley for that information. Perhaps I can ask the Comptroller and Auditor General about the oversight of this particular fund. As I understand it, when this issue was visited substantively by this committee in 2001 and 2002, one of the issues that arose was the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of oversight of this particular fund.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Is that the case even though the Attorney General had advised very clearly that there was no impediment to the Comptroller and Auditor General's office taking on such a role? Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What would Mr. Quigley think of that as an idea?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Who carries out that audit?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What is Grant Thornton paid to do that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: But Mr. Quigley would have no objection in principle?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Would he see the good sense in the Comptroller and Auditor General carrying out a role like that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: It certainly strikes me that he ought to.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Perhaps "comfort" is not the word, but it would certainly add confidence to the families of those who depend on these funds - some of them for a lifetime if they have suffered catastrophic injury or disability - that a senior officer of the State would actually audit and oversee the funds. I think it is something that we should all personally try to advance. Given that there was no legal...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, so let me correct that. To be absolutely precise about it, barring the need for legislative change there is no constitutional or larger legal issue in terms of the Comptroller and Auditor General carrying out this work.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I join in absolutely rejecting any act of aggression against the Tánaiste, her staff member, any member of An Garda Síochána or any protestor. I am sure she will join with me in acknowledging that, in fact, the protests by hundreds of thousands of people the length and breadth of the country have been marked by their peacefulness, respect, colour and determination. I am sure...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Let me take up on that theme. The current value of the ward of court moneys is in the order of €1.3 billion. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Closer to €1.5 billion. To how many individuals does that pertain?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Who manages the funds?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: Was there some controversy over State Street in respect of the NTMA?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: What does that mean?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: That is helpful. The last tender was in 2011 and State Street won it.
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. Today, when the Minister, Deputy Kelly, in summoning all of the gravitas he could, opened his remarks he said this was a significant moment for the country. He went on to explain that the choice to be made was, according to him, between short-term emotion and anger or long-term prudence and commonsense. Undoubtedly, this could have been a significant moment for the Government, where...
- Water Sector Reforms: Motion (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Suspend the House.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It has been done.