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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the traditional double-week Christmas bonus will be paid in 2011 to the wide range of persons who rely largely on their social welfare payments for financial support. [21106/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Health the projected savings to the Health Service Executive of closing the laundry services at St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal. [20716/11]

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach has no answer.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was written by Hans Christian Andersen.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance, namely, the critical need to reverse Government plans to cut the fuel allowance and the household benefits package which will, ultimately, further cripple many households throughout the State, including those in my constituency of Donegal North-East and especially those most...

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (14 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give details of the proposals sought for the rationalisation of grant and subsidy schemes to be included in the comprehensive review of expenditure. [20337/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, of securing laundry services including collection and distribution throughout the hospital from the private sector as opposed to the previous in-house laundry operation. [20565/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with representatives of the Bahrain Government to demand the release of Irish trained doctors from the Royal College of Surgeons held in detention centres at some undisclosed locations in Bahrain. [20375/11]

Overseas Development Aid (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for her response. From a previous discussion, I know she has been focusing on this issue. I commend the work of the non-governmental organisations in co-ordinating an emergency response to this extremely serious crisis as it develops. The Minister of State will share my concern arising from criticism made of providing direct aid to governments over the years...

Overseas Development Aid (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for her offer to discuss my proposal with the NGOs. We must respond to the current crisis and the NGOs, which I again commend, are best positioned to provide a response. Nevertheless, there is scope for strategic thinking about how we could deploy some of the many people on the live register with specific skills in this area to address the need to find and...

Human Rights Issues (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Tánaiste for his response. The information emerging from North Korea is horrific. Respected international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International and the US Committee for Human Rights in North Korea are starting to report the stories of former prisoners and, in some cases, prison wardens who have managed to escape the country. I propose to cite an article...

Foreign Conflicts (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I accept the Minister's point about the Palestinian campaign for recognition. Throughout the decades, Irish Governments have played a constructive role there. However, I am stunned to learn that it is the position of the State that the investigation has concluded and that no sabotage to the MV Saoirse took place. I do not accept that. Like Deputy Boyd Barrett, I have seen the evidence of...

Foreign Conflicts (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A delegation from the Irish ship sailing to Gaza has produced video evidence and so on. Will the Minister consider an independent examination of the evidence they produce? All it would take is someone with naval engineering experience. I am confident that this was sabotage of the propeller shaft. The Minister is well aware of the implications. It was devious sabotage because it would...

Human Rights Issues (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will be aware that historically, one of the great concerns of human rights organisations has been the fact that, all too often, commerce was put ahead of human rights concerns, particularly in the case of Europe and the United States. In terms of population, only India can compare with China, which has around 1.4 billion people and is the second-largest economy in the world. It...

Foreign Conflicts (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether that it is long past the time for the 44 year Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands to be ended; and his further views that admission to UN membership of a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders would send a powerful signal that this is the will of the international community. [20374/11]

Foreign Conflicts (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for his response. I know he has had a constructive meeting with Dr. Nabeel Shaath today. The members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs had a chance to meet him informally and listen to the views of the Palestinian people he represents. The Minister agrees with me with regard to the offer of the Palestinian people to settle for a territory that comprises 22% of their...

Foreign Conflicts (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has been said, correctly, that a UN resolution endorsing the existence of a Palestinian state in its own right would not achieve conflict resolution in the region. As Deputy Wallace pointed out, Israel holds the world record for ignoring UN Security Council resolutions. However, does the Minister, whom I know cannot see the future and does not have a crystal ball, agree that when the...

Overseas Development Aid (13 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on diverting funds from bilateral aid programme to an emergency programme that would resuscitate discussed boreholes in the Horn of Africa, thus providing immediate clean water to ten million people facing starvation in the drought ridden region; if he will recruit unemployed Irish engineers to volunteer...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to work jointly with the Department of Health and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure co-ordination between local authorities and the Health Service Executive in tackling youth homelessness; the position regarding any work she has done to date on same; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, following his response to my recent question regarding the allegations that the Irish aid boat to Gaza, the MV [i]Saoirse[/i], had been sabotaged while docked in Turkey, where he outlined his understanding that a spokesperson for the Turkish Foreign Ministry has indicated that the authorities, who have inspected...