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Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a Sinn Féin fly.

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The idea of establishing a DNA databank has been with us since the early 2000s and as all Members are aware, there have been a number of varying attempts to have it implemented here in Ireland. Such attempts have faced a number of obstructions, most notably in 2008 vis-à-vis the decision in the case of S and Marper v. the United Kingdom when the European Court of Human Rights held that...

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a fan of oratory. In some cases, forensic evidence also can be crucial to avoiding wrongful conviction while the true culprit evades justice. The use of forensic science to solve criminal cases is growing globally. A multidisciplinary field that embraces chemistry, physics, botany, zoology and medicine, forensic science includes the identification of human bodies or traces....

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am very close to concluding. If it is all right, I can wrap up within two minutes.

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Very well. I will be brief. I reiterate this Bill should have been referred to the Irish Human Rights Commission. I also wish to talk about innocent people who were affected by this in the past. On a practical level and noting the Minister's assurances, is he satisfied the forensic science laboratory has the necessary equipment, resources and staff to meet the demands of this Bill? There...

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will do so by reiterating my party's support for the spirit of this Bill. On Committee Stage, my party will work to amend those areas we consider can be strengthened. The crux of this debate is trying to get the balance between protecting civil rights and liberties and protecting the public from individuals who are a real threat and bringing the guilty to justice.

Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, I have concluded.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Data Protection Package: Discussion with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Mr. Hawkes and the Chairman. There are concerns about the potential transfer of data between the EU and the US and other third countries given that the data protection frameworks in those countries might have less protection or fewer rights. Could Mr. Hawkes elaborate on some of the concerns that have been aired? The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, has expressed concerns on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (9 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a number of education welfare officers will be appointed to assist schools in County Donegal. [42541/13]

Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill is being revised. If he is not aware of it, I would like to bring to the Taoiseach's attention a report in today's The Irish Times on direct provision centres which referred to the treatment immigrants receive in them, the fact a family of six was living in one bedroom during one inspection, blocked emergency exists and breaches in child...

Order of Business (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will the Taoiseach bring forward this legislation to deal with what I believe is the modern day version of the way we dealt with people in institutions such as the Magdalen laundries? It is no way to treat people.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the specific date in July 2000 on which the company which specialised in the field of destruction started destroying firearms and ammunition which was stored at Clancy Barracks. [42132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question of 4 July 2013, if the serial number of the gun confirmed as destroyed by the Minister had appeared in Garda records before 17 of August 1989. [42133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way it is possible that a company could destroy a gun and ammunition on 19 July 2000 in spite of the fact that it only won the tender to destroy firearms and ammunition in Clancy Barracks after the 29 January 2002. [42137/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the suggested sale date of Clancy Barracks of July, 2000 that was given in response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 623 and 624 of 28 June 2005, provided as an explanation for the date of the destruction of the gun, 19 July 2000, confirmed by the Minister in response to Parliamentary Question of 4 July, 2013; if he will confirm that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the investigation by the Garda Complaints Board in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in 1992 could be considered to have comprehensively investigated issues regarding the sale date of Clancy Barracks which was raised more than eight years later; the way the investigation by the Garda Complaints Board...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the progress of an investigation by the Garda Complaints Board in the case of a person (details supplied). [42141/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has familiarised himself with all the facts in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry, up to the present date; including after 1992 when the Garda Complaints Board completed its investigation. [42142/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the person who was chief superintendent in charge of the Garda technical bureau in Dublin in the year 2000. [42136/13]

Other Questions: Budget 2014 Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance the budget adjustment necessary this year to reach the troika’s deficit target of 5.1%; and the level of taxes and expenditure cuts this deficit will require. [41519/13]