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Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is misleading the House.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is wilfully misleading the House but he can continue with his misleading.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is so cynical.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Enforcement? Seriously?

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If the Senator checks the blacks, he will see that Fine Gael Senators repeatedly interrupted Sinn Féin speakers. Perhaps he will correct his statement later.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Senator's solution is a wish list.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to share one minute of my time with Senator Conway-Walsh.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure the Minister of State for housing and urban renewal will have watched the "Prime Time" documentary aired on 31 May 2016 that revealed the devastating consequences of a profound failure in State regulation regarding the manufacture of concrete blocks. The concrete block is the core component of the family home. Senator Coffey visited Donegal in his time as Minister of State and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The issue here is that we have had statutory instruments since 1949 and we have had building control regulations and standards right through the decades that followed. This is a profound failure in State regulation and it is staring the Minister of State in the face. I am sure he has watched the documentary and has seen for himself the impact of this, as has the former Minister of State,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In Donegal they do not.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State will meet the cross-party delegation and will hear from them. They do not accept-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State can amend the terms of reference to ensure the job is done properly.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: "That Senator Máire Devine be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach." Máire has been an elected councillor since 2011 and has worked diligently for her constituents in the south Dublin area for many years. Before being elected as a public representative, as a psychiatric nurse she had years of sterling commitment in the area of psychiatric care and was a champion of people who were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an efibre upgrade will be rolled out at Bridgend in County Donegal, as Bridgend is designated as a second tier town by Donegal County Council, and is strategically well located on the border and on the Derry-Letterkenny gateway, with much potential for economic development and investment. [4151/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (28 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality given the serious allegations concerning misconduct by An Garda Síochána and inadequacies surrounding a case (details supplied), and given the need for the probity and independence of the Independent Review Mechanism, if she will authorise publication of the report prepared in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise for being a little late. The schedule has changed very quickly. Unfortunately, I must leave because I must chair the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions at 4 p.m. I must leave soon to prepare for that. One of the issues of concern is the Good Friday Agreement. It requires that there be an equivalent level of human rights protection in both parts of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to strengthen the performance of the criminal justice system in tackling white collar crime. [3044/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am revisiting an issue I first raised with the Minister in June 2014 and again in February 2015. I wish to get a sense of the Minister's plan to strengthen the performance of the criminal justice system to tackle white collar crime. Citizens have been disillusioned in recent years because they see people going to prison for not paying small fines while those who are responsible for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: White Collar Crime (27 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am mindful that what the recent Garda Inspectorate report said about the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation is very worrying. It said the GBFI was struggling to cope with the scale of the number of cases brought before it and recommended change in respect of the bureau. In 2014, Remy Farrell, SC, heavily criticised the lack of resources available to the Garda Bureau of Fraud...