Results 14,341-14,360 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (27 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 897. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has had their dental surgery delayed; and, in view of the seriousness of the treatment required if the person will be provided with an earlier appointment [23064/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (27 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 898. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 who accessed medical treatment in the UK in December 2013 under the treatment abroad scheme will be reimbursed for the relevant costs covered under the scheme [23065/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (27 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 899. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 attending Crumlin Childrens Hospital will receive the required physiotherapy treatment; and if the hospital will consider increasing this patient's visits with the consultant from once a year to twice a year [23066/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (27 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 900. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chronic regional pain syndrome is not classified as a chronic physical disability in Ireland when it holds such a classification in the UK; his plans to classify it as such in the future [23067/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Issues (27 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 901. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Numbers 1074, 1075 and 1076 of 25 March 2014, when he expects the Health Service Executive will issue a reply. [23069/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (27 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 902. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is not receiving PRS ablation treatment for chronic neuropathic pain as frequently as required; when this person will be given a date for spinal cord simulator treatment; and if they will be considered for inclusion under the treatment abroad scheme for deep brain simulator treatment. [23070/14]
- Guerin Report: Statements (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I join my colleague in wishing the Minister well and congratulating her on her appointment to what will no doubt prove to be the most challenging of ministerial roles within this Government. It would be hard to overstate the gravity of Mr. Guerin's findings on the handling of the evidence of Garda whistleblower, Sergeant Maurice McCabe. In sum, Mr. Guerin found that Garda management, the...
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed.
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today, there will be statements in respect of the Guerin report. This is a welcome but limited opportunity and in recent weeks, Members have spoken-----
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----about how there is a crisis in respect of public confidence in the administration of justice and in An Garda Síochána. Consequently, it is not acceptable that the House would not sit next week. Members have important and urgent matters to which they must attend. While there are elections, for instance, as the Tánaiste has been so fond of harking up the road in recent...
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----the Assembly will sit next week, although elections also are being held in the North. Consequently, Sinn Féin objects to this proposal.
- Order of Business (15 May 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the Tánaiste's response earlier in respect of medical cards, he was as robotic, unconvincing and detached as was the Minister for Health last night.
- 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...