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Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Those comments will have to be answered. Outrageous statements.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Outrageous statements on regime change which defy Ireland's historical policy on neutrality.

Other Questions: Army Equitation School (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Promoting the Irish horse is all lovely and fine but the concern here relates to recent reports about practices in the school. Can the Minister of State provide clarification on the wage scales and overseas travel allowances about which we have asked? We need the information because there has been public concern about practices in the school and we need answers.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State will appreciate that the comments made by the Secretary General of NATO when he was here were insensitive at best. Ireland has a proud history of neutrality. Our Defence Forces have served across the world under blue helmet operations. Our people have played a leading role in conflict resolution on an ongoing basis, and that is our position. The Secretary General...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There were reported in the media.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State will note that the question refers to the secretary general's recent comments, not his speech. I note on a report on the The Irish Times website that the Secretary General of NATO has invited the Irish people to join NATO - that the doors would be open for them to join. I repeat, has a complaint been made to hiss office? Has the Minister for Defence either publicly or...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is encouraging that a significant number of barracks have been sold. Could we get details of the amount the Department secured for them and how that was reallocated in the Department's budget? There has been a consultation process in Mullingar, and the Minister made a statement in January inviting proposals and submissions. The town...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Abolition (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of his plans to abolish the Reserve Defence Forces; if he will provide the details of any circulars issued by his Department within the past 24 months on this issue. [13155/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (14 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the cost of security at each of the closed army bases per month since their closure; the total amount of moneys paid to each private security company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13154/13]

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does that answer apply to both parts of the question?

Order of Business (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I cannot believe the Deputy is referring to the public interest directors. That has nothing to do with this. That is a separate issue but a nice try.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health the standards, guidelines, protocols and procedures which are in place for the support and supervision of school going children with type 1 diabetes in their efforts to control their blood glucose levels; if he will outline measures used to ensure these are adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13778/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concern of people with epilepsy that generic substitution is not appropriate in the case of antiepileptic medications AEDs; if he will frame an appropriate exclusion in the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012, as is the case in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13781/13]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, subsection (1), line 28, to delete "12 months" and substitute "48 months".As the Minister of State will know, the Government is proposing that the period to be considered spent is 12 months or less. Britain has substantial experience of this area spanning more than 38 years. Overall, I welcome the Bill. It is a step in the right direction, particularly in...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While the Bill is welcome, the challenge in the legislation is to find proportionality between the need to rehabilitate a person and the need to protect citizens and vulnerable people, employers and employees. I gave a particular case study of a person who has made a huge effort in education over a sustained period and has not only repaid his debt to society but has actively sought to do...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Amendment No. 3 deals with the same issue.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, subsection (1), to delete lines 2 to 30 and substitute the following: ““relevant custodial sentence”, in relation to a person convicted of an offence, means a sentence or sentences of imprisonment for a term of 48 months or less imposed by a court on the person in respect of the offence (whether or not a fine is also imposed on the...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 11: In page 4, subsection (1), line 35, to delete “2 years” and substitute “48 months”.I wish to speak on this amendment.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is not the same issue; it is separate.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (20 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise. The issue is not the same. I believed amendments Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive, were being considered as a group. Amendment No. 11 is a different matter.