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Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if following the publication of the Third Report of the Organisational Review Programme he intends to publish his Department's comprehensive action plans in response to the Organisational Review Programme findings. [11227/12]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was granted a higher education grant for a period of four years, when the course is clearly a four and a half year course, and is now deemed ineligible for the 2011-2012 academic year. [11306/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for exceptional needs payments for religious ceremonies - that is, communions and confirmations - from County Donegal who were refused a payment in 2010 and 2011. [11157/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose application for a council mortgage was rejected on the grounds that neither applicant had been in employment for the required two years; and if he will address this refusal in view of the fact that the family have a proven track...

Written Answers — EU Youth in Action Programme: EU Youth in Action Programme (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 630: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the involvement Irish children and young persons have had with the EU's Youth in Action 2007 to 2013 programme. [10670/12]

Written Answers — EU Youth in Action Programme: EU Youth in Action Programme (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 631: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her priorities in the negotiations around any continuation of the EU's Youth in Action programme or similar programmes post 2013. [10671/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 733: To ask the Minister for Health if the time that a doctor is available at the health clinic in Muff, County Donegal can be extended due to large population and catchment area of the village and the distance to the nearest clinic; and if he will also ensure that a doctor is available at the same time every week [11303/12]

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I imagine the mood among those in the Cabinet was sombre yesterday when the Attorney General's deliberations were reported and it dawned on them that a referendum was unavoidable. I recall when the Tánaiste addressed the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on this issue. We probed and determined that the term "preferably constitutional" was changed in the text. The only achievement...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is on the record so the Tánaiste can deny it all he likes.

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He confirmed that our Government's negotiators worked with other governments to achieve this weakening of the text. In return, we got the German Government's insistence that ESM access would be conditional on supporting the treaty, a fine achievement. The Government must have been gutted yesterday when the Attorney General reported on her deliberations. Of course, Sinn Féin had already...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As our party president said, the Government has saved us a lot of money. We are pleased the people have got their outcome and that we do not have to court as we did previously when Deputy Pearse Doherty took his case. It is strange to look across the House and see the leader of the Labour Party there because as we debate these issues and make our statements, the European Trade Union Congress...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is good the Tánaiste is on the record now as saying that was not the case and that he gave absolutely no assurance to the US ambassador. Despite the Tánaiste's protestations, that is what was reported through WikiLeaks at the time and that disturbed the Labour Party grass roots.

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here we were again and we came back with the second Lisbon treaty referendum. We had an alliance of Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party and Fine Gael with their leaders walking down the street and telling people to vote "Yes" for jobs, growth and prosperity.

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The economic crisis was just beginning at that stage and people's concerns were heightened, which made that a powerful combined message and promise to the people. They believed and voted "Yes", but they did not get jobs, growth and prosperity. Did they even get solidarity? No. When economists across the world, both left and right, analyse the situation in Ireland, they all agree that the...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am addressing the issue clearly. I am explaining the context of how this treaty came about. This crisis was about free market capitalism, deregulation of markets, privatisation and all of those things that came with Reagan and Thatcherite policies, which were embraced in Europe against the will of the European people. This led to a collapse of that system. What did we get in response to...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: People talk about conspiracy theories with regard to Goldman Sachs. The technical Prime Ministers of Greece and Italy are of the Goldman Sachs stable. The president of the ECB is from the Goldman Sachs stable. We have senior treasury secretaries and economic advisers in America from that stable. We must ask the question whether if these people and Governments have failed so...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Tánaiste knows I am right about this treaty. This treaty is about Angela Merkel's insistence on austerity. She has given the impression to her own people that this was about irresponsible, reckless feckless people in the periphery - the banks and so on, but mostly ordinary people - who now need to be cleansed for their recklessness through austerity and that when the people can prove...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In Ireland we could deploy our National Pensions Reserve Fund, €5.3 billion of our own resources, in partnership with the European Investment Bank and consider key strategic projects. However, we have decided that capital investment, the low hanging fruit, will be drastically reduced. There is no vision. The emphasis is on always complying with the numbers. On sovereign debt, we all know...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----are exposed to all of the various vehicles that are proposed. They have not been rigorously stress tested. All of the books across Europe - not just in Ireland - should be opened. The truth should be put on the table. When the rigorous stress tests reveal all the facts about the reality of the extent of this crisis, the banks can deleverage and we can recapitalise them on a case by...

Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (29 Feb 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This treaty fits the narrative. That is what this is all about. It is completely wrong.