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- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for giving me her attention. A couple of years ago, about 8,000 people were on the live register in Donegal. Today there are almost 23,000 people on the register. Again, Leas-Cheann Comhairle, can I ask for the Minister's attention?
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is fine. These are precious opportunities to address the Minister.
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will e-mail the Minister the dates.
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister should not be so pedantic.
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who can recite their entire diary over the past 30 days? Can the Minister tell me every meeting she has attended in the past 30 days?
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: She should not be so silly.
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like an extra minute due to interruptions. Now that I have the Minister's attention, I tell her that there were 8,000 people on the live register in Donegal, but today there are around 23,000 people on the register. Emigration is a big issue in our county. Thousands of our young people across the county have emigrated. When unemployment has trebled in a county that has...
- Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister made the cuts before the review took place.
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is only fair to begin by reiterating what Sinn Féin Members have stated previously in this House regarding the proud record of peacekeeping enjoyed by the Defence Forces. As with all deployments of personnel overseas, the triple lock mechanism applies. The last deployment subject to the triple lock mechanism was for a peacekeeping mission to the Lebanon and that deployment was supported...
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Minister, what about the Palestinians?
- International Co-operation: Motion (7 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.
- Social and Voluntary Housing (2 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to encourage financial institutions to lend money on a fixed rate to voluntary housing associations for the development of their housing stock. [5923/12]
- Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (2 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the development of a plan to resolve the issues surrounding ghost estates; and in particular the progress that has been made with an estate (details supplied) in County Laois. [5904/12]
- Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He was not there.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach and leaders from 24 other European Union member states agreed to a new austerity treaty which will mean imposing savage austerity on the citizens of this State and citizens across Europe for years to come. It is not a real surprise that the Taoiseach supported this treaty as he has long signalled support for the austerity approach despite its devastating social consequences. In...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does he believe Ireland can and should continue to shoulder the burden of the promissory note?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The European Union institutions, supported by the International Monetary Fund, have responded to the crisis by imposing heavy austerity on the populations of peripheral economies, while forcing their governments to take on massive loans to bail out toxic banks. This response is having devastating social consequences, not only in Ireland but across the European Union. Despite an endless round...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, an eminent man. He said that paying back unsecured bondholders was unconscionable. He talked about this being a suicide pact. That is the language he used. He is a very thoughtful man who has inspired people with his analysis of economics and what needs to happen around the world. He said this whole approach of austerity was a suicide pact. Now if Joseph Stiglitz, who the Taoiseach...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Now I will give the Taoiseach-----
- European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Feb 2012)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Now I will give the Taoiseach George Soros. Does he want to hear about George Soros?