Results 19,221-19,240 of 21,260 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Private Members' Business. National Monuments: Motion (resumed) (23 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: We want, not alone Nos. 14-17 Moore Street preserved and developed but the entire terrace preserved and developed. We then want that collectively we use our imaginations, ingenuity and foresight to develop fully the battle site up to and including the GPO and all the lanes I mentioned earlier. It is fair to say that no individual political party can claim the legacy of 1916 for itself but...
- Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 313: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to make public any policy, legislative and/or financial issues that may need to be addressed with regards to the disposal of State assets.. [25537/12]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 363: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [25034/12]
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach is pretty upfront in his remarks and he states categorically that the intention of this meeting is not to take decisions or draw conclusions - that is in the fifth paragraph of the script he delivered to us. If anything characterises the manner in which the European institutions have failed to deal with the crisis in which we find ourselves, that pretty much sums it up. The...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: What it says is that far from a new urgency, at least in the mind of the Taoiseach and the mind of the system here, it is still this laissez-faire, business as usual approach. The Taoiseach and his Government are half asleep on these matters. When the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, who is seated beside the Taoiseach, conceded or indicated today that we are looking a second bailout...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Everything the Taoiseach has said inside the Oireachtas indicates that Nero fiddles, or Enda fiddles, while Rome burns.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The debate moves on, the politics shifts and the categoric evidence of the failure of austerity is there for all to see but the Irish system and the Taoiseach simply do not want to see it. The Taoiseach quoted the OECD earlier during Questions to the Taoiseach and tried to put a positive gloss on its position, so let us see what it makes of matters. The OECD states the eurozone crisis remains...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: In his speech, the Taoiseach painted a picture of what he calls a "virtuous cycle". The virtuous cycle brings the deficit under control and provides a growth stimulus to the economy which would boost growth rates and job creation. This growth in turn would lighten our debt burden, which in turn would encourage further growth. This is very sensible but the difficulty is that the policies...
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am struck-----
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am struck by the Taoiseach's faux indignation and his concern that Deputy Higgins is condemning the independent chairperson.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That is just nonsense.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: In an effort to be helpful, may I make the following suggestion to our colleagues on the Government benches and to the Taoiseach in particular? He is obviously very concerned to debate the matters contained within the austerity treaty.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Can I suggest to him-----
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----that rather than detaining this session with a discussion on it-----
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----he should make himself available outside this House for a debate with Deputy Adams, the leader of the "No" campaign. That would be useful.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have made my point.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I have made my suggestion to the Taoiseach.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: If he is so utterly horrified by what the Deputy had to say, he should take the discussion outside this House.
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: During his meeting with the banks on 21 February, did the Taoiseach raise the issue of mortgage distress and how did they respond? Did he discuss the personal insolvency Bill and did they express a view on it - supportive or otherwise? Was the proposal to move loss-making tracker mortgages from Permanent TSB and other banks into the IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, discussed by the banks...
- Economic Management Council (22 May 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That was not my question.