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Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Stagg is representing the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (9 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Emmet Stagg said that they are being released today. Will the Taoiseach confirm that?

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (8 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health if the study currently being undertaken by him regarding the numbers of general practitioners required in the State will also cover the issue of location, recognising that GP and primary care services are unevenly spread; when this report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33023/11]

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We want our money back.

Private Members' Business - Promissory Notes: Motion (8 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy should come over and join us.

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (3 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Health Information and Quality Authority will begin their public consultation on standards for oversight of the Health Service Executive child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/11]

Out of Hours Services (3 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to expand the pilot out-of-hour social work service currently being tested in two locations as provided for in the implementation plan published following the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. [32517/11]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will initiate a discussion at EU level on the possibility of produce from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories being excluded from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32255/11]

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hundreds of people have sent emails to TDs and Senators, appealing to them not to support the payment of this money today. There is massive interest among the Irish people in this. In that context, I would like the Taoiseach to tell us two things. What is the rationale for the ECB insisting we pay these unsecured bondholders today and that we pay €1.2 billion in January and a further...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not an answer. Why are they saying we should pay?

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, know that regardless of the public position they take, it is profoundly wrong that we are paying over €700 million to the bondholders mentioned today. They know it is absolutely, fundamentally and morally wrong. What is happening today does a total disservice to the people. I will not remind them of what they said before the...

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was a fine speech, but it has not happened.

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The speech in question was made after the general election.

European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who are the bondholders who are being given €711 million of our money, plus interest? Are they hedge fund speculators, as has been reported? Did they pay knock-down prices, in the correct belief the Government would pay them in full? Are speculators in Paris, Frankfurt and New York popping open champagne bottles to celebrate the decision of the Minister? They must have known he was...

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are paying their banks.

EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My colleague, Deputy Adams, outlined how our national interest should be reflected in the discussions at the EU summit. I share his concerns. There is a need to assert our national interest and the sovereignty of our State. However, what is shaping up as a bad deal for us will also be a bad deal for all of Europe. It looks like the summit will continue to follow the mistakes of the past....

Written Answers — Prison Inspections: Prison Inspections (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to get a full report on the extent to which those aspects of the recommendations of the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention have been implemented; any information he may have about the implementation of these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31240/11]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to close any Garda stations here; the timeframes associated with either decisions on closures or actual closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31239/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the exclusion from the EU of produce from Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31208/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (25 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will meet representatives of the Irish Ship to Gaza campaign to receive their evidence on the reason they believe their boat, the [i]MV Saoirse[/i], was sabotaged by Israeli agents while docked in Turkey; the efforts he has made to establish the facts about this incident that endangered the lives of Irish...