Results 15,001-15,020 of 21,498 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (30 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (30 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had to wait two weeks for an emergency dilation and curettage at Holles Street Maternity Hospital; and if this waiting period is normal or exceptional in such circumstances. [4705/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for public and for private patients who require dilation and curettage following a miscarriage as a result of no foetal cardiac activity in Holles Street Maternity Hospital for each year from 2009 to 2013. [4706/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Chairman is a dictator.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Minister of State give some detail of the spend on consultancy services, value for money and policy reviews, the figure from last year and the projected spend this year? For my own curiosity, the Minister of State might enlighten us on the size of the President's household staff complement. It is pure nosiness on my part and I am asking because I do not know and it caught my...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What is the projected figure for this year?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is the money specifically earmarked for their continuation?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: What about Garda stations?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister have a date for this memorandum of understanding?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Okay.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: May I make a brief general comment?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was not aware that the scale of staff reductions was 35% in the period under consideration.  I may ask the Minister of State for figures for the savings made.  I commend the OPW and its staff on doing an outstanding job.  It does not get nearly enough recognition for the work it does, especially given the level of staff reductions.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Minister of State to elaborate on his earlier comments on storm damage in order that I can be sure I understand him correctly. The estimate for damage is in the region of €65 million, with counties Clare and Galway accounting for the bulk of the cost, at €41 million. I understand the remedial process is being led by the local authorities and the Minister of State was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Pensions Issues (28 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide details as requested relating to his Department as provided by all other Ministers. [3793/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (28 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 172. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of investment sought and received by the Government from the European Investment Bank for each year from 2007 to 2013; the details of the projects for which this money was sought; and if he will outline the Government's contribution towards each of these projects. [3784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Data (28 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 183. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 15 January 2014, if he will provide in tabular form year on year the occasions on which he has signed off on the awarding of added years to public sector workers between January 2011 and December 2013; the grade of the persons awarded the added years; and the number of added years awarded in each instance. [3593/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Programmes (28 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: 317. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the responsibilities of the Statute Law Reform Director; to whom the director is answerable; the period of the appointment; and if it is subject to a contract. [3765/14]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: So the Commissioner does not regard whistleblowers as disloyal?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will end with this question. I thank the Chairman for his forbearance. On the previous occasion the Commissioner appeared before the committee, I asked him the number of reports that had been made to the confidential recipient - not the detail of them - over the previous 12 or 18 months and he was not in a position to give a figure at the meeting. What is the figure now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 7 - Management of Fixed Charge Notice System (23 Jan 2014)

Mary Lou McDonald: Why will the Commission not give us a number?