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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health when he will appoint a full time paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist to be based at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in line with the Health Service Executive's Diabetes Expert Advisory Group policy of having one paediatric diabetic CNS for every 100 children, in view of the fact that Letterkenny General Hospital has approximately 138...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This motion is welcome and I do not see any difficulties in supporting it. The motion also provides the opportunity to address some of the challenges highlighted in the report of the Irish Refugee Council. I am sure the Minister of State is as concerned as I am about the issues highlighted in the report. According to figures for September 2012, a total of 5,098 people are residing in...

Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While Sinn Féin is not opposed to allowing the Civil Defence Bill 2012 to proceed to Committee Stage, it has some concerns about the impact the Bill will have on the functioning and management of Civil Defence. The Civil Defence board, as constituted, represents a broad balance of interests, from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Garda, the Radiological Protection Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual additional cost incurred with a no wind energy situation and the alternatives considered to achieve the same level of environmental protection using other technologies both renewable and energy conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53338/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the recent 5% increase in electricity rates sanctioned by the Commission for Energy Regulation, if he will provide a breakdown of percentage of this cost which was to facilitate the expansion of wind energy and an indication of future increases which will be necessary to complete the proposed programme in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person currently receiving jobseeker's allowance is permitted to carry out minor work for a family member, in the family members home, where no money is exchanged. [53400/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Taoiseach if he will reaffirm his commitment that marriage equality for same sex couples will be prioritised in the upcoming Constitutional Convention. [46415/12]

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One must hand it to Fianna Fáil. While I welcome the motion on disability rights and the funding of services, it is yet another example of that party's unashamed brass neck. With this motion, it is attempting to reinvent itself as an advocate for those with disabilities.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When one teases out the text, it says little aside from Fianna Fáil's stunning realisation "that it is unfair and unjust to cut services for people with disabilities". Had it any shame at all, it would have included a line apologising for the harm that it inflicted on people with disabilities and their families through the years.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Just a few years ago when Fianna Fáil was in government, it cut the disability allowance-----

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will repeat myself, as Deputy Kelleher obviously does not want to hear it.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Just a few years ago when Fianna Fáil was in government, it cut the disability allowance, the carer's allowance, the carer's benefit and the blind person's allowance not once, but twice.

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The removal of the Christmas double payments also heavily impacted on the disabled and their families and carers. All of this meant that Fianna Fáil cut the income of disabled people and their carers by 10% over two budgets. A brass neck indeed. It is no wonder that Fianna Fáil's spokesperson on social protection and Minister in that Government, Deputy O'Dea, was heckled and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to incentivise landlords and developers to place their unoccupied sale properties for rent in order to reduce spiralling rents particular in high demand areas. [54244/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Taoiseach the progress made in establishing the Constitutional Convention; if he plans to make public the names of the 66 non-elected citizens represented on the Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53760/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Death Certificates (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has yet to be furnished with a death certificate. [53709/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an incident which occurred on 16 November, when persons queuing outside the Garda National Immigration Bureau on Burgh Quay, Dublin, were asked to leave by the Gardaí and told to return the following Monday when the cost of registration would increase from €150 to €330; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals here that provide insulin pump treatment to children; and the number of children who receive this treatment in each hospital [54007/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Donegal who receive insulin pump treatment in hospitals outside County Donegal; the hospitals to which they must travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54008/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (4 Dec 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered providing an insulin pump service in Letterkenny, County Donegal; if this has been costed by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54009/12]