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Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the Government satisfied there is no settlement produce being circulated in the Irish economy? Is the Government considering a ban on produce from these illegal settlements, in order to be absolutely clear on the matter?

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The report I have seen from the organisation Defence for Children International makes for harrowing reading. It includes pictures of children who were shot and injured by the Israeli defence forces in the region. I thank the Tánaiste's officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and in the Irish Embassy to Israel for their assistance in recent days in dealing with the 14 Irish...

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am taking the opportunity to discuss the situation in Gaza and the fact that 1 million people are in an open-air prison. There is no doubt that there are fundamental issues-----

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What is the international community doing? What can Ireland do?

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Ceann Comhairle will appreciate that it is difficult to summarise the profound issues involved in a couple of minutes.

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will wrap up on this point. Does the Tánaiste accept that the reason 14 Irish human rights activists considered it necessary to undertake the mission was the international community had failed to address the issues involved?

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not easy.

EU Developments (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I did not want to say it.

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a detailed report before me about the ongoing grave situation in what would be considered Tamil areas in the north and east of Sri Lanka from which I will read a particular sentence. I could read the whole report but the Ceann Comhairle would not allow me do that.

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The question will follow from this. It states that families must-----

Foreign Conflicts (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. When families in that area are receiving guests they must inform the army who the guests are and that is the case for any family event. The intrusion and the sense of humiliation and subjugation goes down even to the right to associate within one's community and have a social event in one's home. What is the United Nations doing allowing these types of situations to continue when...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communications he has made with the Israeli authorities to protect the safety of Irish citizens and human rights activists aboard the [i]MV Saoirse[/i]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33723/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the legitimate concerns for the safety of Mr. René Ganzález Sehwerert's who is on probation for three years in the United States after finishing a brutal 13 year sentence, and is resident in an area which he has been forbidden to frequent under the terms of his release, rather than be allowed to...

Written Answers — Economic Forecasts: Economic Forecasts (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal GDP assumptions for Q3 and Q4 2011 that are used in the mid-term financial statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34448/11]

Written Answers — Economic Forecasts: Economic Forecasts (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Finance the real GDP assumptions for Q3 and Q4 2011 that are used in the mid-term financial statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34447/11]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Ireland's financial contribution to the World Bank's International Financial Corporation; and the basis on which the contribution is based. [33716/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 572: To ask the Minister for Health the level of consultation with actual parents or children on the design or, more important, the location of the proposed national children's hospital; and if he considered this consultation to be adequate. [34139/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Health the way he can ignore the weight of public opinion here that does not consider the Mater Hospital site, Dublin, to be suitable as the location for the national children's hospital as evidenced by the overwhelming opposition in two polls (details supplied) on the subject. [34140/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 574: To ask the Minister for Health the way he can defend the fact that the independent review of the national children's hospital project carried out earlier this year did not include a full review of the decision to locate the hospital at the Mater Hospital site, Dublin. [34141/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (15 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the valuation the Health Service Executive put on the primary health care centre in Buncrana, County Donegal, currently for sale on the open market; and the investment of the HSE and previously the North Western Health Board in the location from site acquisition up to the present day. [34344/11]