Results 17,761-17,780 of 21,260 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: We, too, object to the guillotining of this very important debate. It is obviously the tactic of the Government to rush these matters through the Dáil to spare the blushes of the Labour Party, in particular, and those of Fine Gael members with a conscience who might feel some discomfort. It is unacceptable-----
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Not agreed. I understand this proposal relates to the Supplementary Estimate for health. We were informed last week that the Government proposes to make, in a full year, over €1 billion in further cuts to the health service. None of what is involved in this regard has been set out in any detail. There is speculation in today's newspapers about cancellation of routine surgeries. We...
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It was entirely corrupt.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Using that logic, on planet Gilmore, the Labour Party and Fine Gael, the ones with the broadest shoulders are children. Is that right? The ones with the broadest shoulders are carers who rely on a very meagre respite care grant? Is that the case?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Tánaiste referred to the North. I wish he would do his homework properly when he investigates matters north of the Border.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: In comparing the system here and the one in place in the North he is comparing apples and oranges.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are many things people pay for here that we do not pay for in the North. That is a fact.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Today the social welfare measures the Tánaiste promised to avoid will be rushed through the Dáil. Yet again, the Labour Party and Fine Gael will be seen as brazenly targeting children, carers and mothers and making absolutely no apology for it. They had their chance to have a change of heart. Do they know something? They would have had the full backing of the general public if...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is a lie.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Fabulous.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Deputy Aodhan Ó Ríordáin should go down to Sherriff Street.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: There are people watching proceedings in this Chamber this morning who do not know how they will manage their week-to-week domestic budgets because of the cuts the Government is introducing. The Tánaiste has accused others of having a hard neck. I suggest that his is a hard neck of the bright, brassy variety. It is clear that "fair" is a four-letter word in the minds of Fine Gael and...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should tell that to the Tánaiste.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will not withdraw it.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I cannot hear what the Chair is saying.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I will not withdraw that word or any other word I have used in this Chamber today. A lie is a lie and a liar is a liar. The people at home viewing these proceedings know that full well.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: "Untruth", perhaps.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Then I shall withdraw the offensive term "lie" and instead use the word "untruth", "porky pie" or "Pinocchio". Are those words allowable?
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about the tax amnesty proposed by the Labour Party?
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: We do not understand the logic of having a tax amnesty.