Results 14,481-14,500 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Issues (15 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received any communication from the Department of An Taoiseach or the Department of Education and Skills since 3 April 2014 with respect to the issue of a review of the evidence of State responsibility in the case of the Bethany Home; if he will undertake this review; the terms of the review and the timeframe within which he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22, who is mentally and physically disabled and suffers from scoliosis, spina bifida and epilepsy and is totally dependent on their elderly parents for full time care has not been granted a stair lift, a shower room, an intransit wheelchair and a body suite by the Health Service Executive; if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Canal Facilities (15 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the pathway along the Royal Canal between O'Reilly's bridge and Phibsborough is not being upgraded along with other sections of the canal that are being enhanced with new pathways and improved public lighting; if such upgrades can be expected; and if so, the date of same. [17485/14]
- Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will not need ten minutes because I am time-sharing with Deputy Mathews. I found his contribution remarkably energetic and enlightening.
- Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I could hear his frustration.
- Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I commend my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, on bringing the Bill before the House. Ordinarily, when loopholes in law are closed off it is deemed to be a good thing because the presumption is that a loophole in law is a negative and needs to be remedied or addressed. However, last July when the Government signed into law the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, that was far from the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Have their recent actions damaged Rehab?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: This is the board that will lead the transformation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Notwithstanding the witness's lament that those two individuals did not appear before the committee today, he is not in a position to say, fairly and squarely, that both of those individuals have damaged Rehab.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does the witness believe that the view of the workforce of Rehab is different from his?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Indeed. How many home helps does Mr. Kerr employ?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Do any of the witnesses know?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: What do they earn? What is their hourly rate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is the witness asking me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Would it interest the witness to know that they are paid significantly less than their HSE counterparts?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could the board inform itself and report back to us?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does it strike witnesses as contradictory that whereas the general management team is pegged to private industry, many of the front-line staff are not even pegged to the public sector? In fact, some of them are paid below what would be considered the benchmark within the public sector.
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Could board members inform themselves and refer back to the committee with that information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Does Rehab publish accounts for the Rehab Foundation company?
- Public Accounts Committee: Payments to Section 39 Companies: (Resumed) Rehab Group (10 Apr 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can the witness give the reason for that?