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Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Perhaps the Minister could respond.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While there have been some improvements, the Minister has not accepted the proposal that there be 13 members on the authority, which would give her scope for including very relevant organisations. If she is arguing that ICTU and IBEC do not need to be there because it is not a social partnership model, why would she exclude organisations such as the Free Legal Advice Centres, FLAC, the Irish...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 7:In page 13, to delete lines 5 to 37, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 18 and substitute the following:“8. (1) The Authority shall consist of 13 members.(2) Subject to the provisions of this section, the members of the Authority shall be appointed by the Government and shall consist of the following persons:(a) 3 persons nominated by the Law Society of...

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who administered section 31?

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not true.

Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We close our eyes and the Tánaiste sounds like a Tory Minister in Westminster.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Postal Services (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of postmasters in rural post offices regarding letters being sent from her Department to pensioners promoting ways of collecting pension payments, including through banks, other than collection at their local post office; and if she will meet the Irish Postmasters' Union to discuss those concerns....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights Issues (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit here in September 2014; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14102/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 360. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a full-time and dedicated family mediator is immediately allocated to the Letterkenny Family Mediation Office; if she is aware that there are 27 couples on the County Donegal waiting list for mediation, and that no new cases have been taken off the list since October 2014. [14422/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 361. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of family mediators working for the Family Mediation Service across the southern, midlands, west and north western regions, regarding the impact on client services of the proposed rolling six-month contracts for the new panel of contractor mediators; and if she will ensure that families...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 362. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of couples or families on waiting lists for a mediator with the Family Mediation Service, on an office basis. [14433/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 366. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service inspections of language schools, for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of suspensions or closures that have resulted from these inspections; and the number of visas cancelled as a result of finding the students have not been attending class as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 463. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to utilising the services of fire fighters, employed full-time or on a part-time retainer, in their capacity as trained emergency first responders, as a back-up to the ambulance service, his plans to meet with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to discuss a memorandum of understanding between the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will raise the need for cross-Border funding of the White Oaks addiction treatment centre in Derryvane, Muff, County Donegal, with his Northern counterpart, the Minister for health, Mr. Jim Wells, MLA, to ensure that persons seeking to recover from addictions and living in the north-west Border region can avail of the services of this widely respected...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fire Service (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish that the guidelines that were agreed by the chief fire officers in counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo fire service, ambulance service, Health Service Executive West, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and CAMP West, to identify the circumstances when it is appropriate for the call taker receiving the emergency call to request the attendance of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 744. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that less well-off motorists who avail of the three month or six month motor tax payment option are no longer financially penalised for this essential family finance decision. [13886/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (15 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a case (details supplied) where penalty points have not been removed by the date they should have been; the number of times this has occurred in the years 2011 to 2014; and the steps he will take to remedy this. [14057/15]

Other Questions: Prison Staff (2 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the main concerns is that 60% of requests for armed escorts from the Prison Service were turned down by An Garda Síochána, meaning out of 166 requests for armed escorts for inmates being transported outside of prisons, 97 were rejected. There is a concern that this may reflect resource limitations. Are there grounds for bringing together the Garda Commissioner and the head...

Other Questions: Prison Staff (2 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the case of Derek Brockwell, something went wrong. There needs to be a review of the circumstances of this prisoner’s escape. This was a prisoner with a violent history who unfortunately proved to be a threat. That case alone shines a spotlight on the need to review the criteria between An Garda Síochána and the Prison Service. Will this happen? The Prison Officers...