Results 15,221-15,240 of 21,206 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Minister give me that figure again?
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I pass a remark on that?
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: What jumps out is the figure for health. If it is possible it would be very useful to have numbers beside it-----
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----because it is only then that one can get the sense of what is a concern of everybody, not least the Minister as the employer, namely, whether there is a repeated pattern or if that is widespread. I would have a view on the Health Service Executive and its management capacities so it would be very informative for us to try to establish that pattern. I would appreciate it if the Minister...
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: On that point, I presume the Minister will satisfy himself that in terms of the regulation, the critical illness protocol and the regulation when it comes forward that it is in line with health and safety responsibilities and so on.
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Pregnant women.
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I note Members are on Committee Stage for amendment No. 1. Obviously, the Minister was obliged to change the Title because when the legislation was originally considered, it did not envisage legislating in this way for sick leave in the public service. As the Minister says, it is enabling legislation. To deal with amendment No. 16, I refer to section 58B(4) which in my view is instructive....
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: It may be better if we deal with those points first and then I can come back in later.
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointment) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: We are dealing with this in committee.
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: That was enlightening.
- Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (resumed) (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I believe the objective of making savings in this area is shared across the board. While I presume it remains the view among workers and unions that those savings could have been achieved by means of more active control of the current system, the binding Labour Court recommendation must be enforced. As I said earlier, I am concerned about the critical illness protocol. While I appreciate...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The difficulty with all of this is more than just technical, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----in terms of how we proceed.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I suggest that a debate is badly needed because-----
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----on the one hand we are bringing forward a Supplementary Estimate, which is a recognition that the health budget has overrun or fallen short, and on the other we have not had sight of the plan that proposes €666 million of cuts? I ask the Tánaiste to square that circle if he can.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: In the absence of the service plan.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the issue of the Health Service Executive service plan, can the Tánaiste give us more definitive information on that? I know it was raised yesterday but when might we see this service plan that has been delayed? In respect of the Charities Act on the Statue Book since 2009, when will we see the oversight and enhanced accountability mechanisms? The Tánaiste indicated earlier...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Do we see it then? Is it published?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The HSE knew nothing about it.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Everyone agrees the testimony given yesterday to the Committee of Public Accounts by former and current members of the board of the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, was both shocking in content and arrogant in its delivery. Members now have it that in addition to paying top-ups to senior executives, there also are gold-plated retirement packages being doled out and appointments being made in...