Results 19,281-19,300 of 21,499 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about Towers Watson?
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Where is Towers Watson in the departmental action plan mentioned a few minutes ago?
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: He said â¬12,100.
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I think it is a sign.
- Consultancy Contracts (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I do not think it does.
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: We all accept that the decision to recognise the necessity to break the vicious cycle between banks and the sovereign is long overdue and very welcome. I have a couple of questions on the turn of events which the Taoiseach described as "seismic". Who wrote the reference to this State? The view articulated in this reference is that there will be a review. There is also an inference that...
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: So, Irish officials wrote the Irish reference. That is what I was getting at. I was not talking about the entire statement.
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I apologise, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Let us revert to the kernel of the issue. As the Taoiseach acknowledged, the Government committed not just to restoring the Freedom of Information Act to what it was before it was, undoubtedly, undermined by the previous Administration but also to extending its remit to capture other public bodies, including the administrative side of the Garda SÃochána. What progress has been made in...
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach referred to it.
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide extra funding to deal with the serious issues surrounding the maintenance of social housing, particularly flat complexes. [31206/12]
- Order of Business (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Bill 2012, brought forward by the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairà Quinn, has been referred to select committee. My colleagues and I intend to put forward amendments to the Bill in order to address several stark omissions therein, including the omission from its terms of reference of the women and children of the Magdalene...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: This week two of the Minister's Cabinet colleagues from Fine Gael called on the Government to breach its commitments under the Croke Park agreement. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, called for the suspension of pay increments in the same week as the Government yet again breached its own salary cap for the new chief executive of the VHI. The Tánaiste responded...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the irony is not lost on people when the Minister speaks about solidarity and pats himself on the back for pay caps of â¬200,000 and â¬250,000. He cannot confirm to the Dáil or the people that low paid public servants will not be attacked again and that their increments are safe. I asked him a straightforward question.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: He responded with waffle.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: He spoke about pay ceilings. He breached them repeatedly in respect of his own special advisers and we are now presented with the scandalous situation of a salary of â¬238,727 for the new man coming into the VHI. In that context, I think the Minister can be clear with us and I will put the question to him in a straightforward way. I do not want to hear about elements or parts. I want him...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister should answer the question.
- Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (27 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to instruct the National Council for Special Education to extend the schools appeals process it intends to have in place for the 2012/2013 school year. [30974/12]
- Written Answers — Special Education Review: Special Education Review (27 Jun 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date by which the National Council for Special Education will complete its major strategic review of special education. [30975/12]