Results 2,301-2,320 of 9,147 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will withdraw amendment No. 7 on the basis I can resubmit it later as the Minister is considering extending the number to 13.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The regulation issue is interesting. As the Minister knows, the Competition Authority did not recommend that the regulatory authority would have sole regulation powers. In Britain there is a practice of regulating the regulators and there is a difficulty in Ireland that is acknowledged by the Law Society. It rigorously defends the independence of the complaints procedure but there is a...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am speaking to the amendments.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is amendment No. 21 in particular. The amendments from Deputies Collins and McGrath would essentially remove the regulatory function from the authority and facilitate a process of regulating the regulators, as it is with the British model. Will the Minister elaborate on the issue? I have an open mind on this but will the Minister explain why he feels so strongly about the matter when it...
- European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Co-operation and Training (Europol): Motion (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is not agreed. This came up in-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the possible ending of the triple lock mechanism prior to Irish Defence Forces participating in overseas missions. [36427/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Eight members of our Defence Forces were deployed to Mali without any debate in this House because the number was below the threshold of 12 troops. The Minister will know the concerns that were expressed about that, given the track record of the Malian Government, its army and the human rights issues there. Today, we had 60 minutes to discuss the deployment of 150 Irish troops to the Golan...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We would argue that the triple lock of the UN, the Government and the Dáil is really a double lock because the Government of the day obviously has a majority in the Dáil, as was the case today. It is really a UN and Government decision. The difficulty, as we have seen, is that not all UN Security Council resolutions are implemented consistently. It is certainly not consistent....
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Overseas Missions (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, will we each be given the same amount of time in which to pose supplementary questions?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the long awaited Green Paper on Defence; the timescale for the publication of the final White Paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36428/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As Deputy Ó Fearghaíl indicated, it is remarkable that a complete and radical restructuring of the Permanent Defence Force and the Reserve Defence Force has taken place and that we are now being presented with a Green Paper on the future of those very forces. Perhaps there might be an opportunity to revisit the restructuring and our submission on the Green Paper will certainly...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Green Paper on Defence (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister of State dissociate himself from the comments made by the Minister, Deputy Shatter, in that interview around the irrelevance of neutrality in Ireland? It is bad enough that our neutrality has been eroded, but can the Minister of State make it clear that the Government has no plans to remove neutrality and that he will send a clear message to that effect to the Secretary...
- Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It will be important to clarify it to say the least, as we may need to reconvene the Dáil.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Minister of State for his response. I understood Rockhill House in Letterkenny was to be taken over by Donegal County Council or sold to it, which would be very welcome because it is very historical with considerable potential. I would like to know what the opportunities are. If the Minister of State does not have the answer now, perhaps he will come back to me with the information.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Funding (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have had a number of exchanges with the Minister on the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, and the changes that have taken place in that regard. We had a presentation from the representative association of the RDF, which was very concerned about the changes that have taken place. It challenged the arguments on the number participating in training and on resources. I repeatedly asked the...
- Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Funding (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister of State give a commitment to meet with the representative association of the RDF during the recess or as soon as he possibly can to listen to their thoughts and ideas? Regardless of the reference to consultation and to bilateral meetings the members of the representative association do not feel they have been heard. While one cannot reverse everything that has been done,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee is meeting to consider public petition No. P00027/12 from Mr. John O'Sullivan, concerning the Employment Appeals Tribunal process. The committee will deliberate on the general policy aspects of the process informed by the petitioner's experience rather than the specific details of Mr. O'Sullivan's individual case. The committee will take evidence from Mr. John O'Sullivan, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Mr. O'Sullivan and call Mr. John Douglas, general secretary of Mandate and president of the ICTU.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Employment Appeals Tribunal: Public Petition No. P00027/12 (18 Jul 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I now invite Ms Rhona Murphy and Mr. Loughlin Deegan to make their opening statement on behalf of IBEC.