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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some of the issues I was going to raise have already been dealt with. Dr. May has worked with the Government and advised it in the past. What degree of consultation and engagement has she had with the Department on the valid issues she is raising. The Oireachtas collectively wants to ensure the greyhound industry gets a clean bill of health, that we reform it and restore confidence in it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is absolutely fine.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (23 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise this issue on my behalf and that of Senator Rose Conway-Walsh from Mayo because the families affected are in Donegal and Mayo. Some 18 months ago the Government of the day, which was led by the Minister of State's party, announced the establishment of an expert panel. This panel was to examine the crisis facing a large number of families in Donegal and Mayo in respect of the failure...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (23 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The language used in the Minister of State's reply does not tally with the Government's actions. How can it take the best part of five months to legally proof a document? I understand this report was concluded at the beginning of this year. It is not acceptable that five months have been spent legally proofing it. A year has passed since this document was supposed to be published....

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have previously raised the issue of 1916 commemorative medals rightly being presented to members of An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, and the National Ambulance Service. However, fire and rescue personnel, with the exception of County Kilkenny, were not presented with such a medal. They feel that this is indicative of the treatment they receive and the disrespect that...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is an absolute Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael stunt.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is how they behave in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will fool no hill farmers.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Rather than actually honour the promises made to hill farmers? They will not forget it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A divided party that cannot back the motion will fool nobody.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We look forward to the vote.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Nonsense.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A new centre.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael stitch-up.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Stitch-up.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We want a debate with the Minister today.

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?