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Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Government can be sure of this: it may have forced the hound-dogs of Revenue onto the people and brought in the legislation, and the people might be paying the tax reluctantly now, but they will not be fooled.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They will have their say, and the smirks will be wiped off the Government faces something beautiful. I look forward to that day.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I look forward to the day of retribution when all the hope and all the lies those in government told and all the promises they broke come back to kick them in the backside. They have it coming to them in a big way.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here is the final mix.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I understand Fine Gael, and we know all about those in Fianna Fáil who say that we cannot pay this tax now but they have no alternatives and no commitments.

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Anyway, what the hell is going on with the Labour Party? A documentary has been made called "Labour's Way". It reminds every Labour Party member of the great mistakes they made in the past, including being the buttress to right-wing Fine Gael Governments that imposed austerity. Here they are again making the same mistakes. Those in government have choices. They should stop the nonsense,...

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Remember the moment the Members opposite sat down on the Government benches at last after all the years out in the wilderness. At last they got their chance. The people had rejected with gusto Fianna Fáil for its bankruptcy of this State. They would have felt that was a moment of hope, a moment of great change. That was the rhetoric and that was the language that was used. Of all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is not going to work. I have given a chance for the issues to be aired and the Minister of State has undertaken to come back to both Deputies. We will deal with it in that way. I thank the Minister of State and her officials for attending. The committee will meet again at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 19 June when we will meet a petitioner, Mr. Thomas Kevin Walsh, representatives of the INOU...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I call the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I call the Minister to take whatever time she needs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have to ask-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State did not have advance notice of this issue. Could she could undertake to get back to the Deputy directly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: And similarly on Kerry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am asking the Minister of State to come back to both Deputies when she has had time to examine the issues and we can deal with that another time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that this is a very difficult subject.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will take Deputy Mulherin followed by Deputy Healy-Rae. We will have two further questions from Deputies Luke "Ming" Flanagan and Noel Harrington. I ask the speakers to keep their comments succinct because there are only ten minutes left. For the same reason I ask for sharp responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask the Deputy to go easy on the subject matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Strategy on Suicide Awareness: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome Minister of State at the Departments of Health and Justice and Equality with responsibility for disability, equality, mental health and older people, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, her officials, Ms Geraldine Fitzpatrick, assistant secretary, and Ms Sandra Walsh, assistant principal, and Mr. Gerry Raleigh, director of the National Office for Suicide Prevention. The Minister of State is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Dr. McVeigh and Dr. Mac Laughlin for coming to share their considerable expertise on the subject matter of the meeting. I have been monitoring public discourse on this issue for some time. The delegates may be aware of the situation in County Donegal where, following confirmation that a Traveller family was to be housed in a settled part of the town of Ballyshannon, the response of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Development of New Prison in Cork City: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was one of the members of the delegation that visited the prison and in fairness to the governor, from the outset he made it clear that the conditions are unacceptable. We desperately need a new prison and therefore we are very enthusiastic about this proposal. In fairness I note the Minister has gone some way to addressing the planning concerns. I presume that is the reason the Act was...