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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not at all. I am pleased that the Chairman intervened. I have two final questions. Ms Logan will be aware of the equality budgeting campaign which comprises a group of civic society organisations which campaign that we carry out an equality impact assessment of budgets and Government policy in terms of how they would impact particularly on the most disadvantaged in society. I would like...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (7 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 296. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be able to apply for repatriation; and the timeframe for same. [38119/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (7 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 297. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for Irish naturalisation approved for persons not currently resident here; and of these the number of same sex couples. [38120/14]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That can never be allowed to happen in the State again. We can never again have an unhealthy political relationship between the most senior police officer in the State and the Minister for Justice and Equality of the day, whereby they see it as being in their interests to protect each other and circle the wagons to protect themselves from criticism. The people who were failed most by that...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome Deputy Collins's Bill and its aim of making the Garda Commissioner responsible to the Garda Ombudsman Commission and to allow the Garda Ombudsman Commission to investigate complaints concerning any conduct of a member of the Garda Síochána made by another member of the force, among other proposals. Sinn Féin will support the passage of this Bill to Committee Stage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will deal with those as they come in. On behalf of the committee I thank Mr. Tyndall and Ms McNally for coming before us today. We will send a transcript of this meeting to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to seek a response from him and his colleagues in Cabinet, where issues are relevant to Departments. Next Wednesday we will deal with petitions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I think we might send the transcript of Mr. Tyndall's exchange with members today to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for response. While we will complete a report on the overall observations on the various offices of ombudsmen, the issues Mr. Tyndall has raised repeatedly are standalone issues and can be dealt with as part of that ongoing process. I think it will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I know it is the view of all committee members that we want to pursue any matters that Mr. Tyndall or any of the sectoral ombudsman offices are raising either on the back of reports or of their own instigation. At the very least we want to seek responses from Government and as much as possible strengthen those offices in respect of the issues they raise. It is important that these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Perhaps Mr. Tyndall could respond to the questions already outlined and then Deputy Boyd Barrett can ask further questions. There is a lot to deal with in what has been asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In terms of the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant does Mr. Tyndall believe they should be replaced by a new scheme or by amendment to existing legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee will pursue that matter. The previous Secretary General, Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin, appeared before the committee in private session to go through it in detail. No doubt we will correspond with the new Secretary General soon if there is no delivery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I went through the casebook last night. It is a good innovation and gives a flavour of the issues that arise, particularly where there are numerous examples of the same issue. The pdf version is available for members. Senator O'Keeffe indicated first, but I will ask a question before opening the floor to members. It relates to the standard approach to making complaints. From time to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The range of public bodies under the Ombudsman's jurisdiction was extended significantly in recent times. The office has probably already done this, but is there a way of examining those bodies' standard rejection letters and suggesting what should be included in same, for example, signposting people directly to the Ombudsman? Every citizen who is refused something should have a right to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am pleased to welcome the Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, who will make a presentation on the role and remit of the Office of the Ombudsman and the challenges facing his organisation. Mr. Tyndall is accompanied by Ms Bernadette McNally, director general of the Office of the Ombudsman. I thank them for forwarding their presentation, which has been circulated to members. Mr. Tyndall, who was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am concerned about the word "never". How can one guarantee the citizen, in the unlikely event of a cyber attack and breakthrough by an anonymous organisation, that there is some type of paper trail? I shall return to my earlier point. I appreciate that the citizen does not use the technology. How can the organisation reassure us? I use credit cards for transactions and online...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What I welcome about this is the levels of efficiency. It has been a protracted process, it is an archaic system and we want to modernise it. The concerns include cyber attacks and data protection. Breaches would be devastating. I want to get more of a sense of the lessons to be learned from the other common law jurisdictions which have implemented this. Without a paper trail, what...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Minister of State's statements on this subject since he took office. I referenced them last week during Question Time with the Minister. I must also put on the record again the sheer frustration we felt when we raised the matter with the previous Minister, Deputy Shatter, over the past three years. Both in this Chamber and in committee rooms, he repeatedly defended this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (30 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the following information in tabular form: grant assistance from his Department for investment in piers and harbours in County Donegal for the years 2006 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [36677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (30 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to allocate funding to enable the completion of the breakwater at Greencastle harbour, County Donegal. [36678/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (30 Sep 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will appraise herself of the ongoing spate of criminal vandalism, arson, and break-ins in Carndonagh, County Donegal; if she will request that the Garda superintendent for the Buncrana district covering Carndonagh will meet with local county councillors, as requested, to hear their serious concerns and reassure them as to the Garda...