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Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome amendment No. 3.

Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations Compliance (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister of State will know, families in the council areas of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, Offaly, south Dublin and Dublin city have rightly benefited from the pyrite redress scheme and that is the template under which he should move forward. He confirms that the tests carried out by his Department, like the tests carried out on behalf of Donegal County...

Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations Compliance (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, is familiar with this issue. He would have seen for himself the impact of mica in terms of defective blocks in homes in Donegal. The scale of this, in terms of the amount of homes affected, is not fully known at this stage but the impact is clear. There are families this evening in my county who are literally living in terror that their ceiling or...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the provisions of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 to exempt charity events and local community based festivals and events from policing service charges and to provide for related matters.The Bill is a response to allegations that members of the Garda Síochána have been charging local community groups for...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: First Stage (14 Jul 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 730. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an assurance that the Government will ensure that the Orange hall in Newtowncunningham in County Donegal, which was destroyed in an arson attack in 2014, will be rebuilt, and that the necessary financial assistance will be provided. [28430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 915. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received plans from Donegal County Council to fund the widening and resurfacing of the Woodlands to Silver Tassie Hotel stretch of the R245 road from Letterkenny to Ramelton in County Donegal; and if he will provide the funding for same. [28394/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 916. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received plans from Donegal County Council for a new bypass at Bonagee in Letterkenny in County Donegal; and if he will provide the funding for same. [28395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 917. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received plans from Donegal County Council for the upgrade of the Letterkenny to Lifford N14 road; and if he will provide the funding for same. [28396/15]

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 21:In page 5, lines 5 to 7, to delete all words from and including “to” where it firstly occurs in line 5 down to and including “circumstances;” in line 7.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Pension Entitlements (9 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 146. To ask the Minister for Defence the pension entitlements of retired members of the Defence Forces; and if retired members with 31 or 41 years' service receive the same pension as retired members with 21 years' service. [28198/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an assurance that there are no plans to close the courthouse in Carndonagh, County Donegal. [27987/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (9 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm that An Garda Síochána utilises the Evo-Fit system to draft an image of a suspect on each occasion, when an eyewitness can provide a facial description of a suspect. [27988/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before we move to the formal business to be conducted, I wish to announce the granting of a great honour by the African community in Ireland. We have received the public services award in the Africa Day Awards. It is an acknowledgement of our work on the direct provision system report and I was pleased to accept the award on behalf of the joint committee. I thank all committee members for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The first petition, No. P00032/13, concerns the introduction of a supplementary primary education tax payable by Australian and other non-EU nationals on working visas in Ireland. The petitioner is of the view that as a result of the current financial situation in the country, the Government should study the system adopted by Australia and implement the same system in Ireland. Australia has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00027/14 on the abortion referendum is in the name of Mr. Alan Moran. He is requesting the joint committee to call for a referendum on abortion. This petition was brought before the consultative working group on 15 April for its consideration of its admissibility. It was agreed not to deem the petition inadmissible but to bring it before the full...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill is being forced upon the Select Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence this Friday. It is highly unusual that we must sit on a Friday to enforce the Government's will because it will obviously bring it forward for Report Stage next week. I want to bring a number of justice Bills to the Taoiseach's attention and I want an answer as to when they...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Training (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 113. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the viability of the Defence Forces Reserve in County Donegal is secured by providing full-time training in July 2015 for the instructors who have qualified to undertake the task of training new recruits. [27978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of gardaí stationed in County Mayo; and the number stationed there in January 2011. [27833/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (8 Jul 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the current delays in Family Court proceedings; the measures in place to deal with the current backlog; her further views on the effects that such delays and the upcoming court summer recess have on applicants who hold 12-month free legal aid certificates that are due to expire. [27834/15]