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- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, line 12, to delete "for a period not exceeding 2 months" and substitute "for a minimum of 6 months".
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister could mandate it.
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister's response to the amendments is the fundamental difficulty in that he is putting forward legislation that closes a loophole and thus facilitates the repossession of homes. The environment for families who find themselves in that position is extremely difficult. On the issue of the two month period, the Minister said that under section 2, subsection (4) that period can be...
- Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 6 to 17 and substitute the following:“(2) In any proceedings brought by a mortgagee seeking an order for possession of land to which the mortgage relates in a case to which this section applies, and where no previous engagement with a personal insolvency practitioner has taken place the court, shall: (a) adjourn proceedings for a...
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, you have been inconsistent in the application of Standing Orders here.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Any objective person examining the debate would see that Deputy Collins was not interrupted once.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. In fairness, I have made my substantive point.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I respectfully disagree, a Cheann Comhairle, but you allowed me to make my substantive point.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: So did Deputy Collins.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason I have made these points is that this is significant. The amendments being introduced by the Minister required a motion so Members could speak on them. It is a very significant set of amendments that changes the name of the Bill and requires a motion. It does not happen every day. If it is possible for the Minister to take this approach, I would like him and the Government do...
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will not require 15 minutes. The Minister indicated on Second Stage and on Committee Stage that he intended to bring forward significant amendments and that he may have to change the name of the Bill to facilitate the amendments. I recall the debate on Second Stage took place soon after the bomb attacks in Boston that availed of mobile telephone communication. There is genuine concern...
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is linked-----
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister and the Government have chosen to change the name of the Bill and change the direction of what it is about for a specified purpose that complies with their international security responsibilities. We also have responsibilities to the international community in terms of business and attracting business. That is the link point I am making. Where is the radical intervention...
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, with respect, this is quite serious.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why did the Ceann Comhairle not interrupt Deputy Niall Collins?
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can we read the record to see if Deputy Niall Collins only spoke to the motion?
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Ceann Comhairle interrupted me twice.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I may come to the point of asking for the record to be read to see why the Ceann Comhairle did not interrupt Deputy Niall Collins twice.
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Instruction to Committee (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No. The Ceann Comhairle never interrupted Deputy Niall Collins, who raised a range of issues not pertinent to the motion.
- Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask about the issue of resources in the Attorney General's office.