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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reforms she plans to introduce to make the State fully compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, given that Articles 1 and 2 of the convention, when read together, require a proper and adequate official investigation into deaths resulting from the actions of State agents, both from the use of lethal force...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the Minister satisfied that the State is compliant with Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights? Taken together, Articles 1 and 2 place a particular responsibility on the State to investigate deaths in suspicious circumstances, whether at the hands of State agents or others. The Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and the Joint Committee on Public Service...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If one reads Article 2 with Article 1, there is a broader challenge for the State. I will use as an example the case of Mr. Seamus Doherty who was murdered in Donegal in 2012. I have raised this case previously with the Minister at Question Time. In recent days Mr. Doherty's daughter, Caitriona, was in contact with me. She is on the verge of taking legal action against a range of bodies....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The difficulty is that the legislation does not address the appointment of sergeants to the position of superintendent and, possibly, chief superintendent. That is where there is a big issue. I submitted ten questions to the Minister six months ago. Her response at the time was that she would refer them to the Garda Commissioner, but I have yet to receive responses to them. My concerns...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will immediately publish all submissions received by her Department in relation to the new policing authority, in order that Oireachtas Members can consider them, and to assist with potential amendments to the Bill, as it moves through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [19811/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I believe I submitted a parliamentary question about the matter, but I wanted to raise it today. It relates to submissions made to the Department about the now published legislation for the new policing authority. Will the Minister publish all those submissions to assist Deputies, including Deputies Niall Collins, Clare Daly, Wallace and me, who will be engaging with the legislation through...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Policing Authority (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Minister's confirmation. I express concern over a few areas. Garda Síochána officers, to whom I have spoken over recent years, have told me there is an issue in terms of a meritocracy over recruitment. This applies not just to senior officers but goes through the ranks. We need better oversight not just of the appointment of assistant commissioners up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the Government plans to recognise the ethnicity of the Traveller community in this State. [20179/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce the Judicial Council Bill; and if she will incorporate a version of the Sentencing Council, operational in England and Wales, in the Bill. [20180/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it has taken over a year for the fines amendment Act to be implemented; her views on the confirmation from the Prison Service of another annual increase in prison committals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20177/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when persons or families who have submitted allegations of Garda malpractice will learn of the recommendations from the independent review panel. [20176/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Report Stage amendments she plans to introduce for the long delayed Spent Convictions Bill. [20178/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 488. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame for the enactment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013; if she will identify a budget for same; if she will consider establishing an interim office of the public guardian to prepare for the commencement of this legislation. [20110/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Services Programme Review (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 489. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made by the national disability stakeholders monitoring group in establishing Departmental consultation committees; the Departments that have established a committee; when each committee last met; and plans to meet again. [20111/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (26 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will receive a reply from her Department to correspondence alleging the person is a victim of legal malpractice. [20362/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]: - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I commend Deputies Pringle and Healy on this Private Members' Bill. Sinn Féin supports the proposed amendment to the Constitution. A total of 85% of the members of the Constitutional Convention voted in favour of amending the Constitution to strengthen the protection of economic, social and cultural rights, and a majority of the convention voted for a constitutional provision along the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (19 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of relocating her Department staff in Letterkenny, County Donegal, from their High Road office to the Oliver Plunkett Road office, due to the discovery of asbestos material during renovations at the High Road office; and when the High Road office will be open to the public. [19475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (19 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 430. 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, 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. [19476/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are sitting as a joint sub-committee on petitions to record the decisions of the committee. The joint sub-committee has received a total of 138 petitions to date since the launch of the petitions system. The secretariat has been examining them to establish their admissibility and how best to progress them for consideration by the joint sub-committee. Up to 127 of the petitions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 May 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will invite the Minister and his senior officials to attend the committee as real issues have been brought to our attention which need to be addressed. After that, we will finalise our deliberations with a report and some recommendations. Is that agreed? Agreed.