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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the same theme, I would be remiss in not raising the conditions in Letterkenny courthouse, County Donegal. It is a pity because visually, it is a fine, great-looking building on the outside but it simply is not fit for purpose. I have seen myself how it presents like a cattle mart. There are no consultation rooms available for solicitors, barristers and their clients, prisoners are...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to raise the issue of the direct provision centres. When will a point be reached when Members deal with this issue? There are considerable human rights concerns in this regard. A debate on the issue took place recently on "Prime Time" and it clearly is not acceptable as an accommodation option into the future. On the departure of the former Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, it was notable...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a programme of courthouse rebuilding and it is the Minister's intention to separate family law cases from civil law cases in the courts. People accompanied by children find themselves in a very stressful situation when preparing for family law courts. The courthouse is like a cattle mart with different types of cases waiting to be heard and the people in civil law cases and others...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Through the Chair, I have a broad question which I think fits under this subhead. As the Minister knows, our committee worked very hard on putting forward proposals for penal reform, about which we are very proud. We made five key recommendations. The Chairman launched our report and the launch was very well attended. If those recommendations were implemented, particularly with regard to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Chairman knows, the committee had the opportunity to visit Baldonnel and was impressed at the professionalism and calibre of our personnel. There is a budgetary roller coaster of hours and financial allocation. I got the sense the helicopters are vital. It was an education for me because I thought of it as concerning pursuit of vehicles. We think of TV news images of the pursuit of...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Looking at the budget, the figure is heading down every year and my concern is that sometimes the Garda Commissioner will be minded by his budget. Unless criminality and the pursuit of criminal gangs has reduced dramatically, it strikes me that the unit is not getting enough resources allocated as a vital backup. It is a precious resource to the Garda Síochána in combating...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That may be the case, but it concerns maintenance figures. Where are the figures for hours? I have seen some data about the hours the helicopters are deployed. There is no doubt there has been a reduction in the number of hours the helicopters are deployed. Perhaps the Minister can examine the area and discuss it with the Commissioner and the unit. It may be that, for operational...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am not satisfied by the content but the question has been answered.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Minister, you will be aware-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that the Chairman ensure the Minister, when replying, also speaks through the Chair.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice and Equality (Revised) (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As long as that applies in both directions, I am happy. On the requirement that numbers in respect of the Garda force should not fall below 13,000, is the Minister confident we will have 13,000 qualified gardaí? Also, is he aware of the ongoing commentary by the Garda Representative Association not only nationally but regionally? In my county of Donegal, the GRA representative made...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Complaints Procedures (29 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have come forward to make complaints to the confidential recipient. [4554/14]

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Apparently, some Members of this House are disappointed that the media has been focusing on the Committee of Public Accounts in recent weeks. It has been suggested that the committee in question, rather than this Chamber, has been at the centre of parliamentary discourse. I do not know what Members are annoyed about, given that no Fianna Fáil Deputies are present for this part of the...

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Surely one of the three Ministers or Ministers of State could have stayed.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputies cannot complain about the Committee of Public Accounts when we have that kind of scenario in here.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fair enough. Who would I be to argue with the Chair?

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hold the Chair in high esteem.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I assure the Chair that I am happy to use one minute of my time to make that point.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As a representative of Donegal North-East, the best example I can give in dealing with the substantive issue in this debate is the case of Letterkenny General Hospital. As Deputies will know, a serious flood last year affected the hospital's new three-storey building as well as the older part of the hospital. Approximately 40% of the hospital's floor space was contaminated by flood water....

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They have not changed, they remain exactly the same.