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- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (13 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 30. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to send Irish troops to Sierra Leone in the foreseeable future. [43267/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Financial Services Ombudsman (12 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Michelle Mulherin took the Chair.
- Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There was a profound policing vacuum in the North for many decades. This was not created by republicans. During the conflict, large sections of the community in the North did not access or trust the criminal justice system. In some cases, citizens were victims of state abuse or the police turned a blind eye to abuse. We cannot be selective in dealing with the failures to handle...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Financial Services Ombudsman (12 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will get a response to those questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Financial Services Ombudsman (12 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is Mr. Prasifka clear on those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Remit: Financial Services Ombudsman (12 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee is sitting in its capacity as a joint sub-committee on the ombudsman. I remind all those present, including members, witnesses and people in the Visitors Gallery, that mobile phones and BlackBerry devices must be switched off or switched to flight or safe mode because they interfere with the broadcasting system, even when left in silent mode. I welcome Mr. William Prasifka, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put a cap on the rate of APR that moneylending firms may charge for loans. [42877/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland intends to inform moneylenders' customers of their legal rights, especially in advance of the Christmas season. [42878/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance the way moneylenders can justify that a majority of their customers, who are on welfare benefits, are making loan repayments at a weekly rate of €50 or more. [42879/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is justifiable that a lending company that is licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland is allowed to send marketing letters to current customers whose accounts are in arrears of more than €200. [42880/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that all moneylending companies that use so-called self-employed agents should be made to make immediate disclosure to the Revenue Commissioners, providing full details of the agent, that is, PPS number, name, address and start date. [42881/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason agents of moneylending companies are not vetted by the authorities. [42882/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland offers audit training programmes for agents of moneylending companies. [42884/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank of Ireland has conducted a full audit on all moneylending companies to check on illegal or bad practices. [42883/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the crime investigation report from the Garda Inspectorate. [42909/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason divisional budgets do not exist across the different board/ trust areas; the way managers of each board/ trust area may allocate their funds appropriately across different treatment areas that is cancer, mental health and so on [42984/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 374. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether 6.1% of the overall health budget is adequate for mental health as the percentage health spend in England, Wales and Scotland in 2012-2013 was between 9.1-11.9% and in the North of Ireland was 6.9%. [42985/14]
- Report of Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Motion (7 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State for his comments and look forward to working with him and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly on implementing as many of the recommendations as possible. As I noted in the foreword to this report the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, following the Seanad referendum expressed concern...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why are the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste always allowed to waffle on all the time?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Answer the question.