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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the Government plans to recognise the ethnicity of the Traveller community in this State. [20179/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce the Judicial Council Bill; and if she will incorporate a version of the Sentencing Council, operational in England and Wales, in the Bill. [20180/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has taken over a year for the fines amendment Act to be implemented; her views on the confirmation from the Prison Service of another annual increase in prison committals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20177/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when persons or families who have submitted allegations of Garda malpractice will learn of the recommendations from the independent review panel. [20176/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Report Stage amendments she plans to introduce for the long delayed Spent Convictions Bill. [20178/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 488. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame for the enactment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013; if she will identify a budget for same; if she will consider establishing an interim office of the public guardian to prepare for the commencement of this legislation. [20110/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Services Programme Review (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by the national disability stakeholders monitoring group in establishing Departmental consultation committees; the Departments that have established a committee; when each committee last met; and plans to meet again. [20111/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive a reply from her Department to correspondence alleging the person is a victim of legal malpractice. [20362/15]

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are three long-delayed Bills in the justice area. The Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill is a big issue for people who were convicted of very minor offences in their youth and who now face a barrier to employment. It has been delayed for far too long. The second Bill is mediation legislation, which will be very important with regard to family law. It would mean people would...

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He was to be here at 1 p.m. I do not know what has happened.

Order of Business (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It must be introduced by the Deputy in person.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No problem Chairman, but I will take as long as everybody else. I have correspondence from a personal insolvency practitioner regarding the issue of split mortgages. Many of the banks seem to have gone down the road of the split mortgage, but when the borrower reaches 70 years of age, they then try to recoup the warehoused section of it. However, it is a concern that they expect people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When did the Government first approach the ISI regarding its opinion on the bank veto? I understand the service voiced its unhappiness about the veto. What was the Government's response to the issues raised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Niall Collins referred to the issues arising in Limerick. In terms of the number of people who might have consulted a personal insolvency practitioner, what impact does Mr. O'Connor believe the service has made? The numbers who availed of the personal insolvency route were much lower than anticipated in the year since the legislation was introduced. In fairness, that is reflected in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is there merit in publishing a list of insolvency practitioners in a similar manner to the civil legal aid board?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (9 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 108. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the work done by the LE Eithne and its crew, since the ship was deployed to the Mediterranean; his plans to expand the role that the LE Eithne is fulfilling in the region, especially in relation to the recently agreed European Union naval force operation in the Mediterranean. [21693/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (9 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yesterday, the Irish Naval ship, the LE Eithne, left hundreds of refugees in an Italian port. I want to record the appreciation of the Irish people for the tremendous work they are doing, but there are concerns that we would be pulled into the EUNAVFOR force and that our mission would move from one of search and rescue to something that would not be in the interests of the Irish State and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (9 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for his response. The Irish people are immensely proud of the search and rescue humanitarian mission. It fits in with Ireland being a neutral country but one that contributes proactively to humanitarian responses globally. I urge the Minister to ensure all this good work is not undermined by going down the road of a EUNAVFOR mission. I would have concerns around such...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Operations (9 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Like me, the Minister would have been proud of the words of the President, Michael D. Higgins, when he was in Lebanon regarding Europe's failure to deal with the refugee crisis and the unacceptable catastrophe of thousands of people drowning in the Mediterranean. Italy and Malta cannot be expected to shoulder the responsibility. This is a European responsibility. I note that there has been...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (9 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My concern on this issue, as with many other issues, is that the lawyers in the Department, or those advising the Department, will say that if the Minister changes tack at this stage, he admits liability in regard to cases that are before courts. The Minister repeatedly says that nobody has contracted malaria but, with respect, that is not the point. The point is that for people with...