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Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Bill is a good Bill, with the caveat that we have some concerns. I appreciate the reason our amendment was ruled out of order. The issues are pertinent to the difficulties encountered by asylum seekers and those who are trafficked. I refer to the issues of identification of victims, the supports available for victims of trafficking when they have been identified and the preparation of...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely. We are all set.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As an Irish republican, equality is at the core of all that I believe in. I believe in a new republic, one in which all citizens are equal regardless of the colour of their skin, their religious beliefs, their sexual orientation, where they live or what they do. We are appealing to the Government via the legislation before the House to...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If that is the best the Minister of State can do, there is no doubt that she has lost her soul.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Then the Government should amend the Bill on Committee Stage. The Labour Party has lost its soul.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where is the Deputy's Bill? He is a backbencher, why has he not brought forward his own legislation?

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where is the Deputy's Bill? He is talking nonsense and is becoming flustered.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Nonsense. I do not know if there was any doubt about the matter but it is now clear that the Deputy's party has lost its soul.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the mortgage arrears figures for the first quarter of 2013; and the reason the numbers in mortgage distress continue to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance further to reports of a case being taken in New York concerning the overcharging of interest on Anglo loans, if his attention has been drawn to the details of this case; the provisions that have been made by either the special liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and or the National Assets Management Agency to deal with the potential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the tape recordings of conversations between senior officials of the former Anglo Bank, leaked to journalist Paul Williams emanated from An Garda Síochána; if he intends to conduct an investigation into the circumstances that led to the leak; if this leak could negatively impact on any potential criminal prosecutions; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 25 June 2013, if he will commence an investigation into the way two convictions in two different districts were incorrectly applied to the persons in question; if these convictions as issued to the potential employer taken off the PULSE system; the Garda officer that inputted them; and the reason...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 585. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm figures provided to RTÉ that there have been 11 suicides or self-inflicted deaths among soldiers who had deployed between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2012 and had previously been prescribed Lariam, of which nine occurred within five years of their final deployment; and that there have been four suicides or self-inflicted deaths...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 586. To ask the Minister for Defence without divulging names or other personal information, if he will confirm for each of the 15 suicides or self-inflicted deaths among soldiers who had deployed overseas between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2012, the date of the soldiers' last overseas deployment; if they had previously been prescribed Lariam; the date of the suicide or self-inflicted...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 587. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm figures provided to or cited by RTÉ that the total number of soldiers who deployed overseas between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2012 to areas where Lariam was the prescribed anti-malarial comprised 4,293 individuals, and that the total number of soldiers who deployed overseas between 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2012 only to...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was the exact same speech as the one given last night. The Department could at least have had to courtesy to write a new speech for the Minister of State.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: God help them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On behalf of the committee I congratulate the outgoing Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly, who has been elected today as the European Ombudsman. It is a reflection of her professionalism, integrity and hard work in the role here in Ireland. We can be proud that the vote today is not only a endorsement of Ms Emily O'Reilly but an endorsement of the ombudsman system here. May it go from strength...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thank you. We will now open the discussion to members.