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Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will work with the management of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, to facilitate an application to the prospective funding programme to ensure that those in great pain who are awaiting joint replacement operations will not be not waiting for long periods for their operations. [19056/11]

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for a Deputy to wait more than two months for a response from the Health Service Executive to a written question sent to him and passed on to them. [19057/11]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application to fund a new bridge at Cockhill outside of Buncrana, County Donegal. [19064/11]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest figures available on a monthly basis for the numbers of US troops landing at Shannon Airport. [13736/11]

Sports Capital Programme (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport when a decision will issue regarding a new sports capital programme; the level of funding provided in respect of the sports capital programme for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18964/11]

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister for Star Trek. He should remember the leaflets he sent out.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The matter I would like to raise is relevant to the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education and Skills. Apparently, the Office of the Attorney General has advised the Government, or its predecessor, that it is legally acceptable to end the closed school rule, which is an historical commitment that was made to certain rural communities. Will the Government publish this advice and explain...

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It should be.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I explain my point?

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am raising this matter because a growing number of communities are questioning the legal rationale for this change. They believe legislation should have been introduced to give effect to it.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have done so.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I think the Taoiseach could respond to what I have said. Will he publish the Attorney General's advice? It is a simple question.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will not publish the advice. What does the Government do with the advice it receives from the Attorney General?

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does it accept it and say it is fine? One needs to have hundreds of thousands of euro if one wants to go through the High Court or the Supreme Court to get that information.

Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not right.

Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a different song now.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for an increase in the carbon tax in Budget 2012 as required under the terms of the EU-IMF support programme. [18597/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the development of a property tax to be included in Budget 2012 as required under the terms of the EU-IMF programme. [18596/11]

Written Answers — Property Valuations: Property Valuations (5 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will instruct the Valuation Office and local authorities not to apply commercial rates to sporting organisations that are not for profit such as GAA clubs and golf clubs; and if necessary, if he will introduce legislation to prevent this from happening. [18225/11]

Hospital Services: Motion (5 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, has dealt comprehensively with the State-wide picture, I intend, as a Deputy representing Donegal North-East, to focus my comments on its local hospital, Letterkenny General Hospital. The Minister will be aware that not long ago 15,000 people gathered together in a county that previously had not been renowned for massive public protest. They gathered in...