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- Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To tell tales.
- Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will Committee Stage of the Legal Services Regulation Bill, Second Stage of which was completed almost two years ago and which provides for a reduction in costs for people engaged with the legal services, be taken? Also, when will the mediation Bill, which is equally important, come before the House?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (27 Nov 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have had an opportunity to deliberate on the petitions before us and we will deal, one by one, with our recommendations in respect of them. Petition No. P00007/13 is from Mr. Paddy Lambe in respect of concerns over inappropriate standards related to dive industry legislation. What do the members believe we should do in the context of a recommendations on this petition?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (27 Nov 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00051/12 is from Mr. Michael Callanan in respect of concerns with regard to fishing legislation decisions. The recommendation in this regard is that we should forward the correspondence received from the Department, along with a copy of the value for money review and the brochure on the 2008 decommissioning scheme, to the petitioner for his information...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (27 Nov 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. We can revisit it when we get that report. We will notify the petitioners of the actions we have agreed today and we will get back to them when we have further information. We will adjourn until 4 p.m. next Wednesday, 4 December 2013 when we will meet An Coimisinéir Teanga.
- Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (3 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Bill, although it has taken considerable time to get to the House. I acknowledge that much of this time has been spent consulting with stakeholders and the experts in the field. It is important to stress to all Deputies the importance of speaking with our partners in the NGO community and to the experts working in these fields. We may be the people tasked with legislating,...
- Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Tánaiste is doing the same thing himself, with his narrative.
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the very serious reports in this morning's newspapers about overcrowding in the Dóchas women's prison, when will the Fines (Amendment) Bill 2012 come to Committee Stage? This Bill is vital in providing alternatives to prison for people who have not paid fines. With regard to the report and recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality on penal...
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will it come before the committee?
- Order of Business (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee produced an excellent all-party report and recommendations. There are five key recommendations on penal reform. What is the Government's response to the report and does it intend to implement the recommendations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before commencing, I remind witnesses of the position on privilege. Witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they are to give to the committee. If, however, they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence in respect of a particular matter and they continue to do so they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in respect of their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Choimisinéara, there is a problem here. We are not hearing the English translation. Is any member hearing the translation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with An Coimisinéir Teanga (4 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can we identify what the technical problem is?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Law Reform Proposals (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 67. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to implement the recommendations from the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality regarding changes to prostitution laws. [52790/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Law Reform Proposals (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In 1981, ten men died on hunger strike in order that they could not be labelled as criminals. Bobby Sands was elected as an MP. Kieran Doherty was elected as a Member to this House. We did not let Maggie Thatcher criminalise them and we are not going to let Fianna Fáil criminalise them today. I wanted to stated that on the record in case they think any differently. The Minister has...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Law Reform Proposals (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister is aware, a huge amount of work went into this report. There were approximately 800 submissions as a range of people appeared before the joint committee. It is an all-party report and the Minister will agree that, at present, those who avail of the services of prostitutes throughout Ireland walk away scot free, while the unfortunate people - very often foreign nationals -...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Law Reform Proposals (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: God almighty.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Law Reform Proposals (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Obviously I am aware of the Minister's concerns or the clarifications he sought from the joint committee to which he now has the responses. I believe these responses deal adequately with the concerns he has raised and there comes a point in time at which one must make the decision. In the North of Ireland at present, a Bill sponsored by Maurice Morrow will be moving through the Assembly and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to bring the mediation Bill before Dáil Éireann and if his attention has been drawn to the urgency of this Bill for many families across the State. [52792/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (10 Dec 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In terms of reducing costs, this Bill is even more important than the Legal Services Regulation Bill, because it should encourage those in conflict over issues of family law or civil law to engage in mediation at an early stage rather than incurring the excessive costs of going through the courts. What are the Minister's plans and how can we move this on?