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Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care for Children (1 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations from the report, the Respite Services for Children with Life-Limiting Conditions and their Families in Ireland, a National Needs Assessment, on palliative care for children; and if so, if he will outline his implementation plan. [20587/13]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Prior to speaking about the specifics of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill placed before us today, I wish to outline yet again to the House the reality of mortgage difficulty. I am not convinced that the Government grasps just how dire the situation is for tens of thousands of households across the State. As I speak, almost one in four households is in mortgage distress. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are towns to be added to the MANs scheme; if these towns will be identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20194/13]

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This morning the European Court of Justice found in favour of the case against the State taken by the former Waterford Crystal workers on the losses to their pensions. The court found that offering retirees half of what they are entitled to is not going to wash. In response to this, what legislation does the Government intend to introduce to give proper protection to workers when they are...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Tens of thousands of homeowners woke up this morning to learn of yet another interest rate hike this time from AIB and the EBS. It is a sneaky rise when the ECB is likely to cut interest rates next week. It is even more galling for homeowners when they followed the proceedings yesterday where Richie Boucher was awarded a remuneration package of €843,000. Where is the Labour Party in...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----when one compares that to the lack of concern for the Croke Park issue?

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The personal insolvency legislation is being enacted and rolled out as we speak. A reply to a parliamentary question received by my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, last night confirmed that it is expected that 19,000 people will engage in that service. Many of them are people who believed what they heard in this Chamber, from so-called expert economists and from people with vested...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. The banker who received €850,000 yesterday was up to his neck in all of that. That is the reality. People are sick to their stomach that every time we have to deal with these issues there is some buyer in the way. When will there be leadership? I and others sat through 15 or 16 hours of deliberation on Committee Stage and Report Stage amendments to the Personal Insolvency...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Museum Projects (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the growth in tourism from Asia and the fact that a world famous collection of Tibetan paintings is housed at Collins Barracks, and that Dublin also has the Chester Beatty, his plans to establish a Museum of Asian Art in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19376/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for his response and will make a final brief point. I suggest the joint committee might schedule a review of this issue in a year's time. Members will have received the presentation from the association, the Minister will have had a chance to consider it and perhaps in a year's time, members could reconvene with the representative association to ascertain what is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That also would be good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will have some fun with that, and I would rather ask him a question on the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise for being late and for missing the Minister's presentation but I have read it. The level of reservists who did not participate in training could not be sustained and had to be addressed. There is no question about this. A member of the Reserve Defence Force, as a support to the Permanent Defence Force, should train on a regular basis, as should members of Civil Defence and...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I cannot believe the Taoiseach is coming out with that again.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the percentage of the total home help hours administered by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal, allocated to private companies for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 [18481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 598. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for the years 2010, 20911, 2012 and to date in 2013 of the number of home help assistants in County Donegal contracted by the Health Service Executive; and the hours they worked per week [18482/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 599. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help assistants, contracted by the Health Service Executive, do not appear to have hours they have lost reinstated or replaced over recent years [18483/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 600. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a commitment that all contracts between the Health Service Executive and home help assistants will be honoured in terms of compensation for lost hours in the event of their clients being taken into respite care or in the event of their client's death [18484/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal, in each of the past seven years; and the funding available to the hospital in 2013 [18894/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal, in each of the past seven years. [18895/13]