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Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I second Senator Conway-Walsh's proposal to amend the Order of Business. I wish to raise the issue of the history of the State's dealing with white collar crime. It is quite shocking. There were 289 Ansbacher cases and no one prosecuted and there were 3,675 DIRT bogus accounts and no one prosecuted. In regard to the HSBC scandal, 350 Irish persons held accounts amounting to €3.1...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it possible to get a meeting with the Minister of State for the four of us next week?

Seanad: Order of Business (24 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A meeting for the four of us Senators along with himself.

Seanad: Areas of Natural Constraint: Statements (24 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to first apologise to the Minister for being late. Parents of children with life-limiting illnesses are meeting with leaders of various political parties today and I had to be in attendance at the meeting. The Minister will appreciate why that would have kept me away until now. We need to be frank in this debate, so I will be frank. These payments were originally in Donegal and...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Leader may have spotted a number of families standing outside the building today. They seek to raise awareness of Lyme disease. In my own county of Donegal as many as 60 persons have come forward to highlight the fact that they have been diagnosed with Lyme disease. There is resistance in the community of medical professionals to acknowledge the prevalence of Lyme disease as a real...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could we get a meeting with the Minister?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What about the 1916 medals?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to get the attention of the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is important. I appreciate that the Leader has tried to help with the issue of the Jadotville medals. I ask the Cathaoirleach to bear with me. I briefly raised the issue with the Minister of State in the canteen this morning. I asked when he would meet with myself and Senator Craughwell. He said he would come in to the Seanad at some point but is not going to meet us. He is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want it sorted today once and for all. There must be respect for the majority of Members of this House. I want a statement from the Minister of State with responsibility for defence and for him to do the honourable thing. We have acted honourably up until now. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, for the Minister to come to the House today to make an urgent statement on what...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Today?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will he meet us first thing in the morning?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No. I need an assurance. This is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A Chathaoirligh, may I respond briefly?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Then there will be a vote and the House will divide. We have been messed around for months now.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: How can the Minister of State meet the Government Senators but not meet Senator Craughwell and me?

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For months, we have looked for a meeting-----

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----just to know where we stand.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have no problem with the Leader but the Minister of State has treated us with utter contempt for months. He showed me utter contempt in the canteen this morning. I need to meet him today or first thing in the morning with Senator Craughwell.