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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Ombudsman noted in his opening comments, we will have the Secretary General before us in private session, so we intend to continue to pursue this matter. This committee shares the concerns about the delays in putting in place the new schemes. We will probe those matters and complete our report. We are happy enough to delay making our report until we have seen what the shape of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will recommend that the clerk to the committee meet with the witnesses soon. He has considerable experience of working in these areas in respect of innovations and so on. I could also attend that meeting. Will the Ombudsman write to us about any outstanding issues relating to medical cards which have not been addressed? We can then write to the Department. The Ombudsman’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Annual Report 2013: Office of the Ombudsman (4 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Ombudsman, Ms McNally and Mr. Morgan for coming here today. We greatly value our partnership with the Ombudsman and take seriously our responsibility to follow up on the concerns and recommendations that he raises with us. We will meet him again soon to exchange ideas.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (5 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 102. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for paramedics who are on a panel seeking a transfer from one region to another. [24004/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (5 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent paramedics that are employed in the north west region; and if any paramedics are currently being recruited in that region. [24005/14]

Reform of Judicial Appointments Procedures Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Reform of Judicial Appointments Procedures Bill 2013 was published in January last year and it seeks to increase transparency and accountability in judicial appointments. Confidence in the justice system is contingent on a Judiciary which is free from political control and political or other bias. It is essential that there is an...

Reform of Judicial Appointments Procedures Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am disappointed that the Government will vote against this Bill but we have had a constructive debate and it has been a helpful opportunity to examine these issues. I reiterate that the intervention by the Chief Justice, Susan Denham and her committee was very timely. It sent a clear message that the Judiciary wants to see a change to the appointments procedure. Whether we like it or...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Whenever we start to digest the full horror of all the stories that have emerged not recently but for several years we must go back to its roots. Where did it all go wrong? What was at the root of it? Let us consider this building, in particular. We are surrounded by the leaders of the 1916 Rising and icons of our struggle for independence. They helped to formulate the Proclamation, the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Theft (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 448. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of theft of firearms from firearms dealers' premises in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Theft (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 449. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms stolen in each instance of theft from firearms dealers' premises in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24697/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Theft (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 450. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of each firearm type by reference to handguns, rifles, shotguns, blank firing guns, antique guns and deactivated guns reported stolen in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Theft (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms used in crimes in the past five years that were recovered by the Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24699/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Theft (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms recovered from crimes which were identified as having been stolen from licensed firearms owners, other than firearms stolen from firearms dealers or members of the Garda or Defence Forces, in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24700/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or the Garda Commissioner have commissioned an independent risk assessment in accordance with accepted best internationally recognised standards to determine the actual risk associated with lawful firearms ownership having regard to the legal requirements that apply to firearms licence applicants in this jurisdiction; if no such risk...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will meet representatives of various sports shooting associations regarding the maladministration of the firearms licensing laws by the Garda Síochána and whose arguments have been supported by almost 600 court judgements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24702/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (10 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality having regard to the widespread disquiet among sports shooting organisations at the manner in which the Garda has administered the firearms licensing code over the past four years, the enormous number of court judgements against the Garda arising from their members' complaints and the importance of the integrity of the firearms licensing code...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Fisheries (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 73. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 8 May 2014, which states that responsibility for protecting the freshwater pearl mussel is a matter for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, if he is satisfied that all of the actions taken by Inland Fisheries Ireland and or its predecessor organisations in their management of rivers...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the utility and the environmental soundness of Inland Fisheries Ireland continuing the practice of stocking non-native hatchery reared fish from their facility in Cong into the river Erriff; the scientific purpose or research the IFI is relying on to justify this practice; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 438 and 439 of 13 May 2014, if his reply, which raises very serious questions for the use of social media by all State bodies, is supported by legal opinion. [24815/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (11 Jun 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that best practice is being followed by Inland Fisheries Ireland in their policy of allowing the exploitation of endangered and protected stock of wild salmon by means of catch and release angling. [24816/14]