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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (28 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 220. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of inspections of language schools and schools for international students carried out by the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each year from 2010 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and the number of suspensions or closures that have resulted from these inspections. [16596/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 279. To ask the Minister for Health when staff at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, who lost expensive personal belongings in the flooding at the hospital in July 2013 and who have officially submitted compensation claims, will be compensated. [16453/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are sitting as a joint sub-committee on petitions to record the decisions of the committee. The committee has received a total of 137 petitions to date since the launch of the petitions system. The secretariat has been examining them, first, to establish the admissibility of the petitions and, second, to assess how best to progress a petition for consideration by the joint sub-committee....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreed to close this petition? Agreed. It is open to Mr. Connolly to accept the invitation to discuss the broader issue of appointments if he wishes to do so. Petition No. P00022/14 is the need for provision to be made for the compensation of victims of uninsured aircraft operators or other third parties suffering personal injury or loss as a result of air accidents where there is no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (29 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreed to close the petition but to invite the petitioner, as Deputy Boyd Barrett suggested, to resubmit? When he does that, we will prioritise the petition because it has been in the system for a while. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now go back into private session to deal with the report on the direct provision system from our committee.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it going to be independent?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Have any Labour Party TDs ever used parliamentary privilege?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Has any Labour Party TD ever used parliamentary privilege?

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The list of them would be as long as my arm.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority Establishment (6 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 235. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of submissions that were received during the public consultation, on proposals for the new Policing Authority; and her plans to publish these submissions. [17204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Order Offences (6 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 236. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the call by the west Galway coroner (details supplied) for the amendment of the public order Acts to allow gardaí to detain persons for their own safety, and for the provision of defibrillators in all stations, following a recent death; and her plans to amend the Act. [17212/15]

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Bill before us amends the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 by creating three new offences in order to give effect to two Council Framework Decisions from 2008 and 2002. These offences, as we all know, are public provocation to commit a terrorist offence; recruitment for terrorism and training for terrorism. I and my party broadly support this Bill but we have some concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (7 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assure parents of children at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal that they will not lose a teacher at this school; if she will support their case that the enrolment falls just two pupils short of the 115-pupil threshold required to retain the current team of five teachers. [17929/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 1:In page 8, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “Transfer of data outside jurisdiction 12. Data may not be transferred to another jurisdiction for the purposes of it being used against an individual who has already stood trial and been acquitted in this jurisdiction.”. I raised this matter on Second Stage and referenced the case of Frank...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Frank McBrearty is a friend of mine and he would have no objection to me raising the issue. Even though he has been convicted of no charge, he was detained. In the case of anyone who has stood trial and been acquitted, we need to be careful about transfer of data and how the legislation applies. We may have data and details of citizens within the State and another jurisdiction may have a...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My understanding is that a Bill related to the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act went through the Seanad recently. Is something happening in the Seanad with that Bill?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is advising me that it is the more appropriate Bill for me to amend. I reserve the right to table the amendment on Report Stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are sitting as a joint sub-committee on petitions to record the decisions of the committee. The joint sub-committee has received a total of 138 petitions to date since the launch of the petitions system. The secretariat has been examining them to establish their admissibility and how best to progress them for consideration by the joint sub-committee. Up to 127 of the petitions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will invite the Minister and his senior officials to attend the committee as real issues have been brought to our attention which need to be addressed. After that, we will finalise our deliberations with a report and some recommendations. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely. It is one of those cross-over issues but the Minister for Finance is ultimately responsible.