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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Unbelievable.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was not his contribution.

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is my first public opportunity to congratulate my colleague from Donegal, Deputy McHugh, on his appointment as Minister for Education and Skills. I have known him for a long time. While we do not agree on everything, I have a lot of regard for him personally. He is a very sincere, decent person. I have no doubt that, in light of the very welcome statement of his predecessor, he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My party provided funding for associate membership in its alternative budget. Professor McNulty's presentation was comprehensive and I cannot see a single reason we are not already at least an associate member and building up towards being a full member, especially when one thinks of the profile of the multinational companies across the State. We boast about the various areas of activity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I glanced through the submission, which is very impressive across a number of heading. What is the level of engagement with the Department and Government? Has anybody given feedback on the submission? Has anybody said why this has not been done? It is absolutely extraordinary when one looks at the submission. We are talking about 2014, which four years ago. I would like to know what...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the important legislation before the House. Sinn Féin intends to work with the Minister of State and all Members of the House to improve it. This Bill stems from the current lack of regulation in the English language school sector, which is worth €1.58 billion per annum to the economy. The vast majority of the approximately 120 private English language schools in the...

Seanad: Mental Health (Capacity To Consent To Treatment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank my colleagues who drafted this legislation and acknowledge, in particular, Ms Grace McManus, for her work in its drafting. She is a young woman who is committed to dealing with the issue of mental health, on which she is a campaigner. It speaks volumes that she worked with Senators Máire Devine and Fintan Warfield in producing the legislation. It is important for us to...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have raised the following matter a number of times in this Chamber. I raised it as a Commencement Matter and I will raise it again today with genuine and deep regret. It is the matter of the three-school campus for Buncrana in County Donegal. We have two secondary schools and a primary school. We have Crana College, which is a fantastic school but it is packed to the gills. It is using...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport Provision (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Last Wednesday, a delegation of Oireachtas Members from Donegal met the Minister of State with responsibility for school transport, Deputy Halligan, and outlined to him the serious problems being experienced by the almost 30 pupils from the Kilmacrennan and Termon areas who do not have school transport to the two secondary schools in Milford. We also outlined how nine children did not have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Transport Provision (26 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That response was completely unacceptable to me and every other public representative in Donegal. The 30 pupils in south Inishowen whose families are from rural areas and go to Buncrana secondary schools do not have seats on buses. Of the cases we have investigated, this is through no great fault of their own and instead is owing to issues with medical cards and miscommunication. It is...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When I spoke at a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment attended by the Minister, Deputy Naughten, and the chief executive of An Post, I made it clear that there has been hypocrisy on the airwaves in respect of this matter. When I did some research in advance of that meeting, I discovered that the last time Fianna Fáil was in power - up...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Seven hundred and twenty five, or 40%.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was 40% the last time Senator Leyden's party was in government.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Full of sophistry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to ask some questions as I am not a member of the committee. The Minister and the chief executive officer, Mr. McRedmond will be aware that in Donegal, 17 post offices are scheduled for closure from south Donegal right up to the Inishowen Peninsula, my own home place. A number of public meetings are taking place and a number of communities are trying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will get into the solutions. It has been said that every settlement of more than 500 people will have a postal service. I am from the Inishowen peninsula and the electoral register, which does not even cover the total population, indicates Ballyliffin has 686 residents, Culdaff has 795 residents, Culkeeny in Malin has 544 residents and Dunaff in the Urris area of Clomany has 476...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Impact of Retirement Packages for Postmasters: Discussion (4 Sep 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that Mr. McRedmond email his response to me on that.

Seanad: Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am happy to welcome the Bill to the House today. I welcome that the Government addressed some of the initial problems with the Bill in the Dáil. My colleague, Deputy Quinlivan, tabled two amendments which sought to remove the changes the Minister wanted to introduce to the audit exemption for SMEs and the proposed change from the District Court to the High Court. Although the...