Results 13,421-13,440 of 21,204 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Social Clauses in Public Procurement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill legislates for the mandatory inclusion of social clauses in all public procurement contracts worth in excess of €1 million. Social clauses enable Government to use public procurement contracts as a multitasking instrument of policy. Merely using public contracts to obtain goods and services is now an outdated approach....
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: One of the many groups disappointed by the budget is the carers group. In budget 2013, the respite care grant was disgracefully cut by €325. I am sure the Tánaiste knows the payment is a lifeline for almost 80,000 carers and their families. The Tánaiste should right the wrong done to these families and take advantage of the social welfare legislation to restore a necessary...
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The second issue concerns the JJ Rhattigan and Co. workers at Kishoge Community College in Lucan. JJ Rhattigan and Co. has been contracted by the Department of Education and Skills to build a school. I understand this is not the only school they have been contracted to build. The firm is in dispute with the workers because it has broken the law on the basic rights and entitlements of the...
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know if they got to speak to the Tánaiste. What regulatory, legislative or political response does the Tánaiste offer to workers who are at their wits end? Their basic rights have been trampled on and the law has been broken. They have no comfort or statutory protection.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: If anyone had any doubts as to whether you give a toss about struggling families, your smart-alec, dismissive and inaccurate response gave them their answer.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A smart-alec Tánaiste thinks it is smart to disregard the concerns of RAS tenants that their inability to pay her awful charge could jeopardise their homes.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: You stood up to give me a smart-alec response. That is not good enough. I apologise if this breaches Dáil etiquette, but let us call it what it is.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The fact is that local authority management administers government policy. Despite - I presume - knowing how people struggle, the Government is insistent on these water charges. Council management, on behalf of the Tánaiste, has written to tenants-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to state that failure to pay the charge will jeopardise their homes.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let us try again to get an answer, and let us hope for a serious and respectful answer from the Tánaiste.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The fact is that people are struggling, never mind the €100 alleviation. People are down to their cents. Does the Tánaiste understand that? They do not have the money to pay. Can she please get to her feet and confirm for the 36,000 families on RAS that their failure to pay this bill will not mean - be categoric - that they lose the roofs over their heads?
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can she at least have the decency to answer that question directly for those families?
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: You are getting personal now.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am looking for your answer.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is now clear to everybody with an ounce of common sense that the Tánaiste is presiding over an absolute shambles in Irish Water and worse in respect of the Government's decision to impose domestic water charges on struggling families. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin last Saturday and told the Government loud and clear that they could not afford these...
- Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: You are interrupting me for that.
- Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you for that very helpful intervention.
- Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I think that is deliberately disruptive. I think An Taoiseach-----
- Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I feel it was deliberately disruptive.
- Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am not withdrawing it. I believe it was deliberately disruptive.