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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of reports of issues with some windows in the new medical block at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42325/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if the national ambulance service has a policy of leaving deceased persons at the location of their death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42326/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if the name change from Letterkenny General Hospital to Letterkenny University Hospital means that the hospital has the same status as all other hospitals in the Saolta Group for funding and billing purposes. [42327/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the agreement and arrangement between Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal, the Health Service Executive and the private clinic in Ballykelly in County Derry in relation to public patients from County Donegal accessing health care and services at Ballykelly, especially in relation to magnetic resonance imaging, MRI, scans and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the inpatient and outpatient waiting list for orthopaedic surgery and procedures at Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal; and the steps being taken by management to deal with these waiting lists [42866/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will appoint an independent panel to investigate the issue of mica and defective blocks in County Donegal, as announced by the Minister of State (details supplied) earlier in 2015. [42309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Enterprise Development Zones (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the deadlines to the 2015 budget for the rural enterprise development zones, issued to local authorities for 2016, so as to allow them to spend the allocations effectively. [42772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (26 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will seek a report from the Garda Síochána as to the status of its investigation arising from a report made to it (details supplied) of the alleged theft of a number of pontoons from Mulroy Bay in County Donegal. [42180/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, has stated one in ten officers has resigned from the Defence Forces in the past two years after becoming disillusioned with the job. It is stating the last reorganisation of the Defence Forces in 2012 and 2013 continues to place very significant demands on association members. Has the Minister engaged with it to discuss these...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One cannot predict with certainty the numbers who will retire every year. I understand enlisted personnel serve for a defined period and that as suh one can predict that they will retire on a certain date, but do officers have more flexibility? Will the Minister explain why he cannot predict with certainty the exact numbers who will retire in order that he can budget appropriately for a...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister, please, answer the question?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is saying he has a sense of when the vast majority will retire from knowing the dates they joined and the number of years they have served but that he cannot predict when personnel will resign or retire early.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not have a major gripe with the Minister's explanation and understand one cannot predict what will happen with more than 97% certainty. However, as there has been a repeated overrun in the past few years, do other components of the Defence Forces lose out? The Department seems to be able to find the money to close the gap, but will there be an underfunding of other areas? Is it...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Supplementary) (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Chairman for his patience. We have a list here of the number of personnel that retired and the number recruited from 2008 to present. The discrepancy between the two peaked in 2009 and 2010. For example, in 2009, 499 retired and 47 were recruited; in 2010, 522 retired and 145 were recruited. The peak of retirements was in 2012, when 793 retired, which was a very large number,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Defence Forces Report: Motion (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I fully endorse the Minister's concluding comments on the pride Irish people take in our Defence Forces, who serve our country with honour, particularly in the blue helmet peacekeeping missions overseas. We are all immensely proud of and grateful to them for what they have done for us in the international community. Regarding the UNIFIL operation, there are increased tensions in Lebanon....

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Defence Forces Report: Motion (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Regarding UNDOF, we were concerned about whether the mission was fit for purpose. It is a deadly war zone in the region, and shares a border with Syria. Our troops acted with great bravery and skill in extracting the Filipino battalion, which was surrounded by hostile rebels. Is the Minister concerned about the escalating tensions in the area and Russian aircraft being shot down? What is...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Defence Forces Report: Motion (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the EU training mission in Mali, there has been a request for more troops under Article 42.7 of the Lisbon treaty, the mutual assistance agreement. It would mean French troops would be pulled out of Mali to be deployed as their President and Government see fit. Is the Minister considering deploying more Irish troops in Mali? What assurances can he give the Irish people about their...

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What about Eoghan Harris?

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was right what I said the last day, was I not?

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was 100% right about Eoghan Harris.