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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Sector Recruitment Panels: Public Appointments Service (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a process issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Sector Recruitment Panels: Public Appointments Service (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Very well; I believe that is everything. I thank the witnesses and I really appreciated their contribution today.

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach might be aware that there has been serious criticism of the International Protection Bill from all the non-governmental organisations, NGOs, that work with asylum seekers and refugees in the State. They are devastated about the missed opportunity and the failure to consult the working group on issues with the direct provision centres and the profound failures that have...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----and understand. Will the Taoiseach ensure that the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill, which will deal with those issues, is introduced before the Christmas recess? There is serious concern that there will be two different legal realities on this island which obviously will have implications for the State. Will the Taoiseach address that before he calls an election? I urge him to do...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Communities in various parts of the State have been devastated in the wake of Storm Desmond with extensive flooding to homes and businesses. Earlier this morning, I read yesterday's transcript, which showed that 17 Government and Opposition Deputies from across the State raised the concerns of their communities in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Cork, Kerry, Laois, Clare, Galway, Mayo and...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As I said, yesterday 17 Government and Opposition Deputies spoke. Nobody has a monopoly of concern about this issue that affects communities across the west. The Deputies pointed out practical issues regarding the maintenance and cleaning of rivers and issues around CFRAM's flood risk management. The Taoiseach is very familiar with County Donegal. While Deputies spoke about flooding for...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am pleased to have another opportunity, by way of these amendments from the Seanad, to outline my perspective on the progress of this Bill since its introduction. I read with some intrigue the news reports in recent weeks, most of which entirely miss the point of what the legislation is about. Sometimes in these Houses we operate in something of a bubble and get caught up in policy and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application from Donegal County Council for funding to further develop the potential of Malin Head in County Donegal, Ireland's most northerly point and a key location on the Wild Atlantic Way. [44271/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent structural problems that have been discovered at the Department of Social Protection's offices at Buncrana in County Donegal, his plans to address these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43726/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the Industrial Development Agency Ireland's office in Letterkenny in County Donegal. [44140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits in County Donegal organised by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland for potential investors, for each of the years 2007 to 2014. [44141/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of new Industrial Development Agency Ireland supported companies that have located in County Donegal and the numbers of jobs created for each of the years 2011 to date. [44142/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 434. To ask the Minister for Health the budgets allocated to each hospital for each of the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44143/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at each hospital for each of the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44144/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors at each hospital for each of the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44145/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each hospital for each of the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in patients at each hospital for the years 2007 to date in tabular form. [44147/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport following confirmation that the British Department for Transport has agreed to co-fund the re-instatement of the Derry to Dublin air connection and further to his response to previous Parliamentary Question No. 1148 of 3 November 2015, if he will support the application from the City of Derry Airport to co-fund this air link in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (2 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As always, we have deliberated on the five petitions before us today in private session and we will record in public session the decisions of the committee. Our committee has received a total of 153 petitions to date since the launch of this petitions system. The secretariat has been examining them to establish admissibility of the petitions and how best to progress them. Of the 153, 137...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (2 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is certainly a very interesting petition. We will correspond with the Minister, seeking clarification on whether legislation is required. The next is petition No. P00006/15, that Ireland should join the Antarctic Treaty, from Ms Rose Waldron. We have agreed to refer this petition to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade for examination, report back and write to the...