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- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: How many times have I said to the Leader that I would withhold the relevant motion, which has been------
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----agreed by the majority of Members of this House? I have acted in good faith but I have been treated with utter contempt. I should not be told that I am bullying anybody. I have been treated with utter contempt, as has Senator Craughwell.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What has happened this morning is absolutely disgraceful.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Leader has acted in good faith but the Minister of State has treated us with utter contempt.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What the hell does the Cathaoirleach expect me to do? What does he expect me to do?
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For months and months-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have held this motion back for six months.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hang on. I should not be told that it ill behoves us to debate the issue in this way. We have held the motion back for six months.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Six months. This morning I was told that there has been no progress. Nothing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I know the Leader is not available tomorrow morning. However, Senator Craughwell and I have repeatedly sought a meeting with the Minister of State and we wish to have that meeting. If the Leader can undertake to arrange that meeting for any time this evening-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that. I will not divide the House but I wanted to make that point clear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I remind the Leader that we were promised a meeting after Easter. He knows we were promised that meeting.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am going to take a leap of faith and accept that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----on the basis of the assurance given by the Leader, the meeting will take place by tomorrow morning.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can the Leader provide an assurance that the meeting will take place within the next 24 hours?
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Within the next 24 hours.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Leader may have spotted a number of families standing outside the building today. They seek to raise awareness of Lyme disease. In my own county of Donegal as many as 60 persons have come forward to highlight the fact that they have been diagnosed with Lyme disease. There is resistance in the community of medical professionals to acknowledge the prevalence of Lyme disease as a real...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could we get a meeting with the Minister?
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What about the 1916 medals?