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Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (17 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 895: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the A5 road project linking Donegal and Derry to Dublin as part of the pilot project bonds European Union investment package. [34824/12]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (17 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 896: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the proposed Sligo to Derry rail link as part of the pilot project bonds European Union investment package. [34825/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets set for enterprise and jobs bodies to develop jobs for the unemployment blackspots identified by the census. [33856/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to redress the unemployment blackspots in Counties Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Donegal as identified by the census. [33855/12]

Written Answers — Pilot Training Courses: Pilot Training Courses (12 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that he intends to provide to the young trainee pilots and their families impacted by the breakdown in the commercial relationship between The Pilot Training College in Waterford and the Florida Institute of Technology considering the PTCW received €18,000 in support from Enterprise Ireland in 2008 and in...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (12 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assure the people of the North West of Ireland that he will not accept the proposal to wind down Malin Head Marine Rescue Sub Centre in the report compiled by Fisher Associates, Irish Coast Guard: Value for Money Review and the level of State investment undertaken in the ongoing refurbishment the Malin Head Marine...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide funding for Ireland's European Youth Parliamentarians to represent the State at the European International Conference held each year. [32296/12]

Written Answers — Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Proliferation (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the application of economic sanctions against Israel in order to persuade it to give up its nuclear weapons and bring about a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East. [32290/12]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the growing concerns in the Inishowen area of County Donegal at the response of Gardaí to a number of incidents over recent weeks including delays of over 24 hour delays in taking statements from some victims of crime, the lack of availability of Gardaí in Buncrana in the early hours of weekends...

Nuclear Proliferation (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have had my say in terms of the points that Deputy Boyd Barrett made. Blatantly shocking double standards continue to apply in this regard to Israel. The decision to close our embassy in Tehran was a bad one. Have we considered inserting ourselves into this situation? Have we considered Ireland's role as one of the driving forces behind the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as a neutral...

Nuclear Non-Proliferation (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Iran is entitled under Article IV (1) of the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty to engage in uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes on its own soil; and his further views on whether to deny Iran the right to uranium enrichment is to treat it as a second-class party to the NPT. [33732/12]

Nuclear Non-Proliferation (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There was great disappointment among those who defend Ireland's position of neutrality at the closure of our embassy in Tehran. Ireland was a driving force in the non-proliferation treaty and was one of the first states invited to sign it. It is unfortunate that we have supported sanctions against Iran which were advocated by the US, Britain and certain other European states. The report...

Nuclear Non-Proliferation (11 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thankfully the talks appear to be moving towards a peaceful conclusion, although that may disappoint certain states in the region. These states may have ambitions for Iran which would not be shared by Ireland. Three experts, Professor Paul Pillar, who worked for the CIA for 28 years and could be accused of having a vested interest against the United States, Peter Jenkins, the UK ambassador...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any action will be taken against those Health Service Executive employees who closed their files on children who subsequently died, whose cases were examined in the report of the Independent Child Death Review Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33328/12]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care on 1 June 2012; the type of care setting they were in and the Health Service Executive area they were in; the number of children on that date who were known to the HSE child and family social workers but not in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33329/12]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will endorse the requests of human rights activists. [33285/12]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to instructions being issued to An Garda Síochána since 2004 that there was or is a policy not to search suspected rendition flights at Shannon Airport.. [33654/12]

Coast Guard Stations (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Very serious concerns exist in the north west at the suggestion the Malin Head Coast Guard station and marine rescue sub-centre could be closed. As the Minister of State may know, a very serious campaign was run a number of years ago when there was a threat to the stations at Malin Head and Valentia. The community across the north west including the fishing community and all of the public...

Coast Guard Stations (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for his response. In 2003 another serious consultancy, Deloitte & Touche, published a report which recommended that Malin Head and Valentia remain open and Dublin be closed. However, what has happened is that the Dublin centre has been sustained and upgraded, while we had to fight like tigers for Malin Head and Valentia. We will do the same again. I welcome...

Written Answers — Bank IT Systems: Bank IT Systems (5 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken since the crash of the IT system at Ulster Bank with respect to ensuring that all other banks operating in the State have adequately protected IT systems and appropriate disaster recovery systems in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/12]