Results 14,861-14,880 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (25 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 557. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Magdalen redress scheme. [9657/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (25 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 620. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of recent comments in support of adoption rights as part of her national discourse on ethics, if she will now bring forward legislation affording adopted persons automatic access to their birth certificates and files. [9198/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (25 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 has not yet received a Health Service Executive psychological assessment despite the family having requested one for a number of years; and when the required assessment will take place. [9188/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (25 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the average waiting time for young persons to receive a psychological assessment from the Health Service Executive in the following areas for each year from 2009 to 2013, Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown. [9189/14]
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: A pattern has been established within the Government, both among members of the Cabinet and on the backbenches. The Minister has moved to minimise and trivialise the alleged bugging of the GSOC offices. He took precisely the same approach to the Garda whistleblowers. While that is his form, he does not and did not act alone because it is now clear that the Alan Shatter approach to the...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The legislation required to construct a proper independent inquiry is available to the Government.
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: In the course of this debate it has been cited time out of number. Why does the Government not use it?
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why does the Government not want an inquiry in which a High Court judge, with all of his or her integrity and expertise, would have available to him or her the full range of powers necessary to get to the bottom of this issue? In the midst of the Government's bluster and blunder, it has failed to answer that simple question.
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: The response of Government backbenchers from Fine Gael and the Labour Party to the motion has been predictable, I would say depressingly predictable. They level an accusation at Members on this side of the Dáil that we set out to disrespect the men and women of An Garda Síochána. They level an accusation at those of us on this side of the House that we question the integrity...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: JobBridge
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I say to the Minister---
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is this not supposed to be an exchange?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to point out the contradictory views on outsourcing. I know that the Minister knows that he could not but know that for many people working in the public sector and the unions who represent them, their biggest single concern is precisely the issue of outsourcing. The Minister will know that in the course of the Haddington Road saga, very often trade union members signed up to that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes, sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is fine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: I entirely agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: Yes. May I stick to the issue of outsourcing? From what the Minister has said, and the fact that he is upskilling public service managers in the execution of outsourcing, I take it he sees this very much as a trend that will perhaps intensify within the public service. While human beings are equal and I entirely agree with the Minister that each worker should be equal to another, I think...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (19 Feb 2014)
Mary Lou McDonald: For example?