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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Direct Provision: Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This committee has already stated that we support the request of the ombudsmen and the Commissioner to have their jurisdiction extended. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the meeting, as it has been a really helpful exchange. We thank the Minister of State and his officials for their time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I think it is important to be honest. If one were to follow the report of this debate on thejournal.ie, the majority of the comments would be in support of the two speakers. If we talk about asylum seekers and the direct provision system, the majority of comments on thejournal.iewill be opposed to the asylum seekers and supportive of those who would ask they be deported. We have a major...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I had better clarify this. When this debate is reported on thejournal.ie this evening, and in respect of previous debates on this subject matter, I am saying that the majority of the comments will be in support of Ms Ní Chonaill's view. We have to be honest that her view is not some view on the fringes in Irish society. Large numbers of Irish people share her perspective. That is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will put the question again, because Ms Ní Chonaill obviously did not listen to it. My first point related to sentiment expressed on thejournal.ie, which I clarified for the witness. On my second point, I said that the suggestions I have heard in respect of possible Government policy do not include a proposal for an open-door approach. What is being proposed is the regularisation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When representatives of Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, MRCI, appeared before the committee, they produced evidence that if we were to regularise the position of the 20,000 or so migrants who have lived here for more than three years, there would be a net economic benefit for the State. Internationally, likewise, there is a range of empirical evidence to show that regularising the status of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I asked for empirical evidence which was backed up by research, preferably from a university, to support Ms Ní Chonaill's proposition that the State would lose out economically by regularising the position of immigrants. However, I will move on and put my final question. In Ms Ní Chonaill's view, should all of the hundreds of thousands of Irish emigrants working illegally in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am asking Ms Ní Chonaill for reasons of consistency. If she is using international examples to back up her argument for asking migrants who have come to this country to leave, would it not be consistent for her to call for Irish migrants throughout the world who have gone to other countries illegally to work to be deported back to Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise, Chairman, but I must leave to attend another meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 614. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the cuts to funding for the next round of the Leader programme through to 2020; and if consideration will be given to the implementation of a parallel line of Government funding to compensate local communities across the State for this serious financial loss. [12734/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 22. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate for Foras Áiseanna Saothair – the Irish National Training and Employment Authority, FÁS - to advertise positions for sales and collecting agents, considering the positions are self-employed and the financial services companies have no responsibility to provide for the suite of rights...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave-to-land at all ports of entry; the reason they were refused in each case; the age, gender and nationalities of the persons refused, not just the top five nationalities; the countries to which they were returned, for the years 2010 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11362/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been detained following a refusal of leave-to-land in the years 2010 to 2014; their length of detention, place of detention, age, gender and nationality; if they were subsequently removed from the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11363/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave-to-land who subsequently applied for asylum at each port of entry for the years 2010 to 2014; their age, gender and nationality persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 456. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure that is followed at ports of entry when a person is refused leave-to-land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11365/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 457. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure that is followed at ports of entry when a person is refused leave-to-land, and subsequently applies for asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11366/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 458. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons who were detained prior to their removal from the State on foot of a deportation order; their age, gender and nationality; the length of their detention; and the place of their detention, for the years 2010 to 2014. [11367/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 466. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the facilities available to don robes in the Four Courts and the Courts of Criminal Justice in Dublin for barristers who are not members of the Law Library. [11461/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (24 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recent call by the Chief Justice. Ms Susan Denham, for An Garda Síochána to end the practice of the leaking of information by some gardaí to the media relating to criminal investigations they are either conducting or privy to; and the representations she can make to support the call of Chief Justice Denham....

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I commend the Minister on bringing the Bill to this point. I commend her team, who have worked very hard. I thank them for the courtesy the have shown throughout the process. There have been some small areas of disagreement but I believe there is wide consensus. This is an important overhaul of our legislation and it reflects the diversity of modern families in Ireland and the importance...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will it be possible to conclude the exercise before the Seanad debates the Bill in a fortnight?