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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank both witnesses for their presentations, which will be of considerable assistance in the compilation of the report the joint committee will draw up shortly with recommendations for the Government. The position of both bodies is clear and has been on the public record in the past. However, I now wish to go through some of the implications of what appears to be ongoing ethnicity denial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Legislative Proposals: Discussion (13 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Every public representative will agree that we must support the policing and intelligence services in combating serious criminality of the type outlined by the Minister of State. She has also highlighted the need to balance the rights of citizens in order to ensure we assist in the ongoing war against serious criminality. Said criminality does not recognise borders, particularly in the...

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thanks to Australia.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 465. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Wexford women's shelter. [39767/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Deputy Penrose. We have agreed to submit several questions to the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority. They are on the system. We will report to the committee when we get responses to them. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have surrendered our room for the hearing on the Freedom of Information Bill about which we spoke. I propose that the joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are in public session to record the decisions of the committee. We have had an opportunity to deliberate on the petitions received. I will detail the proposals and recommendations on those petitions. Petition No. 28-12, from Mr. Michael O'Flanagan is to save Kilmainham Mill. The committee considered this petition and referred it to the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreed to update the section of the website dealing with frequently asked questions? Agreed. This petition is closed and we will correspond with the petitioner. Petition No. 33-12, from Mr. Cearbhaill Ó Dálaigh, is on the application of the Freedom of Information Acts and the Ombudsman Acts to the Central Bank of Ireland. The recommendation of the committee is that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Freedom of Information Bill 2013 will be dealt with in committee on Tuesday, 12 November 2013 at 4.15 p.m. and on Wednesday, 13 November 2013. I am sure the petitioner will be pleased with the outcome of his petition. Petition No. 25-13, from Mr. Alan Jackman, is on the strict professional secrecy provisions in the Central Bank Act 1942.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will invite the petitioner and the Minister for Finance to attend the committee and we will ask the Department of Finance to act as an observer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that recommendation agreed? Agreed. Petition No. 52-12, from Mr. David Garvey, relates to the alleged theft, fraud and illegal sale of the assets of dissolved companies vested in the Minister for Finance. The committee has assessed this petition and it has been deemed inadmissible as it has come through the courts system. We will write to the petitioner to make him aware of the...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I understand the official title is no longer the FCA but the Reserve Defence Force. Has the title changed?

Other Questions: Defence Forces Reserve Review (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason I ask is that the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association made a presentation to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence in which it outlined its concerns. Its representatives expertly addressed the issues that have resulted in the depletion of the Reserve Defence Force. The association is seeking a meeting with the Minister. Has he met its representatives...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will reconsider his decision not to publish a report on the use of the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam. [46847/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question is with regard to the working group established in January 2011, which has apparently reported to the Minister, and why the Minister has not published the report. I am asking the Minister to reconsider this position.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is very disappointing that the report has not been published. It has been raised on numerous occasions on this side of the House by various Opposition spokespersons. It is a matter of controversy. Cases are being taken by former members of the Defence Forces and possibly some serving members. It would have been in the public interest to redact whatever the Minister felt needed to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the Minister concerned about an article in The Sunday Times which stated that one of the contributors to the report, Professor Patricia Schlagenhauf, availed of research funding from Roche, the manufacturer of Lariam? The newspaper report contains a quote from Dr. Remington Neven, a researcher in the United States, who stated it is akin to hiring a tobacco company scientist to consult on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Family Clinics (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the face of it, the Minister's argument that he cannot provide services to one set of families and not others is fair. However, the families insist they were not consulted and were first made aware of this very significant change by letter. They also referred to the wider issue of the changes in the camp, which, many years ago, was a very different place. They use words such as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Family Clinics (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I defer to my colleague's local knowledge of the realities on the ground. The Minister did not answer my very simple question on what consultation was undertaken with the families who are already, as we can see, very concerned about the changed circumstances in the camp. Why was it not put to them that the Department had done a survey of local GPs and clinics in nearby towns and found that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Family Clinics (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will overturn the decision to close the families clinic in the Curragh Camp at the end of 2013.. [46846/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (6 Nov 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence if he has recently met with the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association to discuss their concerns regarding the changes to the Reserve Defence Forces and if he will provide an update on same. [46633/13]