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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If there is a good cop and a bad cop, I will speak to the good cop. The amendment is in the spirit of the earlier amendments tabled by the Minister that try to demonstrate the independence of the authority. Rather than being accountable to the Minister, it is accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is accountable specifically to this committee or to any other committee that might...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, is the Minister suggesting he is dealing with this matter in his amendment?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In regard to the same issue that Deputy Niall Collins raised, I cannot understand why we are now almost two years into this process. This section was included in the initial Bill and it deals with client confidentiality, which is at the core of the relationship between the legal fraternity and the justice system, but it has not yet been dealt with. It is a cause of concern and, despite the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal for the funding of the replacement of windows and the roof at the school from the summer works scheme. [55470/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Management Report (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No.191 if there has been any reports or surveys on salmon numbers around our coast in recent times; if he will provide the findings of same. [55472/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda-PSNI Transfers (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 543. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to disincentives to lateral entry or transfer between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI; if he has discussed these disincentives with other Departments or with Minister David Ford with a view to overcoming or removing these. [55236/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (15 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 938. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the ongoing concerns regarding the future of the Malin Head Coast Guard station and marine rescue centre in County Donegal; and if he will give an assurance that the necessary staff numbers will be achieved to maintain a 24-hour emergency service. [1119/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (18 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review our conveyancing laws in relation to the legal requirement to attain the written permission from those persons who share the lane-road, before a person can sell a site with access onto that lane-road. [54507/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 172. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will consider the application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will commend those involved in this ground breaking pilot scheme. [54521/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (18 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the closure of Garda stations and the failure of his Department to allocate proper resources for the upgrading of the Garda motor vehicle pool has led to a significant increase in criminal activity in the midlands; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of Garda stations that have closed in County Westmeath from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (18 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changes to the herring quota to allow inshore fishermen to carry their tonnage quota onto the next month if weather conditions prevent them from fishing on a given month. [54505/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Stocks (18 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute has carried out any reports or surveys on salmon numbers around our coast in recent times and if so, what the findings of same. [54506/13]

Third Report of the Constitutional Convention - Same-Sex Marriage: Statements (17 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I congratulate the Constitutional Convention on its excellent work to date. I had some reservations initially but I am pleased to see the Constitutional Convention take on a life of its own and begin to undertake the task of making some much-needed changes to Bunreacht na hÉireann. When the Constitutional Convention met in April 2013 it was meeting to consider same-sex marriage. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department can resolve the difficulties experienced by the family of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 who have schooled their child at home since April 2011 and have only received the tuition grant for 3.5 months because they cannot take their child off the register of the special school they attended unless they have another...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (17 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to commence another round of the buying out of salmon licences. [54243/13]

Bethany Home: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As I begin my contribution on this matter, I am mindful that behind me is the statue of James Connolly, as well as those of all the other leaders who fought in the 1916 Rising. Many people share my view that James Connolly was the greatest Irish person who ever lived and that the courage and values he espoused, which are imprinted into the Proclamation, will forever be a framework for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will also make the petitioner aware of our intention and when we will hold a hearing in order that she can monitor the proceedings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will relay that information to the petitioner to make her aware of our progress. The petition came in response to a double tragedy in her community. As Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh suggested, we will acknowledge the seriousness of the matter, outline the work which has been done and inform the petitioner that we will be taking the course of action suggested by Deputy Seamus Kirk. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will now go into public session to record the decisions of the committee. Petition No.48/12 from Mr. Patrick Martin, claiming that his father was murdered in disputed circumstances in 1979. Additionally, the petitioner alleges corruption on the part of the Garda Síochána in reporting the death of his father, together with collusion between the Garda, the attending doctor, the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 8. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm if declaring asthma during childhood now rules out a person from acceptance to the Defence Forces; and if this is the case, to ask that this would be made explicit to applicants from the start. [52777/13]