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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Donegal and across the State that are affected by the decision to renege on the historical commitment by his Department to small rural communities across this State, known as the closed school rule. [19761/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Donegal and across this State affected by the decision in the last budget to cut school transport on certain routes, increase the mileage or kilometres from school eligibility criterion for school transport and introduce new charges to families for school transport in rural communities. [19774/11]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of policing arrangements at Shannon Airport for 2009 and 2010 including salaries and allowances, overtime, travel and subsistence expenses, and other non-pay expenditure. [19650/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Operations: Defence Forces Operations (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Defence the estimated costs to him for Defence Forces personnel on security duty at Shannon Airport for 2009 and 2010, including security duty allowances, rations, fuel and all other costs incurred. [19651/11]

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in view of the inordinate amount of time that it has already taken to conclude a management agreement for the licensing of aquaculture on Lough Foyle to be operated by the Loughs Agency and the detrimental impact that this is having on the sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector in north Inishowen, County Donegal, if...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health if he will give an assurance that the accident and emergency department of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal will be allocated the necessary non-consultant hospital doctors to ensure that it continues to operate on a 24 hour per day basis. [19992/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Health his views that the budget allocated to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal is adequate to ensure the level of service required of a hospital with the population and patient catchment it serves. [19993/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is acceptable for management at Letterkenny General Hospital to have to cancel outpatient clinics regularly in order to meet his budget requirements and that of the Health Service Executive and the Government. [19994/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 460: To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is acceptable for management at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal to have to postpone or suspend elective surgeries such as joint replacements continuously to meet his budget requirements and that of the Health Service Executive and the Government. [19995/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Health his views that it is acceptable for management at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal to have to place patients on trolleys in the accident and emergency department regularly because of the lack of beds available in the hospital due to its need to meet the budget requirements of the Health Service Executive and the Government. [19996/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (12 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health the assistance the Health Service Executive is providing to the management of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal to assist it in the critically important task of recruiting replacement or additional consultants due to retirement or relocation of existing consultants. [19997/11]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (7 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will have their higher education grants approved at €1,250 rather than €3,120 because of changes to the non-adjacent rate; if he has analysed the socio-economic and or income of the groups most affected; if he is prepared to condone students from low-income or one parent families leaving third level...

Written Answers — Third Level Staff Remuneration: Third Level Staff Remuneration (7 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increasing demands for funding from his Department's budget, if he intends to review or introduce a cap on the salaries, expenses and benefits in kind of heads of universities and third level institutions and some senior third level lecturers therein, of whom more than 1,000 earn an annual gross salary in excess of...

Written Answers — Emigration Statistics: Emigration Statistics (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 59: To ask the Taoiseach the way he measures emigration numbers from a given county and if he will utilise inactive PPS numbers of Irish citizens as an indicator. [19062/11]

Written Answers — Emigration Statistics: Emigration Statistics (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 60: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Irish citizens that have emigrated in recent years on a county basis. [19063/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it was appropriate for the Irish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (details supplied) to attend a Royal College of Surgeons Ireland awards ceremony in Bahrain on 13 June last alongside the Prime Minister of Bahrain, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, at a time when human rights organisations and a...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the attendance of the Irish Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (details supplied) at a Royal College of Surgeons Ireland awards ceremony in Bahrain on 13 June last alongside the Prime Minister of Bahrain, Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, was inappropriate; and the disciplinary action taken. [19059/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he held any private engagements with the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland to establish the reason that organisation has not spoken out publicly to condemn the outrageous arrest and detention of doctors, some of them fellows of the RCSI and who carried out part of their training in Irish hospitals. [19060/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken to inquire into allegations that the Irish aid ship, the [i]MV Saoirse[/i], has been sabotaged, risking the lives of Irish citizens at sea and preventing most of the crew from completing their mission of humanitarian aid for the Palestinian people of Gaza. [19086/11]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Jul 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the Turkish authorities to inquire about their investigation into allegations that the Irish aid ship, the [i]MV Saoirse[/i], has been sabotaged. [19088/11]