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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It would be very helpful to get that submission. In respect of heads 10 and 12 of the Bill, the Law Society gives the non-biological father the ability, with the consent of the mother, to have guardianship or co-guardianship. That raises a problem in respect of the biological father who would have to have lived with the mother for 12 consecutive months prior to the birth but that standard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Surely the litmus test is whether the father has demonstrated an enthusiasm and willingness to step up and be a father. If that has been established it would be very dangerous to take it away. I appreciate the intention behind the changes. We know there have been real difficulties with the non-biological father, who has established that willingness and enthusiasm and assumed the role of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is a very good point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Law Society of Ireland submission made an important point. The submission referred to this welcome legislative development and suggested structural reform should take place in tandem. It referred specifically to the commitment in the programme for Government for a family court system. This links in to the view expressed by One Family on the need for a court welfare system and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion (9 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have only one more question.

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I share the Minister's concern at the worrying rise of anti-semitism and the experience of much of the Jewish community in a number of EU member states. It is deeply worrying when one considers the lessons of the Holocaust and the evil that was perpetrated at that time against Jewish people and Gypsies. The Nazis slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Gypsies and Roma during the Holocaust and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been put in place for children with Down syndrome starting school this September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16521/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (8 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 435. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the name of the investigating garda; the Garda PULSE number; the outcome of the Garda investigation and the name of the garda that made the final decision in respect of a Garda statement given by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the shortage of junior doctors available to the departments of surgery at Letterkenny Hospital, in view of this service now being at breaking point [16201/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (3 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has made any inquiries or conducted any research into the alleged polluting effects of chemtrails or contrails from aircraft. [15872/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will bring the matter to a close at this stage. The committee will briefly go into private session to work out what we will do next on the issue. We will liaise with colleagues on the Oireachtas committee dealing with education and social protection, and we will consider their perspectives and the visit to the Scottish Parliament rather than duplicate the work. We may have a joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will take questions one at a time, as it will allow for a better flow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The witnesses made a presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection, and reference has been made to that committee's Chairman, Deputy Tuffy, and to Deputy Ó Snodaigh. We will be liaising between the two committees. After the witnesses have presented and we have completed the question-and-answer session, we will go into private session. We will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality Budgeting Petition: Equality Budgeting Campaign (2 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On behalf of the committee, I welcome the members of the Equality Budgeting Campaign, Ms Louise Bayliss, Ms Louise Riordan and Mr. Richard Keane, and I thank them for their attendance. We will discuss their petition calling for the introduction of equality budgeting in Ireland. The committee initially considered it at a meeting on 27 November 2013. At that point, the committee agreed to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Human Trafficking: Scoil Phobail Bhéara (2 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I must say I am genuinely blown away by the scope of the presentation and the various elements covered as well as the innovation shown in terms of campaigning and the recommendations thereon. We constantly deal with major problems in the public sphere and challenges in the State but every now and again one is pleasantly surprised in politics when one least expects it. I found the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I must protest. These are all matters on the public record.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will get to that if the Acting Chairman lets me.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will get to that in a minute. I hope someone is going to stop the clock. The Acting Chairman has taken a minute of my time with his interventions.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Grand, we will move on. Getting to the point the Acting Chairman wants, in March 2012, after the Supreme Court ruling, the Minister confirmed he would be in consultation with the Attorney General about the implications of the Supreme Court hearing and the documentation that was handed over to the legal team. He confirmed it again in a response to a parliamentary question. If we jump...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is outrageous. I am clear in speaking about the issues that are leading to the Minister. The Acting Chairman has taken up about a minute and a half of my time with pure bluster.