Results 19,901-19,920 of 21,280 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Our policies would have people back at work.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: No, but you might.
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the terms of reference of the current review of the FÃS community employment programme; the way the distinctive nature of the CE ring-fenced drugs rehabilitation projects which have a critical role in delivering the national rehabilitation strategy will be taken into account as part of this review; if she will give...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government has already done that.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (17 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish the new report drawn up by the central expenditure and evaluation unit. [2105/12]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (17 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will define in detail a public service body in the context of existing and the new single scheme public service pension schemes legislation. [2490/12]
- Written Answers — Immigration Service: Immigration Service (17 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full cost of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service new computer system AISIP; if the system was fully tested before going live; the action the INIS is taking to address the backlogs in processing and the creating of correspondence arising from the new system; the reason the INIS was unable to ensure the transfer of all...
- Written Answers — Preschool Services: Preschool Services (17 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is reviewing funding for the free preschool year; and if she has ruled out any cut to the scheme funding. [2015/12]
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Where?
- National Sports Campus (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the position regarding the developments at the sports campus at Abbotstown, Dublin; the further developments he intends to undertake there; and a timeframe for same. [1564/12]
- Rail Services (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of the LUAS extension [1579/12]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year expenditure saving arising from his decision to implement from 2012 a phased withdrawal of supports in some schools from earlier disadvantage programmes or schemes predating the current DEIS scheme. [1753/12]
- Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure we all remember when the budget was announced in the House. We were told that one of its greatest achievements was that the pupil-teacher ratio had not been affected. That was the stuff of smoke and mirrors because in significant ways the pupil-teacher ratio in schools had been adversely affected in respect of the provision of guidance counsellors, proposed staffing schedules for...
- Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Government deserves credit for what it did during that time under the stewardship, in particular, of Niamh Breathnach when she was Minister, but it must be said the Minister is prepared to undermine these very achievements. He said there were no cutbacks in the DEIS programme. He is dancing on the head of pin.
- Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Minister tells us that he wants to address the issue of posts pre the DEIS programme. He also told us last night that the retention of pre-DEIS programme posts was a concessionary measure. His language in the course of the debate in recent weeks has been extremely revealing in the sense that there are legacy issues at play. The Minister knows them well - the legacies of deprivation,...
- Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: When we tabled the motion, we actively encouraged parents and teachers to lobby Government backbenchers but, in particular, Labour Party Deputies. I am pleased to see that teachers, parents and communities have mobilised strongly on the issue. At the time of the general election the line was that one should put the Labour Party in government to remove the sharp edges off Fine Gael. It now...
- Order of Business (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I object to the use of the guillotine. This legislation is highly contentious and it has caused grave concern across rural Ireland. Time is required to examine it in great detail and to take the amendments. At least time must be given to consider the proposition and perhaps for the Government to reconsider it. The practice of using guillotines in important debates should not be tolerated...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am sure the workers concerned will appreciate the expressions of sympathy from this Chamber, but they, like the almost 500,000 others out of work, take the view that sympathy is not enough. When did the Government first receive notice of these job losses which are significant in number? It would be astonishing if the story just fell fall from the sky. At this juncture is the Government...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: That was a nice try by the Minister but he did not answer the question. Perhaps he does not have the information on when the Government was aware of those job losses. He said it is not business as usual. Of course it is not business as usual; it is certainly not business as usual for those workers or for any other worker who is seeking employment at the moment and who hears on the one hand...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jan 2012)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----and now they get bailed out and the workers in those sectors suffer. The challenge for the Government is to give comfort, certainty and opportunities to those workers. What about their redundancy packages? Are they secure? The Minister should be in a position to tell the House and to offer more than vague rhetoric about skill sets. This is a specific sector. It is most unlikely...