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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the methodology used by him in calculating the structural deficit; and whether that methodology is the same as that currently used by the European Commission. [19309/12]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs associated with transporting children with special needs from Inishowen to Letterkenny, County Donegal, for school, including the cost of the special needs assistant who travels with the children. [19354/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 598: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department accept that child or working tax credits paid to cross border workers is a benefit, but the community welfare officers advise that child or working tax credits are seen as an income and must be included in a means test. [18717/12]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 722: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide details of the groups in County Donegal whose funding was cut by the Arts Council; and if he will outline the amount their funding has been cut over the past five years. [19441/12]

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 787: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the establishment of an Irish water company; the options he is considering, be they amalgamation into an existing semi State, formation of a new company or a private operation and which of these is his preferred option. [17687/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 1183: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a motorised transport grant from the Western Health Board. [17741/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 1421: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to private companies operating toll roads here in order to compensate for lost revenue. [18765/12]

Nuclear Proliferation (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the imposition of economic sanctions on Israel; his further views on the imposition of sanctions on Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17431/12]

Nuclear Proliferation (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Essentially, we are dealing with double standards of the most profound nature. Israel has been in defiance of UN security council resolutions on this issue. It has not opened up its facilities but no sanctions whatsoever have been taken. As the Minister of State has acknowledged, it is not a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty while, on the other hand, Iran is a signatory. Iran has...

Nuclear Proliferation (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister of State may be aware, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency has been heavily criticised for publishing that report. He is seen to be way too close to the American-Israeli analysis of the situation. That report was not substantiated. It was opinions and it is contradicted by the US intelligence agencies in their report to their Senate. I am very critical...

EU Treaties (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether there is divergence of opinion across the EU on the issue of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance, particularly within core countries such as Germany, France and the Netherlands; and, if so, his further views that this division could undermine efforts by the European Council to...

EU Treaties (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I refer to the Tánaiste's sister parties throughout Europe which have serious concerns about this treaty, most notably from the possible next president of France, François Hollande, who has expressed significant concerns about the treaty and its implications, its anti-jobs and growth agenda. He has stated he would seek to renegotiate it. This is a very interesting position. The Dutch...

EU Treaties (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Tánaiste also said at the initial stages of this debate that this treaty is merely a continuation of existing approaches at European level and I cite, for example, the six pack. I could read into the record of the House - I will not do so - what his own party colleagues, the three Labour MEPs, said in response to the six pack. They voted against most of the measures. The one measure...

Middle East Peace Process (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the concerns one has reading reports during and after the recent attacks by the Israeli Army is the real sense the army had targeted and killed a militant in Gaza. Forces within Gaza then launched missile attacks on south Israel. None of them were part of Hamas. At least ten people were killed, a good number of whom were civilians. The concern in the region is that this may have...

Human Rights Issues (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a mistake in the question, which refers to President Santos. As the Tánaiste correctly pointed out, it was a Vice President Garzón. I met him in person and I thank the Tánaiste for clarifying that. I met a former trade unionist yesterday in the House. He is from Colombia but is now a refugee in Europe. He expressed concern about the harrowing history of murders of trade union...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to date to highlight the detention of Bahrainian human rights activist, Abdulhadi Al- Khawaja who has been on hunger strike since the start of February in protest at his sentencing to life imprisonment; and the steps he will take as a matter of urgency to highlight his critical condition....

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the statement that war crimes alleged in Sri Lanka in the final stages of the war are of such magnitude that if unchallenged risk undermining international justice mechanisms; and if he supports the international call on the UN to support an independent international investigation into these alleged...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of medical card holders across the State on a county basis. [17358/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of throughput and the level of acute funding to each hospital across the State. [17359/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Mar 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the budget provided to each hospital in the State reflects the level of health problems in the communities those hospitals serve and if he is satisfied that the comparative data he holds demonstrates a fair and equitable allocation to each hospital. [17360/12]