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Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was the exact same speech as the one given last night. The Department could at least have had to courtesy to write a new speech for the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before he poses his next question, I ask Deputy Wallace to take the Chair. I apologise for being obliged to leave early and I thank our guests for their contributions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Do the commission members wish to respond to those questions at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before I call Deputy Daly, I wish to take the opportunity to ask a few questions because Senator Ó Clochartaigh and I have to attend another engagement at 5.40 p.m. The background to the formation of GSOC was the Morris tribunal which caused huge concern throughout the State and cost it dear financially and in terms of public confidence in the workings of the Garda Síochána....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the delegation. It has made recommendations and I ask them to submit them to the secretariat for our deliberations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are now back in public session. I invite the commissioners to respond to the questions put before the suspension of the sitting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will you hold that thought when Senator Ó Clochartaigh has finished? We will break for approximately six or seven minutes to vote and then come back. My apologies for the inconvenience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is why we want to probe these issues. We have an abbreviated report and recommendations that are in the public domain for two months and that is what we want to examine today. I presume we will look to bring in more witnesses to answer these matters. We will assist that process to deal with these barriers, so that the commission can get on with its work. I call on Senator Ó...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thank you. We will now open the discussion to members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Reports: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On behalf of the committee I congratulate the outgoing Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly, who has been elected today as the European Ombudsman. It is a reflection of her professionalism, integrity and hard work in the role here in Ireland. We can be proud that the vote today is not only a endorsement of Ms Emily O'Reilly but an endorsement of the ombudsman system here. May it go from strength...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If that is the best the Minister of State can do, there is no doubt that she has lost her soul.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Then the Government should amend the Bill on Committee Stage. The Labour Party has lost its soul.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where is the Deputy's Bill? He is a backbencher, why has he not brought forward his own legislation?

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where is the Deputy's Bill? He is talking nonsense and is becoming flustered.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Nonsense. I do not know if there was any doubt about the matter but it is now clear that the Deputy's party has lost its soul.

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As an Irish republican, equality is at the core of all that I believe in. I believe in a new republic, one in which all citizens are equal regardless of the colour of their skin, their religious beliefs, their sexual orientation, where they live or what they do. We are appealing to the Government via the legislation before the House to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Rate (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the mortgage arrears figures for the first quarter of 2013; and the reason the numbers in mortgage distress continue to increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance further to reports of a case being taken in New York concerning the overcharging of interest on Anglo loans, if his attention has been drawn to the details of this case; the provisions that have been made by either the special liquidator at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation and or the National Assets Management Agency to deal with the potential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the tape recordings of conversations between senior officials of the former Anglo Bank, leaked to journalist Paul Williams emanated from An Garda Síochána; if he intends to conduct an investigation into the circumstances that led to the leak; if this leak could negatively impact on any potential criminal prosecutions; and if he...