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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018 (25 Jun 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ..., the association and the Centre for Co-Operative Studies are broadly in agreement on the legislation. There is an acceptance among those putting forward the legislation of the need for amendments to clarify the annual statements dimension. Our guests from ICOS will have listened to the presentation from Ms Carroll. I appreciate that the organisation is focused heavily on the area of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest (7 May 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister cannot resist the opportunity to pass the buck. His stewardship over two Departments is an absolute bloody disaster. PDFORRA, which represents the vast majority of men and women serving in our Defence Forces, has expressed grave concerns about the decision he made in this matter. No aspersion is being cast on retired Colonel Anthony McCourt, but PDFORRA is making the obvious...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (22 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Like Deputy Collins, I welcome the fact that the Government has addressed the concerns we had through amendments Nos. 42 and 43. I will set out a relevant example for amendment No. 44. Not long ago, the former Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Brian Purcell, came before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. He restrained himself from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The recruitment embargo is having a profound effect across the health service from acute hospitals to community hospitals and down to home care packages. Anybody who is a public representative will know the impact this has had, having being obliged to engage with the HSE and to listen to the challenges faced by families is having on them. This is crazy stuff. We must remember that...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Amendment No. 13 is the most important aspect as it deals with the infamous bank veto. After the Opposition repeatedly raised its concerns, we finally got a promise that the banks' veto would be scrapped. Is the veto gone? In some cases, it is subject to the courts, while in other cases it is not clear at all, from our interpretation. If someone falls into arrears after 2 January this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Reports: Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...your guidance on that. What we will do regarding the first clarification point is state we are aware that discussions are ongoing and that we encourage a positive approach. Second, we will refer to our committee's findings and obviously those of Mr. Justice McMahon and the working group. When the Ombudsman for Children appeared before us, we dealt with professional legal privilege....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Effects of Gangland Crime: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...view one way or the other, but what I know for sure is that what we are doing now is failing and has been failing for a long time. We have talked about the Portuguese model, but it might be useful to look at other models in the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Spain. It is not that people are told that taking drugs is fine, but the focus is shifted from a criminal justice perspective to...

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has got the immediate reaction of firefighters to what he has said. They have walked out of the Public Gallery in response to his words because he gave pretty much the same speech here last November. There is absolute tone deafness among the likes of the LGMA, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Government. How can the Minister possibly connect the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Law Society of Ireland submission made an important point. The submission referred to this welcome legislative development and suggested structural reform should take place in tandem. It referred specifically to the commitment in the programme for Government for a family court system. This links in to the view expressed by One Family on the need for a court welfare system and the...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to continue where my colleague, Deputy Doherty, left off in terms of the mica scandal in Donegal. There will be families in Donegal and Mayo who are following this debate on the recovery and resilience fund and will have listened in recent days to Ministers talking about retrofitting and the need to build more houses who are questioning how on Earth they could have ended up with a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Taoiseach is aware, I and many other Opposition Deputies have raised the issue of the Minister, Deputy Ryan's, controversial appointments to the Climate Change Advisory Council. I wish to raise these matters again today in the hope the Taoiseach will address our specific concerns. As the Taoiseach is aware, the Government rejected a Sinn Féin amendment to the Climate Action and...

Seanad: Farm Safety Agency Bill 2018: Second Stage (29 May 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I commend Senator Paul Daly on his proactive approach not only in bringing forward this legislation but, in addition, providing an excellent explanatory leaflet which outlines the case for his proposals. In the rural parts of my home county of Donegal, as in other rural areas, we have lost too many lives to farm accidents. As other speakers noted, a farm is not a like other workplaces...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Military Medals (9 Nov 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The painting of Commandant Quinlan that hangs in the officers' mess, which the Minister of State mentioned, apparently refers to the misfortune that took place in Jadotville. The Minister of State referred to the decision made in 1965. That is no shock to me. The true cowards with regard to Jadotville were those in the political establishment, and some in the military establishment, who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporate Social Responsibility Stakeholder Forum: Discussion (15 Oct 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I like the connection because it is often the case that when one argues for strong public services and a fair and progressive taxation system in the sphere of politics, one sounds anti-business. We cannot deliver world-class public health services without a strong and vibrant economy and businesses that create sustainable jobs. Without that fundamental foundation, we cannot deliver public...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, I was trying to decide where to intervene. Section 2(3)(d) refers to ”the conduct of the parties to the mortgage in any attempt to find a solution to the issue of dealing with arrears of payments due on foot of the mortgage”. Is that not very broad or vague? I presume from the Minister’s first contribution that he will not consider or accept any of the amendments....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Services Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, should be here, considering his failure to be in the Dáil to take the recent related Topical Issue raised by my colleague Deputy Pearse Doherty. I seek clarification. It has been stated steps are being taken to appoint a full-time locum consultant breast surgeon. In my dictionary "locum" means a replacement. It is not a second full-time position to...

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to show the Minister of State a map which he may have seen before. It is a map the Northern and Western Regional Assembly published a number of years ago. If one looks at it the deficit in infrastructure in the north-west of Ireland, working its way down to the west, is very clear. Let us look at it. There is no motorway network to the fourth largest city on the island, Derry, and...

Seanad: Legal Metrology (Measuring Instruments) Bill 2017: Second Stage (19 Oct 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am happy to convey my party's support for the Bill, albeit I express concern at the delay which has turned the passing of the legislation into a matter of urgency. Although it is not the most thrilling piece of legislation, it is important as it transposes into Irish legislation two articles of an EU directive on the legality of measuring instruments. Metrology is the science of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and challenges in the State but every now and again one is pleasantly surprised in politics when one least expects it. I found the presentation inspirational. It gives me much excitement as to what the future holds for this country to see young women of such calibre make an outstanding presentation. I wish to indulge the students. Ms O’Shea quoted William Wilberforce. I am...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Obviously, neither the Minister for housing nor the Ministers of State in that Department are present today, but the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, is from Fine Gael and his party has been in government for 13 years now. I want to tell him what that has meant for the people of Donegal. In 2002, 560 social houses were either built or acquired in just one year. That was in 2002...