Results 13,341-13,360 of 21,204 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not yet received a reply from her Department to a letter sent on 29 August 2014 regarding the person's alleged mistreatment on a community employment scheme; and if she will provide a full response to the issues raised in the letter issued by the individual to her Department. [41337/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 7 October 2014 stating that the Government has also undertaken to look at making Article 41.2 of the Constitution on the role of women gender-neutral, and at including other carers both in and beyond the home, it has also undertaken to look at amending the Constitution to include the principle of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 509. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the well-established and well-documented human rights and value for money concerns that have been in the public domain for many years, as well as the need to meet Ireland's obligations with respect to international standards on refugee reception, her plans to replace the direct provision system; if not, her reasons; and if so,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the position on each of the eight points presented to him by the survivors of symphysiotomy at their meeting with him on 19 September 2014. [41381/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will favourably consider the survivors of symphysiotomy's draft proposal for a Government statement of truth. [41382/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 661. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the UN Human Rights Committee's concluding observation on symphysiotomy at paragraph 11, that the Government has to date failed to, and therefore should now initiate, a prompt and comprehensive independent investigation into the practice of symphysiotomy, prosecute and punish the perpetrators, including medical personnel, and provide an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 623. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on the waiting list for speech and language therapy in County Kildare. [41214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for speech and language therapists in County Kildare and when these will be filled. [41215/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers on the waiting list for occupational therapy in County Kildare. [41216/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for occupational therapists in County Kildare; and when these will be filled. [41217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive occupational and speech and language therapy as recommended by the Health Service Executive as this person has been on the waiting list for over three and a half years; and the reason that his position on the waiting list has not changed during this time. [41218/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 967. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention concerning Dáil electoral reform, the subject of its fourth report; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41652/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 968. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his response to each of the recommendations of the Constitutional Convention concerning extending the right to vote to citizens resident outside the State; and when the Dáil will debate these recommendations. [41653/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (4 Nov 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 1016. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are responsible for carrying out inspections on plumbing and heating in new homes; if not, if he will indicate who is responsible and how often these inspections are carried out; and the official body within the local authority is responsible. [41400/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is very positive. I did not raise the new EU procurement directive as a barrier. It is entirely doable. The thing is to know how to do it in the correct way. I ask the development board to give consideration to the unbundling of contracts to give SMEs and indigenous players an opportunity to procure. That is a broader issue. In light of the scale of this project, we need those who...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Obviously, he brings a level of expertise. I would find it very useful and instructive if the other members of the committee and I could be kept informed as a more conclusive position on this matter is arrived at.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Mr. Costello is satisfied that the board has complied with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: In terms of those contracts that we went through - quantity surveying, mechanical engineering, civil and structural engineering, project supervision, and so on - in each of those cases was the most price-competitive bidder selected for the contract?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
2012 Accounts of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (23 Oct 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I understand it is combined, I am just trying to get clarity. So the board did not necessarily go for the-----