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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, they ended up doing the churn. My sense of this is that there is a lack of awareness, particularly around those who left school and went into trades. There is the famous stereotype about them not being academically intelligent and that the system was not suited to them but maybe they had vocational intelligence on the job. I strongly feel that our society does not value those skills...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In recent days we celebrated the 18th birthday of the iCARE organisation in the Inishowen Peninsula of Donegal. It provides precious support to more than 100 children and young people with autism and their families. It is a vital service, not just for the Inishowen Peninsula but further afield. For all of these 18 years it has kept the door open by relentless fundraising and has had...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely, but I am mindful the Department officials are following the debate and they are the people who need to pay very close attention. There is much positive commentary about iCARE and Bluestack Special Needs Foundation and that is very welcome, particularly the model they use that integrates the young people, children and their families and works in partnership with the wider...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I join Senator Ardagh in condemning, in the strongest terms, the vandalism or attack on the First World War monument last night. Many years ago I was part of a delegation, organised by the late Paddy Harte, a man who served these Houses for many years. I travelled with mayors, including mayors from Donegal, and republicans, nationalists and unionists. We went to the battle sites of the...

Seanad: European Investment Fund Agreement Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This short, straightforward Bill proposes to give powers to the Ministers for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Agriculture, Food and the Marine to enter into certain agreements with the EIF. The purpose of this proposal is to facilitate the introduction of the future growth loan scheme, which will provide medium and long-term funding for small-to-medium sized enterprises in areas...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is Deputy Humphreys missing anybody?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is absolute nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a joint group involving the SDLP, Sinn Féin, the Green Party and the Alliance Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They have made a stand.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are standing up for the rights of the people in the North.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Senator Humphreys is taking a sectarian approach.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He is being nakedly sectarian.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is nakedly sectarian.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: God almighty.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise the decision to locate a direct provision centre in a hotel in Moville on the Inishowen Peninsula. This is one of the most northerly hotels in the entire island. The specific concern is that in recent days, the Irish Refugee Council has spoken out on this matter, pointing out that the refugees in question, some of whom are mothers with children, will be required to travel regularly...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Senator Lombard think seven votes will be the difference?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hundreds are against it.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is absolute nonsense. At issue is seven votes. Any objective analysis would conclude that is nonsense, never mind the fact that people in the North voted against it democratically.