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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the consideration given to providing An Garda Síochána with a replacement personal defence weapon for the Uzi machine gun; and if cost considerations have prevented or delayed a decision on the matter. [16184/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Microsoft Transparency Report, published on 21 March 2013 in which it was reported that An Garda Síochána had made 72 requests to Microsoft in respect of 222 different email and other accounts, and that in five cases, contents of emails were provided by Microsoft to An Garda Síochána and in 46 cases, non-content...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the judgment of the European Court of Human rights in X and Others v Austria on discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in step-parent adoption and the implications for the legal system here; her plans to amend Irish law to become ECHR compliant in this area; and if she will make a statement on the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where is the Taoiseach heading?

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, as evidenced by the results.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some fairness?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My views on this subject are well known. I commend the witnesses on their presentation. The human rights and legal framework for this, domestically and internationally, is watertight. It cannot be argued with. It is that simple. I invite anybody to argue the case against it, as there is no case against it. We will develop that as the hearings proceed. We will see if it can be argued...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We might let Mr. Collins and Ms Quilligan give a brief summary and then, with the Chairman's agreement, we might revisit the issue in a future presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We might let Mr. Collins and Ms Quilligan make an assessment before we revisit it at a later date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am trying to get the representatives to outline what historically has distinguished the Traveller community from the settled community. How is it that there are 40,000 people in that culture today? What is the historical context? Various members of the community have different aims and outlooks. How did the community evolve?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are in public session. The committee has deliberated petition No. P00035/12, from Ms Helen Corcoran, re microwave sickness or electro-sensitivity arising from mobile telephone masts. Do we have any recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All right. For the record, the recommendations are, first, that the committee note that the World Health Organisation's international EMF project is expected to issue a formal risk assessment of all studied health outcomes from radiofrequency field exposure in 2014. Second, the view of the committee is that publication of the risk assessment will present a further opportunity for review of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Two votes have been called and therefore we will move on quickly. The next petition is No. P00058/12 from Mr. John Atkinson regarding a change in mandatory sentencing for murder convictions. The committee has had an opportunity to deliberate on this and I propose that the following recommendation be accepted:The committee notes that the Law Reform Commission is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes; we can encourage the petitioner to contact the Law Reform Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreed, as an additional point, that we do that? Agreed. The next petition is No. P0007/13 from Mr. Paddy Lambe regarding concerns about inappropriate standards related to proposed diving industry legislation. I will open this up for recommendations. We had a chance to deliberate on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00011/13 has been withdrawn by the petitioner. Petition No. P00012/13 is deemed inadmissible. The text of this petition should not be published as the petitioner is naming a firm of solicitors and it has been deemed inadmissible. I propose that the joint committee stand adjourned until 4 p.m. next Wednesday, 24 April 2013.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No problem. I thank the Senator.

Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill and will support its passage through the House. We must all continue to work hard to ensure it is made increasingly tough for those involved in criminality to channel their money in a way that allows them to live a lifestyle repugnant to any sense of justice. For too long, many of our communities have faced the scourge of organised criminality and criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (18 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will introduce the Freedom of Information Bill 2012 in the Dáil. [17839/13]