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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is agreed. We move on to No. P00029/14. The petitioner is calling on the Government to introduce a child care tax credit in the upcoming budget, which obviously has now passed. The petitioner advises of more than 1,000 supporting petitioners. We had forwarded this matter to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. After a number of contacts with the Minister's office, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I agree and echo the views of other members. We often find that when petitioners get responses, they are happy with it. We will move on to No. P00011/15. The petitioner is concerned with the regularity of scanning during pregnancy. The committee agreed to look at this as there could be a public service oversight issue. However, as there appear to be errors in the text and there have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the petitioners, Keep Syrian "Refugees" Out Of Ireland, might not be happy with being told about the progress being made, but the other two will be. We will send copies of the transcripts. The Senator is correct in saying Irish citizens were probably ahead of others across Europe and their governments. We have comprehensive transcripts to send to the petitioners who will be able to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 1:In page 29, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:"36.Data may not be transferred to another jurisdiction for the purposes of it being used against an individual who has already stood trial and been acquitted in this jurisdiction.". We raised this in the context of the debate on what has become the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2015...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am happy with the response.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have two issues that I wish to raise, the first of which concerns the Stormont House Agreement implementation Bill. As the Taoiseach knows, in the Stormont House Agreement the two Governments agreed to provide for truth recovery mechanisms for the families of victims of the conflict. Specifically, the Government has committed to legislating for an historical investigations unit and the...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is right.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I trust the Taoiseach will address the investment issues I have raised and also the lack of leadership that has been shown, not only at Government level but also at local level across the State. I have one more request to make of the Taoiseach today. For too long there has been a wall of distrust between the settled and Traveller communities in this State. Yesterday, some local...

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Since last weekend's tragedy at Carrickmines, disturbing information has come to light on conditions on halting sites across the State and the lack of investment by the Government and local authorities in recent years. A tremendous article by Kitty Holland was published in The Irish Timeswhich made devastating reading. The Carrickmines site was overcrowded; 29 people were sleeping in cabins...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 63. To ask the Minister for Health if home support workers in County Donegal are being deprived of their legal entitlements to premium payments by the Health Service Executive. [35863/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support workers employed by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal who are being deprived of their legal entitlements to premium payments. [35864/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys owed to home support workers in County Donegal as a result of the Health Service Executive's refusal to honour its legal obligations regarding premium payments. [35865/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Syriza got re-elected.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report from her Department on the efforts to secure a site of adequate dimensions in Buncrana in County Donegal, to facilitate a three-school campus for schools (details supplied); and if she will allocate the necessary funding for this project to proceed. [35202/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (13 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources Fáilte Ireland deploys in promoting tourism in County Donegal; the number and location of Fáilte Ireland offices in the county; and the number of staff employed at each office. [35198/15]

Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure the Minister of State will agree Monaghan poultry and Tyrone poultry are equally beautiful and one must promote the all-Ireland economy.

Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Rather, the Government should follow the economic principles that underlie this Bill and should facilitate the numerous small and medium-sized enterprises on this island that need to respond quickly and effectively to business opportunities without worrying about or searching for ways around the unnecessary and inefficient transaction costs associated with partition. To summarise, Sinn...

Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sinn Féin welcomes the Bill. It should ensure that the Hague Convention on choice of court functions smoothly in this jurisdiction. It should increase legal certainty in commercial relationships involving EU and non-EU parties. Party autonomy in a choice of forum promotes business-to-business efficiency by providing certainty and predictability in international transactions. When...

Sentencing Council Bill 2015: First Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish a Sentencing Council and to provide for related matters. A Sentencing Council already operates in England and Wales, providing sentencing guidelines to the Judiciary. This has ensured that sentences handed out for criminal offences in their courts are consistent and accountable across the board. Concern has arisen...

Sentencing Council Bill 2015: First Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."