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- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I said, just to calm-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To calm Senators down, I said "in the future". There are many things for which we have aspirations for the future, but today we are debating the local and European elections and the ability of young people to participate in them. Senator Murnane O'Connor, if you ring your colleagues on Donegal County Council this evening and ask them what they think of the Donegal Youth Council, what they...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Of course. I was interrupted.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Mar 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Acting Chairman will appreciate why I responded. I will just say that this is an opportunity for us in this Chamber to stop patronising young people, to involve them in a real way in the political process and, perhaps, God forbid, to capture the imagination of young people across the State and, in a tangible way, empower them to be involved in who represents them at local and European...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to Agriculture, Food and the Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Mar 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A startling set of statistics that was presented to the committee and which is available in the public domain in recent times tells its own story. According to the statistics, 42% of farms in the west of Ireland have closed in the past 20 years, the vast majority of which were small family farms. At European Union level, the European Court of Auditors found that 1,000 farms are lost every...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank my party for allowing me to raise a local issue on the first part of the Order of Business today. Over a decade ago, a generous decision was taken by parents and teachers in the Inishowen area that they would agree to look for one site for a three-school campus. The three schools are Crana College secondary school, based in Buncrana but serving the Inishowen Peninsula, Gaelscoil...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to raise it on the floor of the Seanad. I will see the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, at 3 p.m. today. I will be raising this in person with him. However, I want to raise it on the floor here because the Minister is finally meeting with the board of the Donegal Education and Training Board tomorrow evening in Letterkenny. Before he has that meeting, I want to put...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is another opportunity to discuss the plans of the Minister of State for flood prevention and defences throughout the State. The Minister of State will appreciate if I focus my comments on Donegal and the aftermath of the flooding there. I wish to acknowledge that the Minister of State came up straight away when the flooding occurred in August in Inishowen and east Donegal. The...
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not acceptable.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is very unfair to the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He has listened to Senators from all over Ireland but is not being given a chance to respond to the points made.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I must protest.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some of us have sat through the entire debate.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Acting Chairman is in charge. Some of us have sat through the entirety of this debate waiting for the Minister of State to respond to the issues we raised. It is very unfair to us and the Minister of State to give him only a minute or two to wrap up at the end.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some other contributors should have been cut then.
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will it return to the House?
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreeable to the Minister of State?
- Seanad: Flooding: Statements (21 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is unfair to the Minister of State.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I recently attended an information meeting in Donegal organised by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association, INHFA, at which a lady from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland presented research on the best way to farm sheep on hills and comply with European regulations. It was of great interest that very little research has been carried out on this area...