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Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is the man from Del Monte.

Middle East Peace Process (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is he in favour of the EU introducing a ban on settlement goods if Israel refuses to cease settlement building in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25589/12]

Middle East Peace Process (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the conclusions of the EU Council meeting and I congratulate the Tánaiste and the departmental officials for their work in bringing about the conclusions. This is my second opportunity to congratulate the Tánaiste and it is very important that our State continues to seek for justice and peace between the Palestinian people and the Israeli people but in the interim to defend the...

Middle East Peace Process (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Under the roadmap it was agreed - Israel signed up to this - that at the outset of negotiations there would be a freeze on all settlements and that the settler outposts would be dismantled. The EU Foreign Ministers obviously reiterated in their statement that the roadmap is the path to a peaceful resolution of the conflict there. Does the Tánaiste agree that President Abbas is entitled to...

International Agreements (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on comments made on the 17 May 2012 by the newly positioned French Finance Minister Muscovici that his Government will not ratify the Austerity Treaty as is; and the impact this stance will have on the overall stability of the Euro in coming weeks. [25747/12]

International Agreements (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: During the French presidential election, François Hollande, then a candidate said that he would not ratify this treaty as is and that he would look for measures regarding growth and jobs to be put in place. On several occasions when those of us on the "No" side, including Sinn Féin, made this point clear, the Government challenged us. The French Finance Minister, Pierre Moscovici, has now...

International Agreements (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The question is as follows. The Government has enthusiastically supported the treaty and has not sought to renegotiate but has given it as it is. It did not call for changes to the text regarding growth. It has done nothing compared with what the French President and his Finance Minister are now stating. All the parties of the left - the social democratic parties - and even the European...

International Agreements (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Now that there is a renegotiation at last of this failed right wing austerity approach in Europe, and particularly of this treaty, what specifically is the Government seeking? Is the Minister or the Government actively renegotiating the treaty? Is the Government seeking eurobonds, the deployment of the European Investment Bank or a write down of banking debt in Ireland, which means we...

Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Like Deputy Ó Feargháil, I too had the opportunity as a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade to visit Ethiopia and to see at first hand the first flood of refugees to the United Nations established Tongo refugee camp and the generosity of the Ethiopian state to the Somalians who are in great devastation. Drought has become famine because of political...

UN Security Council Resolutions (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Tánaiste knows, I raised this issue with him some time ago. It was to have been launched on International Women's Day in March last year but was delayed because of the general election and the coming in of the new Government. There is great frustration in civil society that we do not have the implementation of a plan and I am sure the Tánaiste appreciates that. This is a very...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (17 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had any talks regarding the deployment of the Austro-German EU Battlegroup. [24526/12]

British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly: Statements (17 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I see the co-chair, Deputy Joe McHugh, across the Chamber. I commend him for the excellent job of co-chairing what was a most successful gathering of the assembly in the Seanad Chamber earlier this week. The BIPA has been in existence for 20 years. Much has changed on this island and between these islands during these two decades, much of it for the good. This is especially the case with...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Repayment Scheme: Nursing Home Repayment Scheme (16 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Health if public consultation will form a part of the review of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24206/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Strategy Statements: Departmental Strategy Statements (16 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department's Statement of Strategy 2011-2014 was published in May 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24207/12]

Written Answers — Foster Care Services: Foster Care Services (15 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that the 14.4% of unapproved foster carers who are not relatives of the foster child will be approved by the foster care panel under Part III of the Child Care (Placement of Children in Foster Care) Regulations, 1995; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23969/12]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (15 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed to work directly with children by the Health Service Executive who are still waiting for Garda vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23968/12]

Written Answers — Emigration Statistics: Emigration Statistics (15 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach if there are any plans to instruct the Central Statistics Office to gather and publish more detailed information on emigration figures, including to list by age, sex and county those who have emigrated from Ireland. [23789/12]

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (15 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of management committees and staff of Family Resource Centres in Donegal about the impact of cuts to their annual budgets at a time when the demand on their services has never been higher and if he will assure them of the Governments commitment to keeping their vital service...

Written Answers — Trade Negotiations: Trade Negotiations (10 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any further developments in the Mercosur talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23342/12]

Written Answers — Trade Missions: Trade Missions (10 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussion he had on his recent visit to China regarding the agricultural trade links between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23340/12]