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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (23 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that under the terms of the new diesel rebate scheme, private forecourt fuel retailers are going to lose significant volumes of their sales as they are ineligible under the strict conditions of the scheme unless they have a fuel card system in place; the knock on effect on fuel distributor businesses; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (23 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those fully tax compliant and legitimate road transport operators, who do not purchase their diesel through a fuel card or through bulk deliveries over 2,000 litres, cannot avail of a diesel rebate under the new diesel rebate scheme; and the measures he intends to take to address this anomaly that will cost a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (23 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 191. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to review the current stipulation that privates and corporals in the Defence Forces must retire after 21 years service. [3375/14]

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They have not changed, they remain exactly the same.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Apparently, some Members of this House are disappointed that the media has been focusing on the Committee of Public Accounts in recent weeks. It has been suggested that the committee in question, rather than this Chamber, has been at the centre of parliamentary discourse. I do not know what Members are annoyed about, given that no Fianna Fáil Deputies are present for this part of the...

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Surely one of the three Ministers or Ministers of State could have stayed.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputies cannot complain about the Committee of Public Accounts when we have that kind of scenario in here.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fair enough. Who would I be to argue with the Chair?

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hold the Chair in high esteem.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I assure the Chair that I am happy to use one minute of my time to make that point.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As a representative of Donegal North-East, the best example I can give in dealing with the substantive issue in this debate is the case of Letterkenny General Hospital. As Deputies will know, a serious flood last year affected the hospital's new three-storey building as well as the older part of the hospital. Approximately 40% of the hospital's floor space was contaminated by flood water....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances in which a person may engage in voluntary work in their local community for the purposes of developing their own skills and benefiting the local community and continue to claim jobseeker's payments; if this facility is limited to voluntary work done within the jurisdiction; her views on whether this discriminates against those...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have come forward to make complaints to the confidential recipient. [4554/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Community Courts System: Discussion (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise for being a little late. I chair another Oireachtas committee and we had a clash of schedules. However, I have had a chance to catch up on some of the presentations. Our committee finalised a report last year on penal reform. We made five key recommendations, most notably a de-carceration strategy within our prison system of one third over the next ten years and to look at...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Minister, you will be aware-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that the Chairman ensure the Minister, when replying, also speaks through the Chair.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As long as that applies in both directions, I am happy. On the requirement that numbers in respect of the Garda force should not fall below 13,000, is the Minister confident we will have 13,000 qualified gardaí? Also, is he aware of the ongoing commentary by the Garda Representative Association not only nationally but regionally? In my county of Donegal, the GRA representative made...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am not satisfied by the content but the question has been answered.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Chairman knows, the committee had the opportunity to visit Baldonnel and was impressed at the professionalism and calibre of our personnel. There is a budgetary roller coaster of hours and financial allocation. I got the sense the helicopters are vital. It was an education for me because I thought of it as concerning pursuit of vehicles. We think of TV news images of the pursuit of...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Looking at the budget, the figure is heading down every year and my concern is that sometimes the Garda Commissioner will be minded by his budget. Unless criminality and the pursuit of criminal gangs has reduced dramatically, it strikes me that the unit is not getting enough resources allocated as a vital backup. It is a precious resource to the Garda Síochána in combating...