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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister did not respond on the issue of Brexit.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is no bother at all.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure Senator Reilly might want to respond to that all right. We are happy to support this Bill. The solid work of the IDA in many places across the State should be acknowledged, as this Bill is primarily about its functions and powers. I hope that performance can continue and that this Bill will help to provide the tools to achieve that. If it does, that is a good thing. My party...

Seanad: Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I commend Senator Kelleher and the Senators who supported her in bringing forward this timely and very important Bill. On 10 October 2015, in awful circumstances, ten members of the Traveller community lost their lives in a fire. Five of them were children. Soon thereafter, I looked at a report on the events published on the journal.ienews website. Below the article were several comments...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Next Wednesday marks the 34th anniversary of a seminal moment in the history of our State, that being, when Ms Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods in Dunnes Stores on Henry Street in this city. The strike that followed on from that action lasted three years. I am sure the Tánaiste is familiar with the history of that. In 1987, we became the first State in the western...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A debacle has been going on for well over ten years in respect of finding a site for a three-school campus. The three schools in question are Crana College secondary school in Buncrana, serving the Inishowen Peninsula, Gaelscoil Bhun Cranncha and Gaelcholáiste Chineál Eoghain. In the case of Crana College, the school is having to use up its leisure and amenity space to erect more...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Jul 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: More than two years ago, the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, announced that he was delighted they had moved to a preferred site, yet here we are two years later. The Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, will appreciate that the people in the Inishowen area are exasperated with the delays. If we get this deal over the line, and I wish the negotiators every success, I appeal to...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not know if the Leader has had an opportunity to watch the "RTÉ Investigates" programme that was broadcast last Monday evening. The programme dealt with the crisis of dumping in the countryside and the pathetic court sanctions imposed. In one case, the National Parks and Wildlife Service stated it had discovered the worst dumping incident its staff had ever seen. The court...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Apparently, the perpetrators had to clean up their rubbish but that was only because they were forced to do so. There is a real crisis in County Donegal. We had the incidence of Ferry's Refuse, which was extensively reported and which demonstrated the lack of power enjoyed by our courts and enforcement systems. "RTÉ Investigates" revealed there are tens of thousands of tonnes of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will meet the Leader in the good place.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, the Minister with responsibility in this regard?

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am happy to have my issue and the issue raised by Senator Marie-Louse O'Donnell addressed in the same debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the justice debate last Thursday, two issues were taken, the second on the conclusion of the first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Identification of Sheep: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a very good submission from the IFA. Other farming organisations have expressed concerns. This submission deals with the concerns expressed and makes some practical proposals. The IFA asserts that the main beneficiaries of this decision are the meat factories. It has brought to our attention a number of non-statutory charges imposed on farmers. I reaffirm the points made by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Identification of Sheep: Discussion (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The point the IFA has made is that SRM and scrapie testing are non-statutory.

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At present, there are more than 250,000 SMEs throughout Ireland. These businesses employ almost 928,000 people and are the engine of the Irish economy. Unfortunately, many SMEs are struggling to grow due to a lack of Government action in specific areas. In particular, the Government's lack of action on insurance costs, its disregard for the impact on SMEs of hikes in commercial rates and...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (19 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is Mayo Fine Gael haggling.

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I first met with Lucia and her husband, Jim, some years ago when I was the justice spokesperson for my party. As a councillor, a Deputy and now as a Senator I met many families over the years who were seeking justice and answers but I do not think I have ever met a family with such a depth of love for their lost loved one. Their grief was so intense it struck me hard that day and it has...

Seanad: Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (14 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It accepts the Garda version of events again and again. It does not deal with the fact that the PSNI asked for the records and received them from An Garda Síochána but no analysis was done. It does not deal with the fact that a vehicle with no insurance and no NCT which was being driven by a drug addict, with a number of other addicts as passengers, was not seized. The car was...