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Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sorry, Sinn Féin is second in order. I am speaking instead of Deputy McDonald.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In respect of promised legislation, I am sure the Taoiseach will welcome the conclusion of the Vita Cortex dispute and will salute the workers for the stand they took there. Legislation is required to try to ensure there is no repeat of such an incident. However, today I must report to the Taoiseach there has been a serious stand-off at the Highland Bakery on the outskirts of Letterkenny.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is promised legislation in respect of workers' rights.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I refer to 28 workers today-----

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----who have been locked in, with Revenue Commissioners staff outside.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay, may I then wrap up by asking the Taoiseach to intervene urgently in this matter? He has been talking about protecting jobs and this is about common sense from the Revenue Commissioners.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask the Taoiseach to intervene. In respect of promised legislation on workers' rights, he should please intervene in this matter.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Please. I simply ask the Taoiseach to comment on the position, as this pertains to the Revenue Commissioners.

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will he bring forward legislation?

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: May I rephrase the question by asking the Taoiseach whether he will introduce legislation-----

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----to try to avoid the scenario that is happening today?

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I at least get the Taoiseach on the record in this regard?

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...