Results 221-240 of 20,508 for speaker:Mary Lou McDonald
- Commemorative Events (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am aware that the Taoiseach has visited Moore Street and, as he put it, the laneways of history. One of the problems in terms of the protection for the building is that the approach that has been taken is very minimalist. We are all aware of that. Does the Taoiseach support extending the level of protection for the whole terrace? In order to develop it as a viable commemorative site and...
- Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Taoiseach may not have made the commitment to halving his Department. I accept it is not in the programme for Government. However, he said he sees the Department as becoming the strategic centre of Government, overseeing the delivery of the programme for Government. It is for the Office of the Taoiseach to bring coherence, clear communication, commonality of purpose and a oneness of...
- Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I am curious to know how the Taoiseach intends to anchor this strategic centre. It seems to be far from centred, it seems to be all over the place. What does the Taoiseach propose to do to bring a sense of discipline, action and good communication to his team?
- Departmental Staff (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The Labour Party benches knew all about shoes.
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: On two occasions this House has called for the release of files on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Nobody in this House disputes the fact that there have been victims on all sides, and that all victims must have acknowledgement and truth. It is a given that this cannot be a selective process. I am worried, however, when I hear the Taoiseach report on conversations with the British Prime...
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: What about the files?
- Northern Ireland Issues (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I can tell the Taoiseach that republicans will fully co-operate with an independent, international and properly established commission on truth and reconciliation; he need be in no doubt about that.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to raise the damning criticism of the State's failure to protect women who were detained and abused in the Magdalene laundries. This criticism is contained in the United Nations Committee Against Torture report on Ireland. As many as 30,000 women passed through these laundries in the period from 1922 to 1996. The women were held as prisoners and forced to work without pay. They...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: The State's contention in respect of these women is that they were in the laundries voluntarily and that the State has no liability or responsibility on the basis that these were private institutions. The State has not acquitted itself well, whatever the recommendation from the UN. The State has failed these women. This is not a new issue; the matter of the women in the Magdalene laundries...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I seek a more concrete commitment from the Taoiseach. The women await an apology; the women await acknowledgment; and the women and their families await the lifting of the awful and degrading taboo they have carried with them. They also await a measure of compensation. The State excluded these women from previous redress mechanisms. Now is the moment for the apology, the acknowledgement...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: When does the Taoiseach expect that to happen?
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence base used to calculate the assumptions on which the projected return to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013 is based. [14230/11]
- Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions on which the projected return to the bond markets in 2012 and 2013 is based. [14229/11]
- Written Answers — Wage-setting Mechanisms: Wage-setting Mechanisms (7 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is considering in conjunction with the Department of Finance and the Department of Education and Skills to counterbalance the negative impact of abolishing or changing joint labour committee wage agreements for students working part-time at weekends who rely on their current rates of pay to fund rental...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to read something to the Taoiseach, which states: The IMF-EU bailout deal has not and will not restore investor confidence in our country, and must therefore be renegotiated to reduce the interest rate and to ensure a fairer sharing of the cost of fixing Ireland's broken banks. The current deal is bad for Ireland - and bad for Europe The Taoiseach of course recognises those words...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----they come from the Fine Gael general election manifesto and comprise that party's reflections on the lousy legacy left by its friends in Fianna Fáil, now on the Opposition benches.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the sustainability of the so-called bailout. Yesterday, despite what the Taoiseach stated in the Chamber this morning, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, performed yet another of the U-turns for which the Government is fast becoming famous. He informed Members that he now is backing down on Fine Gael's stated and hyped demand for a reduction in the...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: -----in her bid for the top job at the IMF, Ms Lagarde has shown very little regard for the position in Ireland.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: On 11 March, the Taoiseach set out his stall in a bullish fashion at EU level in respect of corporation tax. I remind him that on 15 March, he told the Dáil that a cut in the interest rate had been secured.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2011)
Mary Lou McDonald: On 23 March, the Minister for Finance reiterated this point.