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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 676. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts made to ensure that additional resources are deployed to North Donegal Money Advice and Budgeting Service following recent confirmation that they have the longest waiting list of all MABS offices across the State at 20 weeks, five times the State average. [38292/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 677. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the following information from each Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, office across the State; the numbers of persons availing of the service at that office in 2007 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013, and the staff numbers in each office for 2007 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013. [38293/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 823. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will examine the possibility of providing online services such as RTÉ Player to Irish citizens in Northern Ireland. [38384/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transportation (18 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the safety regulations pertaining to prisoners being transported throughout the State. [38294/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (18 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for increasing the number of personal insolvency practitioners from 37 for the entire State. [38295/13]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have had a number of exchanges with the Minister on the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, and the changes that have taken place in that regard. We had a presentation from the representative association of the RDF, which was very concerned about the changes that have taken place. It challenged the arguments on the number participating in training and on resources. I repeatedly asked the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister of State give a commitment to meet with the representative association of the RDF during the recess or as soon as he possibly can to listen to their thoughts and ideas? Regardless of the reference to consultation and to bilateral meetings the members of the representative association do not feel they have been heard. While one cannot reverse everything that has been done,...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It will be important to clarify it to say the least, as we may need to reconvene the Dáil.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Minister of State for his response. I understood Rockhill House in Letterkenny was to be taken over by Donegal County Council or sold to it, which would be very welcome because it is very historical with considerable potential. I would like to know what the opportunities are. If the Minister of State does not have the answer now, perhaps he will come back to me with the information.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister of State dissociate himself from the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Shatter, in that interview around the irrelevance of neutrality in Ireland? It is bad enough that our neutrality has been eroded, but can the Minister of State make it clear that the Government has no plans to remove neutrality and that he will send a clear message to that effect to the Secretary...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, will we each be given the same amount of time in which to pose supplementary questions?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the long awaited Green Paper on Defence; the timescale for the publication of the final White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36428/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As Deputy Ó Fearghaíl indicated, it is remarkable that a complete and radical restructuring of the Permanent Defence Force and the Reserve Defence Force has taken place and that we are now being presented with a Green Paper on the future of those very forces. Perhaps there might be an opportunity to revisit the restructuring and our submission on the Green Paper will certainly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the possible ending of the triple lock mechanism prior to Irish Defence Forces participating in overseas missions. [36427/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Eight members of our Defence Forces were deployed to Mali without any debate in this House because the number was below the threshold of 12 troops. The Minister will know the concerns that were expressed about that, given the track record of the Malian Government, its army and the human rights issues there. Today, we had 60 minutes to discuss the deployment of 150 Irish troops to the Golan...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We would argue that the triple lock of the UN, the Government and the Dáil is really a double lock because the Government of the day obviously has a majority in the Dáil, as was the case today. It is really a UN and Government decision. The difficulty, as we have seen, is that not all UN Security Council resolutions are implemented consistently. It is certainly not consistent....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The query was about retention of statistics around that issue. If Mr. McCutcheon is not doing that he could have a look back at it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That concludes our business. It has been a long session. I thank everybody for attending the meeting. I thank especially the petitioner, Mr. John O'Sullivan, for travelling from Cork to attend here today. It is very much appreciated. I also thank Mr. John Douglas from Mandate, now president of the ICTU, Ms Rhona Murphy and Mr. Loughlin Deegan, who has already left, from IBEC, Ms Esther...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will conclude. Several parliamentarians queried this issue so maybe the Department would consider it.