Results 2,841-2,860 of 8,976 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has just been pointed out to me that we have spent 90 hours debating the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I therefore ask for some latitude today in respect of this very important Bill.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am not proposing 90 hours. I am only asking for a wee bit of latitude.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are on Committee Stage of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill as well, by the way. We have not got past Committee Stage after 90 hours. God almighty. As the Minister knows, the amendments we are debating relate to length of the vessels. Some have proposed 15 m and others have proposed 12 m. As a gesture of goodwill, I am not going to press any votes on these amendments today. I...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Never?
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A news report I am looking at states that the Government published the advice of the Attorney General on the referendum on the eighth amendment, so the Government does sometimes publish the Attorney General's advice.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am referring to advice from the Attorney General relating to this legislation. The fishing organisations have made submissions-----
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The job of the Leas-Chathaoirleach is to referee.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Leas-Chathaoirleach needs to reflect.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There have been 90 hours of debate.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is continually interrupting.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask to be allowed to finish my point without interruption.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask for just one minute.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I assure the Leas-Chathaoirleach that it is relevant. The Official Report of this debate will show that the Minister said the Government never published advice from the Attorney General.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thought the Leas-Chathaoirleach was going to give me one minute.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have just produced evidence to the effect that the Government sometimes does publish advice from the Attorney General, and that is when it is politically beneficial. The Minister replied by saying there was a court case. The advice I am talking about relates to the London Fisheries Convention, which is a key point of contention and a major concern for fishery organisations. I am not...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will not press amendment No. 3.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will withdraw them both with the right to reintroduce them on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, line 15, after “operated” to insert “by person(s) resident”. This is an important amendment and I would like a dialogue on it today. It relates to the issue of residency. We are all on the one page as regards restoring access for all Irish vessels within a certain size to Irish waters around our coast and ensuring a level...
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2019)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Inshore. Fair enough.