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- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As a democrat Senator Lombard should respect the view of the nationalist people of the North.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It would never happen. That is nonsense. This analysis is deeply dishonest.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: People should know better – these are people who I respect in every other way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When a person speaks nonsense, he should be challenged. That is the way of things.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Senator Lombard is talking nonsense.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is absolute nonsense. No objective analysis supports that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At the end of his presentation Dr. Rigney challenged the employers on pay rates. I want to develop that point further. Does he have evidence, anecdotal or something better than it, of companies that would try to utilise work permits to keep wages low, rather than engaging with their existing workforce? I want to gain a better understanding of the matter. Does ICTU have evidence,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a follow-up question. Dr. Rigney referenced recourse action. Does ICTU have recourse within the instruments of the State if it is given evidence that an employer has abused the work permit system to keep wages low within a company?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ICTU has received no evidence of such behaviour.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Donohoe, in his presentation, referenced the governance review of the apprenticeship training in Ireland and expressed frustration on behalf of some at the speed at which it happened. He referenced comparisons with other countries and how that is not particularly pertinent because of the cultural changes that need to happen here, but he and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Aeroplane mode here too.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are gremlins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the witnesses were asked to give a ten-minute presentation so a lot of points had to be summarised but it would be helpful to develop this issue of the speed at which change is happening. It would be helpful for the committee if the witnesses were to follow up with a detailed submission on the legislative change that is required on the blockages they are encountering in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was a very helpful but alarming contribution from Ms Fitzpatrick, particularly in terms of the lost jobs and opportunities. She might make a supplementary submission to the committee on the specific problems IBEC has had and, with the agreement of the Chairman, we could then make representations to the Departments on this specific issue. I do not believe that addressing it can wait for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The witnesses better be quick.
- Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The recent budget was a missed opportunity on many fronts. There was no real attempt to address the issue of family farm incomes. The Minister will know from the Teagasc survey earlier this year that, excluding dairy, which was camouflaging great hardship, the average income for farming families is €20,000, which is well below the average wage. There is particular hardship in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our committee asked the Minister's Department to submit an updated report dealing with the 30 recommendations. What we received was a summary document with no details and no recommendation-by-recommendation update. That is what we asked for. What we have here is not good enough. It is similar with what the Minister has given us today. I apologise for being late for the Minister's...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I asked a question about the potential for conflict of interest. There is no need to name names but are the officials who make a recommendation to the Minister regarding licensing also the officials who would make a recommendation regarding enforcement and penalties? Are they in the same department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is the same people.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question is about the officials. The Minister signs off on the authorisation of a licence. There is also enforcement and penalties. Do the same people do both?