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Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: No, we should not. Equality is not a subjective concept. The Deputy does not even know how to define equality.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: That is ironic.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Táim lán sásta páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht tábhactach seo. I commend Deputy Mac Lochlainn on introducing this very important and progressive legislation. Last year, Sinn Féin pledged support for the equality budgeting campaign, a campaign that has developed significant momentum. I welcome to the Gallery many of the campaigners who are pushing...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (2 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the submissions made to the Central Bank’s review on the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears; and if he will state the number of submissions that proposed the following, namely a removal of the 12 month moratorium on repossessions, a removal or loosening of the three contacts rule with owners in mortgage difficulty,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Expenditure (2 Jul 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline where and when the National Assets Management Agency intends to spend the €2 billion it has announced as part of its investment plan which will see it overhauling assets underlying loans in the south of Ireland. [31880/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to share time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am pleased to speak on this legislation. In 1992, the Supreme Court found that the Constitution guaranteed a woman the right to terminate a pregnancy lawfully and within the State where there is a real and substantial risk to her life, including where that risk is the threat of suicide. Two referendums and a European Court of Human Rights judgment have copper-fastened this established...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is correct that Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin introduced a Bill which sought to lift the Statute of Limitations for the survivors of symphysiotomy. I ask her to encourage the Minister for Health to assist in the passage of that legislation. Outside that, there are broader redress issues. I welcome the publication yesterday of Mr. Justice Quirke's recommendations...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Does the Minister think we should have a debate?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is an accountant and that was an accountant's answer, if I ever heard one. We all know that there has to be a resolution process for families in debt.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: That has never been contested. The Government is proposing a process that will give the banks a veto.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is not providing for a level playing pitch for the struggling household and the macho men, many of whom are still in place in the financial system.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is neither even-handed not fair to pit the moolah boys against the struggling householder.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Minister to revisit her accountant's mindset and perhaps factor this in. She and her colleagues are always telling us how right they were on the banks.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: If that is the case, why did they leave the Anglo boys who treated the State with such contempt in place for five years after the guarantee on salaries of €175,000 and more?

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: They are presiding over circumstances in which none of these moolah men has been brought to account.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Not one of them has faced time in jail.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government certainly does not have a charter for harassing them. There is one law for the rich and another for the poor.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister is polishing her halo with regard to the banks.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: That only makes what the Government is doing at this time all the worse. It has protected these people.