Results 14,061-14,080 of 21,206 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government should restore medical cards-----
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to sick children with disabilities, for instance, and there should be no quibble on that issue.
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to ask the Tánaiste a question regarding the Cooke report. I raised this issue with his colleague, Deputy Quinn, last week, who informed me that delivery of this report was, to use his word, "imminent". I subsequently asked the Taoiseach, whose diary the Tánaiste does not follow and with whom the Tánaiste's communication seems to be sketchy at best, and he could not...
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Shortly or imminent.
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Did the Tánaiste not put this question to him?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Tánaiste have questions to ask him?
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today, we will commence statements on the report by Mr. Guerin. However, I wish to step back a couple of weeks to revisit the account of events given by An Taoiseach in respect of his knowledge of the revelations of the practice of taping phone calls to and from Garda stations. Those matters are the subject of a separate commission of investigation led by Mr. Justice Fennelly. An...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A number of questions arise. Was the Tánaiste aware of the meeting? Did the Taoiseach inform him of it? Could he tell us which officials from the Department of Justice and Equality were present at the meeting? Was Brian Purcell there? Could he tell us what was discussed at the meeting? Was the taping of phone calls to and from Garda stations discussed? Was the fate of the Garda...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is very clear that not alone does the Tánaiste not keep the Taoiseach’s diary, he is clearly not informed or perhaps kept abreast of some of the significant meetings that take place within the diary. I am sure he will agree with me that it is very important for the purpose of public confidence, but also for the purpose of the confidence of Members of the Dáil, that we are...
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, this is about-----
- Leaders' Questions (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a non-answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I presume we are publishing the letter from Dr. Mark Harrold, clinical psychologist. Is that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have read the correspondence and the allegations are serious from the point of view of the spending of public moneys and in terms of the treatment of this individual as well. I presume the committee will be in correspondence with Dr. Harrold to advise him of the fact that this has been forwarded to the HSE and that representatives of St. Michael's House will be coming before the committee...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It would be important to set out the plan of action.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The response is welcome. However, members should note that No. 2 in the response refers to the amount of debt to be transferred to Irish Water to meet wastewater service commitments when responsibility is transferred from the local authorities. This is a reference to PPP projects. Members will recall that we raised these matters with the Department some months ago and it became clear that...
- Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: There has been a cull of discretionary medical cards. This is a matter of recorded fact and the figures record that fact. The Minister states he must act within the parameters of the law and he cites the Health Act 1970. The Minister persists in the untruth that there has been no policy change when the facts shout out the contrary. Allow me to give the Minister two precise examples of...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister propose to table that amendment on Report Stage?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: On that basis, I will withdraw my amendment for now, but this issue needs to be remediated.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I move amendment No. 26: In page 23, after line 16, to insert the following:"(8) Payments made under the interim relief order are not recoverable.".This is an addition to make payments made under interim relief orders non-recoverable. In circumstances where an employee has been on an interim relief order for a time and the unfair dismissal claim is not upheld on whatever grounds, the...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage (14 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I thank the Minister.