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Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Many years ago, I listened to a speech delivered to the then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, comparing the after effects of the potato famine with the unemployment crisis of the 1980s. It was not so much the famine as the cholera and disease that followed that devastated the people. It was not so much the unemployment as the drugs crisis in the inner cities, the despair and the lack of hope. As...

Community and Voluntary Sector: Motion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----to attack, once again, the most disadvantaged people in this State. The Labour Party should make up its mind who it stands for, whether this is for the people who put its Members into this Chamber, or to kowtow to right-wing interests in this State and outside the State. The Labour Party should make up its mind and stop giving us this fog about the North of Ireland.

Written Answers — Skill Shortages: Skill Shortages (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in view of the mismatch of available skills and available jobs in the market and the expensive and often slow infrastructure within his Department in identifying new skills sets that will be needed in the immediate future, he will consider a new State sponsored jobs media based on the LinkedIn model that would connect...

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to share time with Deputy Brian Stanley.

EU Summits: Statements (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a financial crisis in Europe, one that is fast becoming a political farce. The spectacle of yet another Franco-German summit in recent days sends a clear message to the world about the current status of the European Union as a so-called partnership of equal sovereign states. Ireland's citizens have been forced to accept punishing austerity budget after budget over recent years....

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach still has not answered the question.

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (11 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that have been lost here due to cuts in public services and the reduction in capital expenditure in 2011. [28884/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (11 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the policy whereby a person in receipt of one parent family payment and receiving a grant bursary in Northern Ireland will be means tested euro for euro against their one parent family payment. [28697/11]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (11 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 433: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on broadening the child care employment and training support scheme to incorporate registered child minders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28236/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [28319/11]

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Regarding transposing EU directives on waste water and environmental impact assessments into Irish law, will the Government try to allay the impact of it on rural and farming communities by applying similar standards to other EU states? Are those states taking a similar approach to us?

Order of Business (11 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason I raised this is that the European Commission has won cases in the European Court of Justice on both of these directives, so they must be transposed into Irish law immediately. Will the Taoiseach ensure that the potential impact on rural and farming communities is lessened and that standards similar to those applied in other EU states are applied in implementing the directives?...

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures on household debt as a percentage of household income for the years 2010 and 2011 broken down by quarter. [27662/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken in directing mortgage providers in receipt of State support to cut their costs, over and above existing plans, in a fair manner by a sufficient amount to forgo a 25 basis point increase on their variable rate mortgage. [27661/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his view on the news that 20 medics have been sentenced to up to 15 years imprisonment by a court in Bahrain for treating injured protesters earlier this year; the actions he will take in co-operation with his European and international partners to address this outrage; and his further views on the appropriateness...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland is the only European State not to ratify the co-operation agreement of 26 October 2004 between the European Community and its member states, on the one part, and the Swiss Confederation on the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests....

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Donegal is in danger of losing a teacher; and if he will clarify this matter. [27747/11]

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Government has said it will transpose-----

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With regard to the EU directive to be transposed into law this year, will the Government ensure that rural dwellers will be assisted if they must replace their septic tanks? Will that legislation be introduced this year?

Order of Business. (5 Oct 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What is the purpose of it then?