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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is fair enough.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Chairman has made a proposition to get information from the CPP about the rights of the witness. A decision not to give this man a transcript of his evidence was taken in the absence of that clarification. My difficulty with the proposed course of action is that it still stands as a decision of the committee not to give Sergeant McCabe a transcript of his evidence, which was taken in...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: That Sergeant McCabe requested the meeting to be held in private is correct. However, it must be recalled that was on foot of the committee asking him to take legal advice. It should be borne in mind that a legal adviser was present for the duration of the meeting. It is nonsense to suggest that somehow we could go to the final frontier in terms of our line of questioning. I believe we...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Unfortunately I had a prior engagement and could not be at the meeting last week. I was astonished at the decision taken by the committee. To go back to first principles, before we come to the CPP or any other body, the reason the evidence from Sergeant McCabe was taken in private session was as a precaution to ensure neither the committee nor the sergeant, wittingly or otherwise, stepped...

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach has been given two opportunities to correct the record of the Dáil. I now invite him for a third time to do so. The clear implication of what he has said and restated in respect of GSOC is that it was not in compliance with the law. That is not true.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is important that the Taoiseach avails of the opportunity to make that clear.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach will need to do it at some stage. I do not know what his game is but it is not helpful to GSOC to insinuate and repeatedly state it acted outside the law.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I hope the Taoiseach will avail of that opportunity. We have had the legislation read to us and we know what the law says. We now need clarification on the Taoiseach's position. On the consumer protection and competition Bill, the Taoiseach will be aware that the succession of stealth charges introduced by this Government have placed middle and low income families under huge pressure....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (11 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department and the Office of Public Works will publish the detailed flood hazard and flood maps in order to comply with the EU floods directive. [6792/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (11 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 84 positions filled by the Health Service Executive under JobBridge in 2013. [6186/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (6 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the total stock of wine held by his Department; the current market value of this stock of wine; the details of any sales of this wine in each year since 2011; the details of any of this wine that was sold below market value; the reasons for such sales; the persons or organisations to whom...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (6 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of revenue staff working on tackling tax evasion and tax avoidance in 2013 and 2014. [5952/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (6 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's estimate of the total amount of revenue lost from tax avoidance in 2013 and projected to be lost in 2014. [5953/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (6 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of staff in her Department working on tackling social welfare fraud. [5954/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Cost (6 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of social welfare fraud in 2013 and the projected cost in 2014. [5955/14]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the regulations be seen in the House?

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The whistleblower legislation is now on Second Stage in the Dáil. It requires new regulations in terms of the confidential recipient and whistleblowing mechanism within An Garda Síochána. Could the Taoiseach confirm to the Dáil that those regulations will be laid before us and whether we will have an opportunity to consider and debate them? The Taoiseach might be aware...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Magdalen laundry redress scheme. [5272/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries (5 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the terms of the ex gratia scheme to which eligible women must agree if they are to receive compensation contain a provision which states that applicants who are determined to be eligible under the scheme and who have accepted the offer made to them and signed the acceptance form and statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: European Globalisation Fund (5 Feb 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the final reports to the European Commission on all closed European globalisation fund programmes; the total moneys returned or due to be returned to the European Commission from each of these programmes. [5823/14]