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Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There will be a wider debate next week-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----because Fianna Fáil is divided on the issue.

Seanad: Migrant Integration Strategy: Statements (16 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise for missing the Minister of State's speech earlier. I was in the agriculture committee dealing with legislation. We must always remind ourselves, particularly as public representatives in these Houses, that Ireland is the only country in the world that has a population today lower than it was in the 1800s. That is our history and our reality. It is a history of emigration. In...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: How would the Senator define apartheid if that is not apartheid?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Senator's comment is outrageous.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to raise a number of issues. The first one is the issue of the gorse fires. In Donegal there have been 50 separate fires throughout the county. Not far from my own home area of Buncrana a fire has been burning in the hills for the last four days. The fire rescue team attending the fire have had very little sleep. I spoke to one of the members of that team today and he reckons the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am moving an amendment that the motion be taken without debate at the end of the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is seconded by Senator Ó Clochartaigh.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the groups for their presentations. I will direct my first question to the council. It is clear from its presentation that it has reached the conclusion that there is no future for the greyhound racing industry and it is beyond reform. I would like to tease that out. GRAI appears to be more measured in its outlook with respect to traceability and so on. Perhaps I am wrong but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What if a range of protections and assurances were built into the legislation? We make laws in this building all of the time. We measure the success of every law by the way that it is enforced. Ms Yourell has expressed her concern about whether suitable legislation can be enforced. Is there a way forward? She has indicated that her organisation is not opposed to the principle of dogs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is Ms Yourell suggesting that we should amend the legislation or that there is no point as the sport is beyond saving? Everybody is concerned about the enforcement of legislation. When legislation is enacted one is always concerned about whether it will be enforced and implemented but that is a separate argument. Are there suitable amendments? Is there a type of legislation that will...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff Recruitment (13 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister for Health attend?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff Recruitment (13 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff Recruitment (13 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that but it has become regular practice for the Minister not to attend. This is the third time an important health issue in Donegal has been discussed in the Dáil and the Seanad. Let us remember that it takes many days and sometimes weeks to table a Topical Issue and Commencement matter. It is important and precious to have such an opportunity. The Minister for Health...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Staff Recruitment (13 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and ask her to convey to the Minister the need to meet representatives of the Donegal Diabetes Association, as promised, as soon as possible to address their concerns. In her response the Minister of State omitted to mention that there is a 21-month waiting time for repeat referrals for adults with type 1 diabetes in County Donegal. This is a...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the point that the amendment refers only to the pharmaceutical industry but it is telling that the only industries that have been in contact over this legislation is that sector, so it must particularly affect it. All of the different sectors could have contacted us to express their concerns about legislation, as is their right.

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am not aware of any, other than those in the pharmaceutical industry. We have all received e-mails from various parts of the industry, I am not aware of any others. I accept there may well be -----

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the specific amendment, I am cognisant that there is clearly a very serious issue for the pharmaceutical sector. We have to strike a balance between overburdening business and meeting the need for regulation, accountability and transparency. I have not heard from the Minister about any loss of transparency or accountability that would arise from the Fianna Fáil amendment which...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.