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Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: He will not answer it. Of course, this is the very same debt that Sinn Féin voted in favour of when it voted for the bank guarantee scheme. They voted for it.

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Not only do I know it is correct, but I was also there when it happened. I saw the Sinn Féin Deputies all come in here-----

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: -----and vote for the deal that unified the debt, the consequences of which we are dealing with now. The simple question is where would Sinn Féin get the money from. They should answer that question. If they could answer that question perhaps it would lend greater credibility and clarity regarding an alternative route for our State. Day after day, Sinn Féin Deputies come in here and say...

Written Answers — General Government Debt: General Government Debt (27 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.137 of 6 March 2012, if he will details the amount the buy-out contract between the National Roads Authority and National Toll Roads of Westlink is capitalised as general Government debt; if he will details the document in which this is published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16741/12]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (27 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the process upon which step-parent adoption will be regularised as part of his guidelines regarding surrogacy arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/12]

Written Answers — Joint Labour Committees: Joint Labour Committees (28 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there are any plans for the introduction of joint labour committees into the hotel industry in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17149/12]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans to implement changes made following Budget 2012 in respect of fee-supports for post-graduate applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17377/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the current number of applications for carers' allowance awaiting processing; the measures being taken to reduce the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17378/12]

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak. Tom Cruise is an actor who has divided opinion. Some like his films, others do not. One film that quite a few thought was his finest moment was "Jerry Maguire". In that film, Tom Cruise plays a sports agent who is trying to sign as a client somebody who plays American football. Probably the most famous moment in that film is the...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: -----the referendum of "Show me the money". It is the question that those who are against this treaty must answer. Those who are looking for the passage of this treaty are able to answer it by saying that the State, if need be - we do not believe it will happen - would have access to a fund in the future. We are able to say that if this treaty is passed, it will make it easier for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form, details of the appointments made by the Revenue Commissioners in the period 1 January 2010 to April 2012 at assistant principal and principal officer grades and in each instance, if the candidates were internal appointees or external appointees; if he will indicate, in each instance, the sections or divisions to...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal for postgraduate funding by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17879/12]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a special needs assistant to be moved from a primary school to a secondary school to assist in a child's (details supplied) ongoing education in the north Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18097/12]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an appeal for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19246/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 532: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18096/12]

Written Answers — Census Data: Census Data (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to catalogue the 1926 Census returns on-line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18330/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 967: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on subsidiary protection and the number of decisions in which subsidiary protection was granted for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18190/12]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 968: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on humanitarian leave to remain and the number of these decisions in which humanitarian leave to remain was granted for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/12]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 1179: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process upon which step-parent adoption will be regularised as part of the guidelines recently published by the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding surrogacy arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19220/12]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (18 Apr 2012)

Paschal Donohoe: Question 1180: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is possible under current legislation for surrogate mothers to adopt their children in an effort to regularise their position vis-a-vis their child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19221/12]