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Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Today's Order Paper has no provision for any statement on the issue of the revised memorandum of understanding. Reference has been made to the fact that we discovered through the media that there would be such a revision. Given that the initial bailout agreement was brought before this House and voted on in December, when does the Taoiseach propose to bring this matter to the floor of the...

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I take it that not alone is the Taoiseach happy there will be a debate, he will support the idea that this House will have a vote on the revised deal. Last December, Deputy Kenny was enthusiastic for the original agreement to be brought before this House, scrutinised and voted on. The Government at the time resisted that and then finally acceded to it. I trust the current Taoiseach will be...

Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The debate can happen on Tuesday.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I welcome yesterday's announcement on the minimum wage and I am glad to see that on this matter, at least, the Government's U-turn has come the full 360 degrees. I understand the matter will be addressed in the revised bailout agreement between the Government and the IMF. However, the proposal on the minimum wage was joined by one to cut the wages and conditions of almost 240,000 workers...

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am. For a long time Sinn Féin has argued for pay cuts at the top of the public sector and the Civil Service. I notice the sabre rattling by the Tánaiste's ministerial colleague, Deputy Brendan Howlin, who is coming at the issue of public sector wages in an indiscriminate way, in tandem with the IMF.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It is clear that low paid workers in the private and public sectors will be the target for further austerity measures. I want to ask the Tánaiste the following.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Will these matters be addressed in the Government's new bailout deal with the IMF? Will the Government bring the deal before the House, not for discussion by way of statements but by way of a debate and a vote? Will the so-called jobs budget actually be about job creation, or will it prove to be a charter to slash wages?

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, you gave the Fianna Fáil speaker a right to come back a second time. The Tánaiste wilfully did not answer my question.

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. To return to the scene-----

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I refer to the minimum wage. Will the new deal, the revised memorandum of understanding between the Government and the IMF come to this House for a vote?

Order of Business (14 Apr 2011)

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

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if the situation regarding the three community development posts at locations (details supplied) has been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7968/11]

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I notice the Taoiseach is delighted with himself because the Troika are so satisfied with his revised memorandum of understanding. I wonder if his missive to The Irish Times might be signed "Delighted in Castlebar" rather than "appalled". He was asked a straight question. He promised a debate on the revised memorandum. This party wants a vote on the matter. Given that the Taoiseach seems...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----despite the fact that he has now produced a revised arrangement? I ask him to publish the deal, bring it before the House and allow us to vote on it.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: And a vote.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: The cynicism is in the Taoiseach's refusal to allow a vote on the memorandum of understanding and well he knows it.

Civil Aviation Legislation (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he plans to appoint Authorised Officers beyond members of An Garda Síochána, as foreseen under Section 49 of the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 and their training requirements. [8606/11]

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: It was as a result of the Maastricht treaty referendum.

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: I was struck, while listening to one of the previous speakers, by the fact that the phenomenon we are describing as herding, group-think and mania predates the bank crisis in the political culture of the State. I was struck by this when I heard a Member from the Fianna Fáil benches talk about the jeopardy that entry into the eurozone brought on the State. He recalled the time of the...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Mary Lou McDonald: -----and secured a very hefty sum in Structural Funding, returned to our shores and the debate was over.