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Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the moneys paid by the National Assets Management Agency to its professional advisers, companies and individuals; if so, if he will provide the annual moneys paid to such professional advisors in tabular form, data to be provided from the date NAMA was set up to the current date and the total annual amount paid...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has, or intends to seek redress from the engineers or architects who certified the Priory Hall apartments on behalf the banks owned by the Minister and who subsequently gave mortgages to the residents. [10376/12]

Written Answers — Stadium Projects: Stadium Projects (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2004 and 2005 the Valuation Office report has been withheld from Dublin Waterworld Limited on the instructions of a company (details supplied). [10509/12]

Written Answers — Stadium Projects: Stadium Projects (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Campus Stadium Ireland Development received written instructions from a company (details supplied) that Dublin Waterworld Limited and its advisor was not to be provided with the VAT valuation of the National Aquatic Centre; and if he considers this appropriate. [10507/12]

Written Answers — Stadium Projects: Stadium Projects (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the advice Campus Stadium Ireland Development received from its tax advisers on the Valuation Office report in 2002. [10508/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the Department of Finance issued instructions that the VAT amount of €10,254,600 be included in the legal proceedings between Campus Stadium Ireland Development and Dublin Waterworld Limited. [10505/12]

Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: On the forthcoming Bill to amend the European Communities Act 1972, does the Government intend to include the treaty on stability, co-ordination and governance - the fiscal compact - in the expanded definition of EU treaties covered by that Act?

Order of Business (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Is that a "Yes" or a "No"?

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: "Labour is opposed to short termist privatisation of key State assets".

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: "Labour is committed to the concept of public enterprise and is determined to ensure that semi-State companies play a full role in the recovery of the Irish economy".

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am glad the Tánaiste's backbenchers recognise those quotes which, of course, are taken from the Labour Party election manifesto. They formed the basis on which the Labour Party was given its electoral mandate almost one year ago. Two Labour Party Ministers are now presiding over the sell-off of key elements of Ireland's energy companies, possibly Coillte and the remaining State stake in...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government is now turning its gaze to the family silver.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: "It is a sad day for the Irish people and a tragedy for the Labour Party." These are the words of Mr. Jack O'Connor, president of SIPTU and one of the Tánaiste's own. They reflect the disappointment of many who voted for the Labour Party in the general election. Why is the Labour Party proposing this sell-off? Why are successful, self-financing State companies, such a positive in the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The expression is imitation, not repetition, is the sincerest form of flattery. That being the case, Fine Gael has been mightily flattered by the Tánaiste and his party in government. All the credit for the goals scored accrues to Fine Gael and the troika, in that order. The Tánaiste says he is concerned to invest in the economy and wants a finance stream to invest in job creatopm. That...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: It should be used to fund job creation initiatives and provide a stimulus. The Tánaiste says consumers will win from the privatisations, but that is not the case. Historically, it has never been the case in previous bouts of privatisation. The Tánaiste knows as well as I do that these policy decisions are indefensible, short-term and reckless.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: The troika originally wanted a figure of €2 billion. The Government conceded a figure of €3 billion and tried to dress it up as a negotiating victory. The Tánaiste knows that these self-financing valuable assets must be held in the ownership of the State, as that is the only way a consistent dividend can be delivered for citizens and the economy in the long term. Deputy Éamon Gilmore,...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----has said nothing stays the same. Apparently, not for him.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will the Tánaiste defend, on the basis of the Labour Party manifesto, the way his Ministers propose to engage in a fire sale of the family silver?

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: That cannot happen now.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Never mind Fianna Fáil. The Tánaiste should speak for the Labour Party and the Government.