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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (25 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if third level students who are in receipt of the maintenance grant will be entitled to relief in relation to water charges; and if so, the amount of same. [45297/14]
- Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Like others, I welcome the debate. The legislation was drafted and submitted many months ago and has been a long time coming. Others have noted the scale of the cancer of domestic violence, and it is important that we grasp that one in five women will experience domestic violence during her lifetime. There is also a phenomenon of violence against men. In the course of my work, I have met...
- 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 have another suggestion to make. Mr. Quigley said that he was not the registrar of the wards of court. We might write to the registrar and put some of these questions to them. I know they are not directly accountancy questions but nonetheless they are important process issues. Is there merit in a review of all of the above - the management of the fund, the performance of the 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: It is because I am mindful of that legislation that I am suggesting this. I know that it might be the Courts Service that would make a decision on it but it seems sensible to me at this juncture to review the entire kit and caboodle.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: The Courts Service obviously works within the constraints of the system so this is not in any way intended to be critical. The time is possibly right for that kind of review so this committee might write and suggest 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: Absolutely.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Tánaiste answer my question?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have a point of order.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I appreciate that the Tánaiste wished to make comments on the events at the weekend but she has covered it very comprehensively. I have asked her two questions.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I asked about people who cannot pay and the abolition of charges. I want answers to those questions.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: In circumstances in which funds are provided to cater for a lifetime of care, which is the intention of the courts in making the awards, how does the Courts Service protect the individuals and uphold the clear intention of the courts? I appreciate that the specific sums are not the decision of the Courts Service. Mr. Quigley said the Courts Service was prudent in the management of 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: I received correspondence from one family. Without getting into the precise circumstances of her son, a woman told me that over a two-year period the relevant fund had diminished from €510,685 to €280,145. These are precise figures, and that is quite a drop over that period of time. The family - and there are many others - were very alarmed by the drop and very concerned, and...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: We just have a collision of two different worlds in exactly what Mr. Quigley has described. He describes in financial terms the best interest of the funds. I am not suggesting that he is indifferent to the circumstances of the people affected. I ask him not to misunderstand what I am saying. He is talking about the best interest and the best investment decisions, which is fine on the face...
- 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 are they shared with?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 22 - Courts Service (20 Nov 2014) Mary Lou McDonald: How many engagements with families are there? Does this happen annually?
- 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 not what people are reporting, and Mr. Quigley needs to hear that, not just as a contribution to a committee meeting, but as something worth reflecting on.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: What will it take for the Tánaiste to wake up and listen to what people are saying and scrap these odious and unfair water charges?
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste should be answering my question.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Just as I disassociated myself from that behaviour, I equally disassociate myself from the behaviour of a small number of members of the Garda Síochána, who have been extremely heavy-handed and rough with protesters.