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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00018/13 is from Mr. Ronnie "Indeterminable". It looks like we have gremlins in our system. We must record petitions in sequence on the system. Is it agreed that this is an invalid petition? Agreed. I thank members. I propose that we adjourn until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 29 May when we will have a follow-up meeting with Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (15 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee has had an opportunity to deliberate on petition No. P00027/12 from Mr. John O'Sullivan regarding shortcomings in the Employment Appeals Tribunal process. I open the meeting up to members to summarise our recommendations.

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach may be aware there is a considerable backlog in the Department of Justice and Equality, with Bills of the highest importance dragging on and on during the Government's tenure. When will the assisted decision-making (capacity) Bill and the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 progress? We have an outrageous situation whereby we are losing huge amounts of taxpayers' money and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (15 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in his Department's commitment to the completion of the A5 road project; and the money that has already been spent on this project. [22899/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (15 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the communications he has had with the Stormont Executive in view of the recent difficulties halting the A5 road project and its vital role in improving infrastructure in the north west. [22903/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (15 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the human rights abuses by the Malian military as reported by human rights organisations. [21287/13]

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the process for drafting the White Paper on Universal Health Insurance including membership of teams; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22559/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Recruitment (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, that the hospital will not have sufficient non-consultant hospital doctors following the termination of the contracts of its current complement; the action that will be taken to address this issue at this and other hospitals; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there continues to be a death tax on intestate wills; and if he has any plans to change same. [22472/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that 350 Tús supervisors are affected by the removal of an additional job assist tax credit which in the past has been offset against Tús wages, and that this would cost its supervisors up to €1000 a year. [22432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Security (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline any representations received from the Prison Officers' Association since 9 March 2011 regarding gangs and criminality in prisons; and the steps he has taken to address concerns raised. [22476/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 686. To ask the Minister for Health if the Service Level Agreements between the Health Service Executive Medical Education and Training Unit and the College of Anaesthetists, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland require the colleges to ensure the fair and equal distribution of training posts for junior doctors to hospitals throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the Health Service Executive's centralised recruitment process will deliver the required number of junior doctors to hospitals throughout the State this summer [22840/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Sunbed Usage (9 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or her Department have engaged directly with the Department of Health to ensure that legislation currently being drafted on the issue of sunbed use and access adequately addresses the serious problem of under-18 use of these machines with all the potential adverse effects on children’s health and their well-being in later...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with Department of Defence (8 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is fine for now. I will move on to the next question. As Mr. Howard is aware, the operation in Mali has a wider context. Many of the European countries have a colonial history, particularly in north Africa but also throughout Africa - we are talking about north Africa for the purposes of this conversation - which is not something to be proud of. There are always concerns about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with Department of Defence (8 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Secretary General and his colleagues. Concern has been expressed in recent years about a perceived erosion of Irish neutrality, with our participation in the Partnership for Peace, PfP, operations and the EU battle groups. This was not helped by the comments of the Secretary General of NATO who, on a recent visit here, said that he would like to see Ireland join NATO in the...

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My party welcomes the legislation, as it is right that the soldiers in question are pardoned. Fascism did not just emerge with Hitler’s rise to power. It was already evident in Mussolini’s Italy and later in Franco’s Spain. Many men from this country who went to fight fascism in Spain were excommunicated from the Catholic Church. They were condemned up and down the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure the Minister understands the context of this question, namely, the concern around the use of the anti-malarial drug, Lariam, and its side effects as outlined by many serving members, many of whom I understand are taking legal proceedings in this regard. The US army ceased using Lariam a number of years ago. Why do the Irish Defence Forces continue to use it? Are there no...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of order, what time is allowed for the Minister's response?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (7 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was a very lengthy response.