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Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I presume when we ask a question-----

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----that we can expect an answer.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I asked specifically about the respite care grant and the Tánaiste specifically did not answer.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Ceann Comhairle ask the Tánaiste to answer the question?

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: If the updated stability programme the Government published during the week showed anything, it is that austerity is not working. Yet again it has been forced to revise down growth forecasts and revise upwards unemployment projections. Throughout Europe, people are waking up to the reality that austerity is not working. I note today President Higgins is the nation's voice.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Citizens in the real world have been pushed to breaking point and now the Government has advised them that two more years of austerity are on the way. The stealth taxes, the family home tax, cuts to child benefit and taxing maternity benefit all have a real impact on low and middle-income families. People need a break. If the State is due to meet the deficit targets with €1 billion...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to highlight one section of people who are suffering, the carers. Perhaps the most mean-spirited cut in the last budget was the €300, 19%, cut in the respite care grant. At the time of the budget the Government could not defend on any level that nasty cut and to this day nobody with a bone of decency in them could stand over it. The cut, which will save the Sate only...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: Really.

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government's problem is that it has again had to adjust downwards the growth projections. That gives the lie to the claim that its strategy is working. The Government has also had to revise upwards the unemployment projections, so the Tánaiste should not come in with his own fairytale that all is well, because it is not. By the way, nobody ever contested the fact the budget deficit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 31. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the work that has been carried out to compile an Integration Strategy; when the strategy will be published and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20841/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21591/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21588/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013 [21010/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21590/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21585/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 143. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21582/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21583/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21589/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 200. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21587/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: 201. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form information on lump sum payments (details supplied) paid to retiring public sector workers between March 2011 and March 2013. [21584/13]