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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (26 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reassure the people of Letterkenny, County Donegal, on their serious concerns now that they have lost their Gateway status and are soon to lose their town council. [10111/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (26 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any prosecutions were initiated as a result of information gathered by RTE in the course of its Prime Time programme, Profiting from Prostitution, broadcast on 7 February 2012; the offences charged and the current status of the prosecutions. [9536/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (26 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider establishing an all-Ireland joint-taskforce between An Gardaí Siochána and PSNI in order to combat organised crime. [9566/13]

Order of Business (21 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When does the Tánaiste anticipate the legal services regulation Bill will again come before this House? When will the mental capacity Bill be advanced and when will Committee Stage of the criminal justice (spent convictions) Bill be taken?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created and supported by InterTradeIreland in the past five years; the average cost of each of these jobs; if he will compare and contrast these costs with Enterprise Ireland, Invest NI and the Industrial Development Agency. [9044/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation of the 12,000 new jobs created in the private sector as claimed in the Action Plan for Jobs progress report, the number that were part time, full time or causal/temporary in nature. [9052/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Agencies (21 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recent reports that the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission have had significant staff and budget reductions since 2009 and are failing to operate effectively as a result; the exact staff reductions and budget cutbacks experienced by these bodies since 2009; the way he intends to ensure that the merged Human Rights...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is ironic that you are chairing this session, Deputy Mathews, being one of the people who warned about the huge challenge of private mortgage debt in the State. You have evangelised about this issue for a long time.

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The first section of the Sinn Féin motion refers to housing. A lay person looks at all of this in bewilderment. Not so long ago, turnkey housing developments were being sold at full market value throughout the State. Now, houses have halved in value. There is a simple economic rule of thumb that at a time of recession the government should intervene, first, because it creates jobs,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Did the Department of Justice and Equality consult Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders or the Immigrant Council of Ireland in relation to this proposal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like clarification on the process that will take place when this matter comes to the Dáil. Will this be raised on the Order of Business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will that motion come before the Dáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could it be next Tuesday, 26 February, which is the deadline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like to make a suggestion. It would be helpful if we were to invite submissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, we are being asked to opt in to agreements with all of the states mentioned. Therefore, it is not a choice on whether we opt-in or out. Is it not correct to say we are being asked to opt in? Perhaps I have misunderstood, but what I see is that Ireland has an option, as agreed to in a referendum, in these matters. Therefore, as matters stand, we have a choice whether to opt in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To be clear, is it correct that we do not have agreements with all of the countries mentioned? I have named some about which I have concerns, as have others. The reason I am asking for further deliberation is we have been asked to opt in to agreements, subject to all of the assurances the Minister of State has given. This is a big decision and we need all of the opinions on the table.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some of our standards are lower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is a serious matter for the committee to consider. As the Minister of State will be aware, we have an opt-out provision because the people voted for protocols on this matter in a referendum. It goes to the core of our sovereignty that we establish our own human rights criteria. Of course, there will be various analyses of regimes. We might, for example, disapprove of the illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that five unarmed civilians were shot dead by the Israeli armed forces in January 2013, four in the West Bank and one in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/13]