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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I accept there is a need for legislation in this area. The Olympic Council standards were referred to but the council defers to those of the International Shooting Sport Federation. We are not the United States of America with a massive problem with gun crime. I lived in Chicago for a short while and there were gun killings almost every day. The gun culture in the United States is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The challenge here is to strike a balance between public safety and the rights of people of impeccable character to continue to be involved in sport or gun clubs throughout Ireland. There are large numbers of such clubs, particularly in rural Ireland, which have been in existence for many years. There is a lot of conflict with the representative organisations which have been taking legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Firearms Licences: Working Group on the Review of Firearms Licensing (17 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I think every member of the committee would agree that it is a large number of weapons. It is being proposed that shotguns containing more than three rounds would be banned and on the face of it, that proposal is entirely understandable. However, the gun club representative organisation makes the point that the semi-automatic shotguns that are out there are designed with a five shot...

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Fine Gael and Tory alliance is alive and well. It is back to John Bruton's time.

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He is like a poodle, Cameron's poodle.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the ongoing lengthy waiting lists for north Donegal MABS at 9.8 weeks, four times the State average. [47775/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 376. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the educational requirements for joining An Garda Síochána were changed to now not accept the leaving certificate applied programme; and if her attention has been drawn to applicants who were accepted to train for recruitment only to find out towards the end of the programme after passing their physical that they would not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 378. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce a sentencing council or sentencing guidelines for the Judiciary. [48235/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penal Policy Review Group Report (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 379. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement the recommendations contained within the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality's report on penal reform. [48236/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (16 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 535. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the representations or expressions of concern he has made to the British Government following reports that Irish subsea telecommunications cables have been targeted by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, that is, that there has been mass interceptions of the Internet, telephone communications and activities of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will proceed in public session to record the decisions of the committee. The committee has received a total of 124 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 the petitions for consideration by the joint committee. Some 104 of the petitions received have been brought before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The third petition is No. 24 of 2214, which concerns tendering for the social inclusion and community activation programme and comes from Ms Deirdre McCarthy and the Dublin Inner City Community Alliance. The petitioners believe the Government policy of tendering the new social inclusion and community activation programme threatens to undermine community development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The final petition is No. 34 of 2014, the Public Appointments Service panel for a position in the office of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. The petitioner is Mr. Paul Hanna. The petitioner had an issue with the Public Appointments Service and the closing of panels without informing the applicants. The matter has been resolved in so far as it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. There will be no meeting next week so we will meet again in the New Year. I wish members a happy Christmas.

Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to share time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh, McLellan and McDonald. I welcome that the Government is supporting this motion. Of course, in this House we recognise more than most the importance of recognition. The first gathering of the Dáil took place on 21 January 1919, just around the corner from here in the Mansion House, and the Teachta Dála who gathered there...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protocol of An Garda Síochána for notifying the coroner at the weekend and out of office hours of a suspicious death. [47398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if is it the responsibility of An Garda Síochána or the coroner to notify the Office of the State Pathologist. [47399/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is the responsibility of An Garda Síochána or the coroner to direct the removal of a body from a scene where the cause of death is unknown but appears suspicious. [47400/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policy of the coroner for releasing post mortem reports and the report of the State Pathologist to the family of homicide victims prior to an inquest. [47401/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Victim Support Services (10 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the support in place for families of victims of homicide. [47402/14]