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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...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I also extend my condolences to the family of the former Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Rory Kiely. I know we will have an opportunity in the near future to speak in more detail about his life and his contribution to the country. I must raise the extraordinary revelations by Dr. Gabriel Scally this morning on the level of co-operation he has been receiving from the Department of Health. It...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is tomorrow.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Earlier this month, the Government announced funding of €16 million for 27 projects across the State, to be funded under the Ability programme. This programme provides supports to more than 2,600 young people aged between 15 and 29 years who have a disability. According to a Government press statement, the announcement was the fruition of a long period of planning, consultation and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not dispute that this was an independent process, but it was an entirely flawed process. Two Departments worked with Pobal, which is responsible for assisting communities in tackling poverty and improving inclusion throughout the State. I cannot understand how, following an extensive process, they could come up with the map I have before me. The map shows that no organisations north...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The process is flawed. That is the point. There is no point appealing a process that is flawed.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to fully support Senator Gallagher's call. Last night RTÉ's "Prime Time" was a devastating exposé of the failures in our criminal justice system. Shane O'Farrell was mown down by Zigimantas Gridzuiska on 2 August 2011. Not long after that I met Shane's parents. What will never leave me is their grief and the love they had for their son, and the sheer devastation....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We cannot leave it to GSOC. The first part of its report is a shambles and a travesty in terms of what we can see with our own eyes based on the dossier of evidence that Lucia O'Farrell herself has put together. It is an insult to the Irish people just to leave it to GSOC. There has to be a public inquiry. We have some solemn powers in the House. We do not abuse them and we use them...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----to listen to our concerns and to tell us there will be a public inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell.