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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (11 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 676. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to address the anomaly whereby Irish citizens sentenced to imprisonment abroad and repatriated to serve their sentence back home in this State can end up serving longer imprisonment due to less remission available here. [27284/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 698. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the difference in daily rates for asylum seekers in Direct Provision; and if he will provide a breakdown of the daily rate for asylum seekers in State-owned and privately owned Direct Provision centres. [26884/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (11 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 700. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the revenues and profits generated by the tuck shop at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, in 2011 and 2012 and the ten most popular items apart from cigarettes sold at the shop in 2012 and quantities in each case. [26914/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (11 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 886. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider utilising the services of fire fighters employed full time or on a part time retainer, across the State in their capacity as trained emergency first responders as a back up to the ambulance service when there is a possibility that the ambulance on call cannot respond to an emergency within an acceptable time frame. [27136/13]

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Remember the moment the Members opposite sat down on the Government benches at last after all the years out in the wilderness. At last they got their chance. The people had rejected with gusto Fianna Fáil for its bankruptcy of this State. They would have felt that was a moment of hope, a moment of great change. That was the rhetoric and that was the language that was used. Of all...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Government will not fool us because we have sat with the troika and asked them what the challenge is. The troika has said it is only interested in deficit reduction in the coming years, but how we get there is entirely in our hands. The Government makes choices. It chooses every time to let the very wealthy in this State and those from overseas who come to this State off the hook....

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Government can be sure of this: it may have forced the hound-dogs of Revenue onto the people and brought in the legislation, and the people might be paying the tax reluctantly now, but they will not be fooled.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They will have their say, and the smirks will be wiped off the Government faces something beautiful. I look forward to that day.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I look forward to the day of retribution when all the hope and all the lies those in government told and all the promises they broke come back to kick them in the backside. They have it coming to them in a big way.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here is the final mix.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I understand Fine Gael, and we know all about those in Fianna Fáil who say that we cannot pay this tax now but they have no alternatives and no commitments.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Anyway, what the hell is going on with the Labour Party? A documentary has been made called "Labour's Way". It reminds every Labour Party member of the great mistakes they made in the past, including being the buttress to right-wing Fine Gael Governments that imposed austerity. Here they are again making the same mistakes. Those in government have choices. They should stop the nonsense,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the conditions being experienced by many low paid or unemployed private rental tenants especially in Dublin's inner city as highlighted by reports from the RIAI and Dublin City Council; and his plans to improve conditions and enforce the law on unscrupulous slumlords. [27060/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the funding his Department allocated to each local authority for 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 for their respective fire service. [28064/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Development of New Prison in Cork City: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was one of the members of the delegation that visited the prison and in fairness to the governor, from the outset he made it clear that the conditions are unacceptable. We desperately need a new prison and therefore we are very enthusiastic about this proposal. In fairness I note the Minister has gone some way to addressing the planning concerns. I presume that is the reason the Act was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Dr. McVeigh and Dr. Mac Laughlin for coming to share their considerable expertise on the subject matter of the meeting. I have been monitoring public discourse on this issue for some time. The delegates may be aware of the situation in County Donegal where, following confirmation that a Traveller family was to be housed in a settled part of the town of Ballyshannon, the response of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome Minister of State at the Departments of Health and Justice and Equality with responsibility for disability, equality, mental health and older people, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, her officials, Ms Geraldine Fitzpatrick, assistant secretary, and Ms Sandra Walsh, assistant principal, and Mr. Gerry Raleigh, director of the National Office for Suicide Prevention. The Minister of State is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will take Deputy Mulherin followed by Deputy Healy-Rae. We will have two further questions from Deputies Luke "Ming" Flanagan and Noel Harrington. I ask the speakers to keep their comments succinct because there are only ten minutes left. For the same reason I ask for sharp responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask the Deputy to go easy on the subject matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that this is a very difficult subject.