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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, I am the Chairman. I have the right to interject at any stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am asking Deputy Mulherin to conclude her remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Shannon Airport Landings: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister particularly in the circumstances under which he has come here today and the pressure he is under. We appreciate his coming before the committee to assist us with our deliberations. We will now suspend our public session and will conclude in private session to conclude our business.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The remarkable RTE documentary aired last Monday night exposed the full extent of collusion between British state forces and Unionist paramilitaries in the decades of the conflict. It was not just a case of a few bad apples; it was systemic. Agents of the British state controlled and armed Unionists and loyalist paramilitaries for all of those years. All parties in the House have called on...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach meet the family of Eddie Fullerton, listen to their serious concerns and act on them once and for all?

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Tánaiste is right that all families deserve the truth. The difficulty is that the British Government and the British state have never accepted full responsibility for their full role in controlling, arming and directing Unionist paramilitaries throughout the decades of the conflict. That is the responsibility of the Government which is co-guarantor of all of the Agreements, from...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Tánaiste meet the family of Councillor Eddie Fullerton?

Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will take over from my very able-----

Order of Business (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a very unhealthy precedent. Although the Friday sitting votes roll over to Tuesday's sittings, to do the same on a Thursday smacks of a plan to let the Government team go home and keep us here. It is bad practice.

Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Oliver Callan will have you nailed next week.

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. First, like Deputies on all sides of the House, I understand the growing international aspect of crime. It is obvious that crime does not confine itself behind borders. As legislators, it is our job to be aware of such dynamics and play our part in making sure that such crime is combatted so that our communities are safe. Sinn Féin...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí on duty at present in the area of operation of Dundrum and Blackrock Garda stations; if all roles within the area of operation are fulfilled to such an extent that adequate health and safety standards are being met; and if she will provide details on the number of gardaí based in Dundrum for the years 2009 to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Global Resettlement Needs and Related Matters: UNHCR (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Earlier this year, I read that Ireland was the only country in the world that had a population smaller today than it had in the early 1800s. Ms Magennis will know this. Another statistic is that, according to a book written by Mr. Raymond Crotty, entitled Ireland in Crisis: A Study in Capitalist Colonial Undevelopment, half of those who survived childhood during the 65-year period between...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Global Resettlement Needs and Related Matters: UNHCR (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will Ms Magennis indicate how we as parliamentarians, and the UNCHR, could communicate issues such as the length of time that people spend in direct provision without increasing the alarm? Speeding up the application process is part of it, but how do we communicate better with our own people? Ireland has had the highest contribution per capitain the world towards overseas development aid. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask those present to be careful with their mobile phones as they interrupt the sound system. We are dealing with an update from the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the design and layout of ballot papers used in the Seanad referendum in 2013. Members will recall that, following the referendum in October 2013, a former member of the joint committee, now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Deputy for coming and trying to take part in the meeting. I know that it is a horrible thing from which to suffer at this time of year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before Mr. Falvey responds, I note that the clerk has brought to my attention the fact that the turnout in the case of the Seanad referendum was 1.24 million. That is 39%. The number of spoiled votes in that referendum was 14,355. However, in the recent referendum on marriage equality the turnover was much higher at 60.52%. The referendums on the Seanad and on marriage equality were the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Design and Layout of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Mr. Falvey for his presentation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has read the European Commission's communication on the European security agenda; if he held discussions with the Taoiseach ahead of the next European Council meeting, which takes place on 25 June 2015, considering that the Council will discuss the security challenges facing the European Union and the European security agenda at that meeting; and if he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Security Strategy (25 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question relates to the meeting today of the European Council which will include discussion on the EU's security strategy. This meeting takes place against the background of what is happening in the Mediterranean and in Ukraine. There are real concerns, in particular, about the military build-up by EU and NATO on one side of Ukraine and by the Russians on the other side, and the approach...

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