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- 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.
- 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?