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- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: No doubt the extent of their misery making will sadly become apparent in December with their budget announcement. It does not seem to have occurred to the Taoiseach that the processes he describes, that he has embarked on and that he lauds so fully, are not working. The realpolitik of how this will play out is that, unfortunately, in the case of Ireland, because they failed to assert...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: This statement that the Taoiseach referred to was equivocal as regards Ireland. It only committed to re-examine our situation and, as my party pointed out to the Taoiseach at the time, very dangerously, it stated, "with a view ... [to] improving the sustainability...". There was no recognition of the unsustainability of the position that we are in.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: In addition, it cites our "well-performing adjustment programme", that is, all the cuts that people are suffering. The Taoiseach has failed to make the case at a European level. That is the truth.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach should answer the question that I put to him. How is it, in the name of all sanity, that the Department of Finance headed by Deputy Noonan last night welcomed the statement from these three Ministers that told us, if not to drop dead, certainly to get lost?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I did.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I quoted that exactly.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is failing.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Serious failure, that should be.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not know whether the Taoiseach has read this story about the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, this morning-----
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am asking this question in the context of promised legislation and the ordering of business. It is a serious matter-----
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----when a Cabinet Minister is involved in things that might be construed as encouraging discrimination.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach plans to bring forward the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill, the purpose of which is to separate the commissions which I suggest need to be strengthened. I also suggest the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan, needs to be informed that discrimination is unlawful, including discrimination against members of the Traveller...
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I ask the Taoiseach to give a commitment that the Minister will come before the Dáil to make a statement on the matter.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It is a headline banner news story in a national newspaper.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: It refers to actions that encourage and underwrite discrimination against members of the Traveller community. It is a most serious matter and I ask the Taoiseach to treat it as such and make time available for the Minister to make a statement on the issue.
- Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: On the matter of the Minister making a statement -----
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Sinn Féin has welcomed the publication of the proposed wording of the referendum on children's rights. It has been a long time coming, some 20 years, and is a welcome development. Without doubt, it is a very significant step towards enshrining children's rights in the Constitution. We note that the current text does not mirror the wording agreed to by the cross-party Joint Committee...
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----to make every effort to have a full and inclusive debate, not simply to give a platform to organisations or individuals but to remain mindful of citizens who want to do the right thing by children but who still have fears that must be allayed. I believe those fears can be allayed in the course of the debate. The children’s referendum is welcome but fine words alone will not put...
- Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can only imagine the fear, the isolation, the helplessness and, perhaps for many, the final submission felt by those women and girls incarcerated in the Magdalene laundries. While I can only imagine the nightmare, I know there are many who live with the reality. I am also conscious as we debate this motion that there are women and their families watching this debate for whom the Magdalene...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: From the very start, the Taoiseach's position in respect of bank debt has been astonishing. The Taoiseach never sought a write-down despite his pre-election commitments. The Government has paid unguaranteed, unsecured bondholders in full despite stating that not one red cent would be passing hands. Next week another €1 billion will go to unguaranteed bondholders in Allied Irish...