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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Public Sector Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
877 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in the public sector over recent years.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Road Network
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
895 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the A5 road project linking Donegal and Derry to Dublin as part of the pilot project bonds European Union investment package.
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Tue, 17 Jul 2012
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Rail Network
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
896 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the proposed Sligo to Derry rail link as part of the pilot project bonds European Union investment package.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Employment Support Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
18 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets set for enterprise and jobs bodies to develop jobs for the unemployment black spots identified by the census.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Employment Support Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
20 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to redress the unemployment black spots in counties Limerick, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Donegal as identified by the census.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Pilot Training Courses
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
261 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that he intends to provide to the young trainee pilots and their families impacted by the breakdown in the commercial relationship between The Pilot Training College in Waterford and the Florida Institute of Technology considering the PTCW received €18,000 in support from Enterprise Ireland in 2008 and in 2010 the State agency took a significant stake in the form of €400,000 worth of repayable preference shares.
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Thu, 12 Jul 2012
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Search and Rescue Service
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
265 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will assure the people of the north west of Ireland that he will not accept the proposal to wind down Malin Head Marine Rescue Sub Centre in the report compiled by Fisher Associates, Irish Coast Guard: Value for Money Review and the level of State investment undertaken in the ongoing refurbishment the Malin Head Marine Rescue Sub Centre.
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Wed, 11 Jul 2012
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
2 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Iran is entitled under Article IV (1) of the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty to engage in uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes on its own soil; and his further views on whether to deny Iran the right to uranium enrichment is to treat it as a second-class party to the NPT. [33732/12]
Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Child Care Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
37 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any action will be taken against those Health Service Executive employees who closed their files on children who subsequently died, whose cases were examined in the report of the independent child death review group; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Children in Care
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
50 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care on 1 June 2012; the type of care setting they were in and the Health Service Executive area they were in; the number of children on that date who were known to the HSE child and family social workers but not in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Human Rights Issues
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
78 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will endorse the requests of human rights activists.
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Tue, 10 Jul 2012
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Garda Investigations
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
390 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to instructions being issued to An Garda Síochána since 2004 that there was or is a policy not to search suspected rendition flights at Shannon Airport..
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Bank IT Systems
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
41 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the action he has taken since the crash of the IT system at Ulster Bank with respect to ensuring that all other banks operating in the State have adequately protected IT systems and appropriate disaster recovery systems in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Thu, 5 Jul 2012
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Bank IT Systems
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
42 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the response of the Central Bank of Ireland and the Financial Regulator to the collapse of the Ulster Bank IT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Departmental Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
6 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list by Government Department of current secretaries general who retain TLAC terms of added years and special severance gratuity payments. [32384/12]
Wed, 4 Jul 2012
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Sale of State Assets
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
23 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific regulatory, legislative, corporate governance and financial reforms that must be taken in 2012 to allow for the State asset disposal programme to proceed in 2013.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Equality Issues
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
122 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any of the agencies operating under his aegis has carried out any study on the efforts being taken by the GAA to combat racism in Gaelic games; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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State Agencies
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
123 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for a body such as the Irish Aviation Authority operating as a semi-commercial body which sets its own charges and pay scales.
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Tue, 3 Jul 2012
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
248 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Donegal has been refused resource hours.
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