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- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has allowed them to stay in highly paid positions. At the same time, its response to the plight of struggling homeowners has been heartless.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: According to figures released last week, the number of people in arrears has increased for the 14th quarter in a row since September 2009.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: This has happened on the Government's watch.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----you gave the Minister considerable latitude.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I would like to be afforded the same courtesy.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to put my question.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Where did it all go so horribly wrong?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Since when does the Labour Party back the big bankers and punish families?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Is that now the way of the Labour Party and its accountant Minister?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Of course, the Minister's comments are entirely worthy.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has extended it.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has penalised the people in question.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Whether vampires exist in reality, the characters we heard on the now infamous tapes are not fictional. All of us can appreciate the disgust, although not the shock, people felt at hearing the macho diatribes between these individuals. The disgust felt by the tens of thousands of families across the State who are in mortgage distress is all the deeper. To listen to Mr. David Drumm describe...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (27 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties being experienced by a project (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if she is aware that changes applied in 2012 in the entitlement rates for community employment participants has had a serious negative impact on recruitment of people for community after school project schemes; if she is...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should ask again. He should not mind that.
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The macroeconomic forecast will be produced by the Government or Department and the Fiscal Advisory Council will endorse it or otherwise. The official forecast is by the Government. What is the distinction between the macroeconomic forecasts and the official forecast?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: How does it differ from the macroeconomic forecasts?
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: Why is this amendment being made in this Bill? It is an amendment to the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012 which was the responsibility of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. It is strange to introduce this amendment in this Bill. If the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan, is minded to alter section 8 of that legislation, he should do so. Second, on the particulars of the change...
- Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2013)
Mary Lou McDonald: The wording that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council shall endorse is presumptive. It makes a presumption of endorsement. The provision continues, "as it considers appropriate". It would be more accurate to state "shall endorse or not, as it considers appropriate". It is better language and would be much clearer.