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- Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As well as spinning it and leaking it to journalists.
- Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That approach is working.
- Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a feeling that exchange will go viral.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is a large grouping of amendments so we are forced to speak to a range of them at the same time. I imagine this will take considerable time. The first group of amendments I wish to speak to are amendments Nos. 9 to 13, inclusive and 15 to 21, inclusive. These amendments are in line with the need for the authority to be truly independent. The Minister should not be permitted to...
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am not finished yet.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a right to put this on the record. It is the Government's-----
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. That is fair enough. I have made my point. It is unprecedented and outrageous. Many Ministers receive amendments. We put a huge amount of work into our amendments and we engaged through all of it. Unfortunately we were disadvantaged by the fact that the justice committee was scheduled for a date and time at which all the Opposition made clear we could not make it. The committee...
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would add that gardaí themselves, through the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, AGSI, have stated repeatedly that they want politics removed from policing. It is not only the public who wants this following the episodes and the failure of the Department of Justice and Equality and Ministers to oversee An Garda Síochána...
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 9:In page 8, lines 7 and 8, to delete "shall, upon the nomination of the Authority, be made by the Government" and substitute "shall be made by the Authority".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 10:In page 8, line 9, to delete “nominate” and substitute “appoint”.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 11:In page 8, line 10, to delete ", with the prior approval in writing of the Government,".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 12:In page 8, line 13, to delete ", with the approval of the Minister,".
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 13:In page 8, line 17, to delete “nominated” and substitute “appointed”.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 15:In page 8, line 25, to delete “nomination” and substitute “appointment”.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 16:In page 8, lines 25 and 26, to delete “for appointment”.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of order-----
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy is not a Minister any more. I want to respond. On a point of order, I want to correct the record.
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here are the facts-----
- Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Committee Stage was taken over two days. This is the second day of Report Stage. This amounts to four separate days for debate. The Minister for Justice and Equality has not been present once during those four days. The former Minister for Justice and Equality should get off his high horse and realise that in a democracy, when the Government has the contempt whereby the Minister does not...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (17 Nov 2015)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding streams and grants she provides for the installation of closed-circuit televison systems by community and resident groups and by local authorities. [40294/15]