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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 586. To ask the Minister for Defence without divulging names or other personal information, if he will confirm for each of the 15 suicides or self-inflicted deaths among soldiers who had deployed overseas between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2012, the date of the soldiers' last overseas deployment; if they had previously been prescribed Lariam; the date of the suicide or self-inflicted...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 587. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm figures provided to or cited by RTÉ that the total number of soldiers who deployed overseas between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2012 to areas where Lariam was the prescribed anti-malarial comprised 4,293 individuals, and that the total number of soldiers who deployed overseas between 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2012 only to...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Bill is a good Bill, with the caveat that we have some concerns. I appreciate the reason our amendment was ruled out of order. The issues are pertinent to the difficulties encountered by asylum seekers and those who are trafficked. I refer to the issues of identification of victims, the supports available for victims of trafficking when they have been identified and the preparation of...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely. We are all set.

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My home town of Buncrana has an interesting link with the fight to end slavery. On 8 April 1748 a slave trader named John Newton limped into Lough Swilly on his boat The Greyhound and miraculously survived a storm. He would go on to become famous as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace". The first few lines are evidence of the miracle: "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound/That saved a...

Prison Development (Confirmation of Resolutions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We had a chance to debate a motion on this issue last week and the issues with which we are dealing now are essentially the same as those on which we reflected last week. We in Sinn Féin will support the Bill, having supported the motion last week, because we know of the urgency of constructing a new prison in Cork. I had an opportunity, as a member of the Joint Committee on Justice,...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to promote equality in the functioning of public bodies, to provide that regard be had by public bodies to the desirability of reducing socio-economic and other inequalities, to provide for the carrying out of equality impact assessments in respect of measures that are likely to have a significant impact or effect on the...

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: First Stage (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is taking cynicism to a whole new depth.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is the queen of cynicism.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is the queen of spin.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There the Minister goes again. She is just the same as the Taoiseach. They always resort to the low blow.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It voted to extended the guarantee repeatedly. The Government extended the guarantee again and again, even when it knew the full facts.

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All we get from the Minister is spin and cynicism. The Sunday Independent devotes its front page to it every weekend.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the improvement and expansion of the State's rail network; and his plans to resist moves by the EU to encourage State's to open rail lines to private operators. [31030/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (27 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that automated ticket machines for LUAS and Iarnród Éireann services have been reported to be unable to process the new €5 note; and if he will ensure that any future currency changes will be dealt with in advance to avoid inconvenience to rail users. [31034/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have several petitions to consider today. Petition No. P00061/12 from Ms Patricia O'Neill calls for a media campaign, similar to the anti-drink driving campaign, to increase public awareness of suicide. As we have already discussed this matter with the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, I propose that we convey the transcript of the meeting and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the committee agreed that we will refer this petition to the Minister and to An Bord Pleanála and the relevant local authority? Agreed. Petition No. P00053/12 from Ms Catherine Doran is concerned with the revised eligibility criteria for the contributory State pension. Are there recommendations in regard to this petition?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will arrange that meeting in the autumn session. Petition No. P00054/12 from Mr. Tom Kelly relates to the imposition of the 0.6% pension levy on the pensions of former Tara Mines workers. Do members have any recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that recommendation agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00051/12 from Mr. Michael Callanan sets out concerns in regard to fishing legislation. Do members have a recommendation for this petition?