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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes. I apologise about the wording. I have already clarified that the wording, as presented, is not that which we submitted. I intend to press the amendment. I was inclined to call a vote on the matter but the wording precludes me from doing so because it does not reflect what I was seeking to achieve.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On reflection, and through no fault of our office, the wording does not reflect what we were seeking to achieve. As a result, I will not press the amendment. I will resubmit it in a different form on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 37:In page 37, to delete line 38, and in page 38, to delete line 1. I shall withdraw my amendment because the Bills Office worded it wrongly. I shall resubmit my properly worded amendment for the next round.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 39:In page 38, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(2) A man who is the biological father of a child shall have an automatically guaranteed guardianship, when deemed suitable in accordance with this Act and he has willingly made his interest known in being a guardian.”.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 40:In page 38, to delete line 7.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 41:In page 38, to delete lines 9 to 14.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 43:In page 38, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following:“Central Register for Statutory Declarations for Joint Guardianship 6C. The Minister shall cause to be established and maintained a register to be known as the Central Register for Statutory Declarations for Joint Guardianship, the purpose of which is to provide protection for the statutory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We now continue in public session, sitting as the joint sub-committee on petitions. We have had a chance to deliberate on all five petitions before us today and will now record the decisions. We have received 131 petitions to date. A total of 106 have been brought before the committee on at least one occasion. These petitions often involve a huge amount of work and can roll on for quite a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our secretariats will undertake some desktop research on what the situation is in other European countries. The second petition before us today is P00029/14, a child care tax credit, submitted by Mrs. Sonya Boyd. The petitioner requests that the joint committee call on the Government to introduce a child care tax credit in the 2015 budget. The proposal was submitted in September 2014,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition is P00030/14. The non-principal private residence tax, NPPR, process is flawed, according to Mrs. Brigid Timmons, the petitioner. She is seeking to have the committee change or modify the Act relating to the payment of NPPR, dismantle the fines and refund and compensate those who have paid or entered into a so-called agreement to pay by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: P0003/15 is a call for the legalisation and decriminalisation of marijuana. There have been a number of these petitions. This is the fourth received on this topic. What is being said here is that the petitioner did not exhaust all avenues for having his suggestion implemented prior to submitting his petition and, therefore, this should automatically deem the petition inadmissible....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is a very important point. We have received four quite similar petitions and we have dealt with them all individually, so it is an important point that no petitioner should be deterred because a similar petition has failed a period of time ago.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (3 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify where the Water Services Act 2013 states that Irish Water is legally permitted to install meters in estates not taken over by a local authority. [9324/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (26 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality since the enactment of the Fines (Payment and Recovery) Act 2014, if she will provide, in tabular form and by county or on a district basis, the number of persons sentenced to pay a fine prior to that enactment who have been imprisoned. [8525/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wild Atlantic Way Project (26 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment, State agencies are making, or are planning to make, in developing the Fanad lighthouse in County Donegal as a key tourism amenity for the Wild Atlantic Way. [8482/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (26 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received a resubmitted funding application for a new bridge at Cockhill, Buncrana, County Donegal, to take road traffic, and pedestrians, away from the existing unsafe bridge on this busy route through the heart of the Inishowen peninsula; and if he will provide funding for this vital project. [8483/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are here to deal with the Crosscare report, Person or Number?2, a second examination of issues faced by immigrants in accessing social protection. I remind all of those present, including committee members, that mobile telephones and other devices should be turned off completely or switched to flight or safe mode, because they interfere with the sound system and the meeting is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I suggest we take one question at a time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I cannot imagine an issue with a name badge. However, if there were to be a security issue, would the witness be agreeable to the use of an identifying number so that the person is identifiable in a case where he or she cannot use their name but a unique number would be a means of clear identification?