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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Particular focus as been put on the issue of rosters in the report. The concern is that due to the crisis in recent years, An Garda Síochána has faced cutbacks, as have other elements of the public service. In terms of any criticism of those cutbacks the Garda Commissioner would often have said it was being done for operational or efficiency reasons. Rosters was one of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 542. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an ambulance transporting a patient from Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, to a hospital in Dublin travels a long distance with no accident and emergency ward in close proximity to assist with any emergency deterioration in the patient's condition; if he is satisfied with the current reality; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 715. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the refusal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) [1801/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1010. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he and Fáilte Ireland have to further invest in the immense tourism potential of Malin Head, County Donegal, Ireland's most northerly point. [1309/15]

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a ridiculous comparison.

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is difficult to stay quiet.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In terms of Europol and international police service co-operation, I presume police forces talk to each other about such matters. Is there an agreed approach? We want to strike a balance. We do not want to allow people to have some of the weapons which we would prefer to be very restricted, for example, to gun clubs under top security, not in people’s homes or cars. What advice 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 point made is that all semi-automatic shotguns are designed with a five-shot magazine capacity. The Garda submission rules out such weaponry.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Looking at the photograph of the weapon, it is certainly not one I would want in the hands of the public. Is there a medium in place such as a gun club or other secure facility to ensure it would not be in a person’s home? Is there some secure way such as a gun club that adheres to international standards of allowing the practice continue instead of having it in the back of...

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 National Association of Regional Game Councils, NARGC, which represents the sporting organisations and those gun owners with impeccable character not involved in criminality, made this point in its submission. I am trying to find a medium. We have all watched the horrific scenes over the years caused by a deranged gunman. Everyone likes to believe they are of good character. However,...

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...