Results 13,521-13,540 of 21,498 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: 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.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 4 November 2014, the reason her Department has not yet responded directly to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 despite the fact that the person received an acknowledgement letter from her Department on 5 September 2014 promising a further response from her Department; if her attention has been...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Magdalen laundry survivors' ex gratia scheme applications from within the UK have to go through the Irish Women Survivors Support Network or if they can be made directly to her Department. [44368/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the relationship between her Department and the Irish Women Survivors Support Network in relation to ex gratia scheme applications. [44369/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way Magdalen laundry survivors' ex gratia scheme applications from within the UK are processed; and if her Department communicates with the survivors directly or through the Irish Women Survivors Support Network. [44370/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the parameters that have been set down for the Irish Women Survivors Support Network with regard to the operation of the Magdalen laundry survivors ex gratia scheme, particularly in relation to establishing duration of stay. [44371/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (19 Nov 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Magdalen laundry survivors that have settled for less time than they have claimed for, broken down by country of residence. [44372/14]