Results 541-560 of 9,140 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (19 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support he will offer to the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, London in their efforts to secure the building that houses the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30326/11]

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy is a gurrier. That is disgraceful.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It needs to be taken more seriously by the Government.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He was very impressed with the boss.

Written Answers — Prison Inspections: Prison Inspections (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to get a full report on the extent to which those aspects of the recommendations of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention have been implemented; any information he may have about the implementation of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31240/11]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to close any Garda stations here; the timeframes associated with either decisions on closures or actual closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31239/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the exclusion from the EU of produce from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31208/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will meet representatives of the Irish Ship to Gaza campaign to receive their evidence on the reason they believe their boat, the [i]MV Saoirse[/i], was sabotaged by Israeli agents while docked in Turkey; the efforts he has made to establish the facts about this incident that endangered the lives of Irish...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the impact on post offices of having social welfare payments paid directly into a bank account rather than a post office account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31001/11]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 422: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give a commitment that he will not sign up to the closure of any Garda station until joint policing committees, local communities and community organisations including community alert committees, parish councils and representative groups for the elderly or disabled in each affected community are consulted and have the...

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My colleague, Deputy Adams, outlined how our national interest should be reflected in the discussions at the EU summit. I share his concerns. There is a need to assert our national interest and the sovereignty of our State. However, what is shaping up as a bad deal for us will also be a bad deal for all of Europe. It looks like the summit will continue to follow the mistakes of the past....

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are paying their banks.

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, know that regardless of the public position they take, it is profoundly wrong that we are paying over €700 million to the bondholders mentioned today. They know it is absolutely, fundamentally and morally wrong. What is happening today does a total disservice to the people. I will not remind them of what they said before the...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was a fine speech, but it has not happened.

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The speech in question was made after the general election.

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who are the bondholders who are being given €711 million of our money, plus interest? Are they hedge fund speculators, as has been reported? Did they pay knock-down prices, in the correct belief the Government would pay them in full? Are speculators in Paris, Frankfurt and New York popping open champagne bottles to celebrate the decision of the Minister? They must have known he was...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hundreds of people have sent emails to TDs and Senators, appealing to them not to support the payment of this money today. There is massive interest among the Irish people in this. In that context, I would like the Taoiseach to tell us two things. What is the rationale for the ECB insisting we pay these unsecured bondholders today and that we pay €1.2 billion in January and a further...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not an answer. Why are they saying we should pay?

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will initiate a discussion at EU level on the possibility of produce from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories being excluded from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32255/11]

Out of Hours Services (3 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the pilot out-of-hour social work service currently being tested in two locations as provided for in the implementation plan published following the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. [32517/11]