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Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is not agreed. The agreement reached among the Whips was that the motion would be taken without debate. It is scandalous that the Government is once again prepared to accommodate Deputy Michael Lowry for a further 30 minutes. The Deputy has been facilitated twice and has had an hour and a half at his disposal to put his position on the record. The House has heard that position, but...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I do not think anybody is objecting to the notion of procedural correctness and natural justice. Deputy Lowry had to have the opportunity to respond——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Excuse me, in the course of the debate——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ——it may interest Deputy Buttimer to know that I made precisely the point about the Deputy's right to defend his character and to natural and procedural justice. However, the Deputy in question has been given unprecedented amounts of time so far. He has now been afforded a further 30 minutes, and he has been afforded this in a manner that was misleading to the Whips of the other...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: For future reference——

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: ——it is not an acceptable way to proceed. I hope in future that other Members on the Opposition benches will be afforded the courtesy and the latitude of time allocation in debates.

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: No. We do not believe the arrangements as currently envisaged allow sufficient time for Opposition spokespersons to digest and consider the results of the stress tests. We are asking for an hour-long adjournment to be taken at 4.45 p.m. to allow for proper consideration of the results, and that following such an adjournment, the Minister would then come before the House, make his statement...

Order of Business (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Clearly, the Minister must make a statement on this matter but, as the Tánaiste said, the results of the stress tests will be published at 4.30 p.m. and the Tánaiste has proposed that the Minister will come before the House at 4.45 p.m., leaving only 15 minutes between those two events. I notice the contrast in timing between this and the previous items we discussed. It is our firm view...

Written Answers — Abbey Theatre: Abbey Theatre (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the position regarding plans for the relocation of the Abbey Theatre including its possible location. [6185/11]

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (31 Mar 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his plans to support the Irish cinema sector. [6186/11]

Murder of PSNI Constable: Statements (5 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I will be mindful of the clock. I join in the expressions of sympathy to the Kerr family at this dark and traumatic time for them. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues of this young police officer. Ronan was just 25 when he joined the new policing service in the North of Ireland last May. In a spirit of public service he joined the PSNI to both protect and...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I note the Tánaiste's self-congratulation on his efficiency and what he claims as a new departure. He has not skipped a beat. In hock to the IMF and the European Union and in the embrace of Fine Gael, he has chosen very quickly to walk the well trodden path of Fianna Fáil and the previous Administration. Not alone has the Labour Party gone along with further bailout of the banks to the...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The question remains as to when the Government intends to do it. There is a pattern emerging here in that the Government is kicking every issue down the road. The Government parties had no such reservations when they went to the people and categorically assured them that the cut would be reversed. They did not refer to delays or consultations but gave a cast iron commitment which it must...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: When?

Order of Business (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Feicim nach bhfuil reifreann ar chearta an linbh fiú luaite sa mhéid atá curtha i gcló ag an Rialtas. Cén fáth nach bhfuil? Cén uair atá sé i gceist ag an Rialtas Bille maidir leis an Seanad a thabhairt os comhair an Tí? The legislative programme does not make reference to a Bill to facilitate a referendum on children's rights or legislation for the reform or, as the Government...

Water Services (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government if the planned new State company Irish Water will be sold off as part of the Government agenda to privatise State assets [6917/11]

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The first thing that strikes me about this debate is the title of it which is a master stroke in euphemism. The choice of "Statements on Bank Reorganisation" is a very self-conscious choice of words by the Government, not least because statements on this, the fifth banking bailout, would read rather less attractively. The Government's primary assertion is that it has adopted a new approach...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The Government also claims that this is the final deal and the final figure. It makes much of the robust stress tests carried out but what the Government does not say is that, for instance, on one of the key indicators of that stress test - the level of unemployment - we are just a shade off the worst case scenario as envisaged. I hope this is the final tab and I hope these are the final...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and to carry out the promises it made to the people in the course of the general election campaign. It blew it. Perhaps it was more comfortable for it to stay in the established groove of Fianna Fáil policy.

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Whatever their rationale is for acting as they have, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have made a mistake. There is little sense in the Fine Gael Party or, with respect, the Labour Party throwing shapes about the bank guarantee, as they did in the past two years. They should save the hot air because when the real test came and they were faced with changing tack and taking the correct...