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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If it helps, I will be very brief.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Senator Reilly. There is not much to say on this short Bill other than to say that I welcome the amendment to the Companies Act. Sinn Féin is happy that the benefits of the continuation of section 279 are not compromised by damages to the Exchequer. In short, the Bill extends the deadline in section 279 of the Companies Act 2014 to December 2030 so that certain companies can...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Diabetes will be one of the major challenges facing our health service in the years ahead.The Minister for Health met representatives of the Donegal Diabetes Association in Letterkenny General Hospital in December and learned about the serious crisis in the provision of care for adults with type 1 diabetes in the county. They have to wait 21 months for follow-up appointments. The provision...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Mackerel Quota Allocation: Iasc Mara Teoranta (4 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Having read the proposal, it is true to say that it is aligned to what the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine states to be its policy. That point was well made. The screening of an excellent documentary, "Atlantic", highlighted the sense of anger about the extent of our waters that we have given away and the loss of this immense resource. It is particularly frustrating that...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Apr 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This legislation is admittedly long and dense but it is welcome because it brings Irish law in line with an EU directive and that is to be supported. The Bill will allow for the use in Ireland of sections of the financial reporting standards applicable in the UK for small companies and the financial reporting standards applicable to the micro entity regimes by micro companies. Under section...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to raise two issues with the Leader today. The first issue is that of Jadotville. As the Leader knows, a motion, signed by the majority of Senators, is ready to be submitted that deals with the injustice that the Jadotville veterans and their families have faced for all these years. It calls for a medal ceremony in Áras an Uachtarán to recognise the scale of the injustice...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Senator Davitt's colleague did not stop interrupting for the past ten minutes, for God's sake.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He should tell his colleague to behave herself.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Do not make it-----

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will deal first with a couple of points in response to some of the comments that have been made. Some argue that young people aged 16 and 17 years should not have the right to vote because they are not fully aware of all the issues. Unfortunately, it is clear in listening to some of the comments made in the Chamber that some Senators are not aware of all the issues. This legislation has...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If we in Sinn Féin could be assured that those availing of this proposed legislation were Irish fishermen resident on the island of Ireland availing of an Irish natural resource we would support that, in line with our support for the Good Friday Agreement and North-South co-operation. My difficulty is that I see no evidence presented that can guarantee what I regard as loopholes under...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has challenged the veracity of the Marine Institute's map as it pertains to the zero to six-mile limit. What evidence has he presented for the scale of fishing by vessels registered in this state that has been ongoing in waters off the North of Ireland since the Supreme Court's decision? Does he have evidence of the scale of fishing taking place? He has made an argument about...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When it commenced, many years ago, our fishing communities were not equipped, resourced or ready.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Or protected. The injustice of the Common Fisheries Policy is an argument for another day but today we have a blank canvas to protect an immense resource, particularly the bottom mussel industry. It should be a resource for Irish citizens. Natural resources are things we have to protect and the legislation the Minister is introducing brings back a loophole that can be exploited by foreign...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Fianna Fáil Party press its amendment?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I understand we are taking all Stages today.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is very helpful and I welcome the decision to take only Second Stage today. From the perspective of most parties, the idea of providing access to all of the waters off the Irish coast for all fishermen on this island is a welcome one. I am sure Senators and the Minister will have seen the map I am holding, which shows UK territorial waters coloured in red. One of the serious concerns...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is a position that could also secure support on this side of the water.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Mar 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to echo the comments of my colleague, Senator Kelleher, on the massively historic statement that will be made this evening in the Dáil. I am thinking, in particular, of the leaders of the Traveller communities across Ireland who fought for this for many years. I am sure we will revisit this issue over the next week or so. In fairness to the Leader, he has arranged a number of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Cancer Services Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Recently in the Dáil my colleague Deputy Pearse Doherty raised the issue of chemotherapy patients from County Donegal yet again being forced to travel to Galway because of the failure to recruit a consultant in Letterkenny University Hospital. The Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, was not present that day to deal with the issue and Deputy Pearse Doherty expressed his outrage....