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Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach still has not answered the question.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to share time with Deputy Brian Stanley.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a financial crisis in Europe, one that is fast becoming a political farce. The spectacle of yet another Franco-German summit in recent days sends a clear message to the world about the current status of the European Union as a so-called partnership of equal sovereign states. Ireland's citizens have been forced to accept punishing austerity budget after budget over recent years....

Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Many years ago, I listened to a speech delivered to the then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, comparing the after effects of the potato famine with the unemployment crisis of the 1980s. It was not so much the famine as the cholera and disease that followed that devastated the people. It was not so much the unemployment as the drugs crisis in the inner cities, the despair and the lack of hope. As...

Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----to attack, once again, the most disadvantaged people in this State. The Labour Party should make up its mind who it stands for, whether this is for the people who put its Members into this Chamber, or to kowtow to right-wing interests in this State and outside the State. The Labour Party should make up its mind and stop giving us this fog about the North of Ireland.

Written Answers — Skill Shortages: Skill Shortages (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in view of the mismatch of available skills and available jobs in the market and the expensive and often slow infrastructure within his Department in identifying new skills sets that will be needed in the immediate future, he will consider a new State sponsored jobs media based on the LinkedIn model that would connect...

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Start tweeting Deputy Kehoe.

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Tweet away over there.

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is a sovereign Parliament. Why not fly the European flag fly over this building? This is a sovereign Parliament.

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is this a sovereign Parliament or not?

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: So it is sovereign now? Is it a sovereign Parliament or not?

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Then stop comparing it with the Six Counties.

Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Answer the question, is this a sovereign Parliament or not?

Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her response to the pre-budget submissions of Age Action and Social Justice Ireland both of which underline the threat posed by the recent households benefits package cuts to the health and well-being of older persons and those with disabilities and which call for the reversal of those cuts. [29054/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the refusal to count credited contributions accrued while on maternity leave when calculating a person's eligibility for carer's benefit serves disadvantage and discriminates against women. [29055/11]

Written Answers — Arts Policy: Arts Policy (18 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how he plans to maximise participation in the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29856/11]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (18 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view on whether it is appropriate that Israeli arms companies (details supplied) that participate in the construction of Israel's illegal wall and private companies based in illegal Israeli settlements receive EU funding through the seventh framework programme; the steps he is taking to ensure that such...

Written Answers — Local Authority Expenditure: Local Authority Expenditure (18 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 565: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that town and county councils will have to pay for the salt they receive from the National Roads Authority; and if this cost will correspond with the costs accrued by the NRA in acquiring the salt. [29741/11]

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was not a political charge.

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach made a personal accusation against Deputy Adams.