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An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I commend the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, on her achievement in bringing the proposed constitutional amendment on children's rights before the House. It is astonishing that it has taken so long to reach this point. I echo the sentiments expressed by my colleague, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who stated in his opening remarks that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (27 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the higher price for generic medicines in this State compared to Northern Ireland and Britain; if his Department has undertaken or will undertake an investigation; if he will take action to ensure that the potential savings to the State and to patients from generic substitution is not negated by profiteering by the industry in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (27 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation Group on Universal Health Insurance will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40992/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí who have been approved for transfer to another station; the number of those who have been waiting for their transfer to proceed for more than one year; the number of those who have been waiting for their transfer to proceed for more than two years; the number of those Gardaí who have not been transferred due to a lack...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy could ask a supplementary question anyway.

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to address the loss of more than 10,000 jobs in the border region since taking office. [41599/12]

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the reduction in the labour force in the border region by more than 4,000 since taking office. [41600/12]

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will focus specifically on Donegal as an example of the Government's failure to stimulate job creation in the Border region. From the recent CSO statistics, we know between 26% and 30% of the working population of Donegal is out of work. That is a shocking statistic. In some electoral districts up to 40% of all age groups are unemployed and emigration is rampant across the county. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a Garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick; if this Garda station will remain open for the next five years; if he will confirm that its resources will not be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41427/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fund bystander programmes aimed at helping participants to learn to detect the risk of sexual violence in social contexts, to challenge sexist attitudes and behaviours, to intervene safely in potentially dangerous situations, and to provide support to friends who are being or have been victimised; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the refusal of the Garda Commissioner to hand over files to the Attorney General in the Six Counties in relation to the reinvestigation by An Garda Síochána of the death of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, to enable the authorities there to meet their responsibilities to examine the matter;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sow housing welfare scheme will be awarded subject to planning permission being granted by an Bord Pleanála. [41623/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training Courses (2 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to allegations that those who operated the Pilot Training Centre, Waterford and who closed their operations, leaving dozens of Irish families in financial distress, have resumed pilot training in Waterford and if he will ensure that these allegations are investigated. [41581/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council Expenditure (3 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to promote best practice in the care of collections and to improve visitor experience in museums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42025/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cruthú Fostaíochta (3 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéid post nua a raibh sé mar sprioc ag Údarás na Gaeltachta iad a chruthú, ag tús na bliana; agus cé mhéid acu atá cruthaithe go dtí seo. [41969/12]

Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At the outset, I apologise to the Minister for missing the beginning of his speech, as I was delayed at the Disability Federation of Ireland's pre-budget discussion forum. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and while I welcome that it is mostly technical in nature and is intended to change the administrative status of Europol to bring it under the remit of the European Union,...

Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For all of these reasons, at a minimum, we seek the following: a guarantee that there will be no latent development of additional SIS-II functions to allow even more agencies access to extend the purposes for which data obtained from SIS-II may be used and the types of information that will be uploaded; sufficient safeguards against function creep towards "fishing expeditions" as opposed to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (4 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list what is considered deductible for tax purposes for those self-declaring annual returns. [42263/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (9 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the figures (details supplied) which show that 112,821 pupils were in classes of 30 or more for the last school year; and his plans to address the rise in primary school class sizes and increase in pupil teacher ratios resulting from cutbacks and an increasing school population. [43104/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (9 Oct 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the start date for the introduction of changes to teachers' uncertified sick pay; and if he will provide an update on the precise arrangements for transferring from seven days per school year to seven days in a rolling twenty-four month period. [43103/12]