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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to go back to the issue of seasonal employment permits. Ms Dunne went some distance in assuring me when she spoke about an indicative wage, which I assume would be above the minimum wage, and that the Department would look at transport, accommodation and so on. That is encouraging. I assume the Department will engage with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in this regard. I accept...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Would that be renewable yearly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With regard to the labour market needs test, the review recommended that the duration of the test would be extended to four weeks and that it would be amended to reflect modern advertising methods. I absolutely accept the rationale for these changes. I believe this would apply to the more highly skilled end of things. The Department has laid out some criteria already in that regard. Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is fine. I am reassured with what the Department is doing there, and I am happy with that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise a matter of serious importance. In June 2018, the Dáil passed a motion calling for a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Shane O'Farrell in Monaghan in August 2011. This House did the same in February 2019. Many of us in these Houses have met the devastated family of Shane O'Farrell and have learned about the shocking set of circumstances and failure...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Get your retaliation in first.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of order, I agree entirely with what Senator McDowell said there. The Leas-Chathaoirleach was responsible for an excellent report on criminality in the Border regions, so he knows more about this subject than most.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My point of order is a request on the back of what has been said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If the Leas-Chathaoirleach will give me some latitude, I promise him I will finish in ten seconds. It is a relevant point.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The relevant point is this. Can we bring the Minister for Justice and Equality before us to address us on the issue that I raised earlier concerning Shane O'Farrell and on the very pertinent issues Senator McDowell has just raised? The Minister for Justice and Equality has spent 100 hours here debating a single Bill. I am asking him to come here to address this-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Good luck to the Minister if he manages to secure it-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is shameful.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is typical fundamentalist behaviour.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: An intolerant fundamentalist taking advantage of this.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Support Services (5 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Gabhaim buíochas leis An Leas-Chathaoirleach. ParentStop in Donegal, an organisation that has operated since 2007 but evolved from a meeting in 2005, is an organic community-led charity. It is a tremendous organisation. In the most recent year, it has supported over 400 families across Donegal. Most of those families are self-referred by word-of-mouth. It is a safe space for parents...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Support Services (5 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the confirmation that the Minister is working with the HSE to find a funding solution and that she is going to meet the board of ParentStop later this month. I acknowledge that Tusla and the Department have tried their best to sustain the services but I feel other agencies and Departments have failed ParentStop. Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures is a very good framework....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise for being late but I have read over the presentation. Recently, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commissioner came before the enterprise committee. This was on the back of the beef protest, of which I am sure the witnesses are aware as they will have read the news in the UK. Its representatives acknowledged in their presentation that the body was not equipped to address...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Ms Tacon has worked with the agriculture sector and with business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I came across a very interesting model from the mid west in the United States, with an organic farmers' co-operative comprising members whose herd size did not exceed 100. Animal health was of an extraordinary standard and collectively, from the producer right through, they had put together an extremely exciting product. The agricultural sector in the United States is very industrialised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I listened intently to the questions from Deputy Chambers and I must come to the view that they were asked with an eye to the next general election rather than the best interests of the country and what has just happened in the Brexit negotiations. With the exception of the DUP, the people of Ireland, North and South, have stood together. Civil society, businesses, farming organisations and...