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Written Answers — Scéimeanna Teanga: Scéimeanna Teanga (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 127: To ask the Aire Gaeltacht Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta a mheasúnú a thabhairt ar an scéim is déanaí a deimhníodh anuraidh. [21649/12]

Written Answers — EU Programmes: EU Programmes (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in relation to the European Union media programme for the European audio visual industry, the number of projects that are running here. [21413/12]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision to refuse funding for roof works to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal following their application under his Department's emergency repairs grant. [21401/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the drop in curricular support available to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, Inishowen's first and only Irish language secondary school, following cutbacks to disadvantaged area posts; the way he proposes to ensure that this temporary school is not prevented from becoming permanent due...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following their recent whole school evaluation, if he will consider re- prioritising the band rating for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for their proposed building project to ensure that more than 500 students and teachers no longer have to navigate this split-level campus and endure challenges like changing for PE in...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support the efforts of County Donegal Vocational Education Committee to secure a site at Buncrana, County Donegal, of adequate dimensions to facilitate a three school campus incorporating schools (details supplied). [21404/12]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider re-prioritising the band rating for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for their proposed building project; and if he will acknowledge that their existing temporary facilities are completely inadequate. [21405/12]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he justifies the abolition of postgraduate grants and the way he justifies raising fees to €3000. [21723/12]

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the proposed new water meters will be housed in boundary boxes adjacent to the tap-off point on the main road where the mains water supply normally runs that are often hundreds of metres away from the property being charged; if this is in keeping with best international practice; if...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hope Deputy Rabbitte has written down that.

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises can benefit from the EU progress micro enterprise fund. [20894/12]

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the first loans to businesses will be granted through the new proposed micro enterprise scheme. [20893/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Reform: Public Service Reform (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Secretary General of his Department has written to all other secretaries general asking them to publish on their website the quarterly purchase orders for goods and services of more than €20,000; the measures of enforcement he intends to pursue to ensure that all Departments publish these figures. [20305/12]

Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the statutory remit for remodelling apprenticeships that will allow future apprentices to have direct entry from their leaving certificate to the institutes of technology to begin their courses. [19514/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to Channel 4's recent documentary, the Sudanese Government is using drones which contain elements made in Ireland in its targeting and killing of civilians; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland could be supplying this kind of...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 691: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to develop a transparent scoring system to evaluate all sites put forward for the National Children's Hospital to the review group; and his views on whether the scoring system should be made available to the general public in the spirit of transparent decision making [19882/12]

Written Answers — Apprenticeship Programmes: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to change the statutory remit for remodelling apprenticeships that will allow future apprentices to have direct entry from their leaving certificate to the institutes of technology to begin their courses. [19514/12]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (19 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland assertion that cuts to teachers' allowances may breach the Croke Park agreement. [19515/12]

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will start by taking us back a few steps. To understand where we are now, we must look at where we came from and how we got here. Sinn Féin's criticism of the Maastricht treaty and the proposition of economic and monetary union related to the idea of a one size fits all policy working. We said having a single interest rate for all of the eurozone would not work. During our economic...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the growing fiscal and funding crisis in the Greek, Portuguese and Spanish economies; the impact these crises will have on the eurozone as a whole and the economy here in particular and the contingency plans he has in place in the event that any of these events trigger an increase in Irish Government bond interest rates. [19308/12]