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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Industrial Relations Issues (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has held any recent meetings with the Garda Representative Association and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors to address the wide range of concerns the representative organisations have repeatedly publicly aired. [20925/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Industrial Relations Issues (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister knows, the GRA annual conference is taking place this week and I had the opportunity, like so many others, to listen to the reports from Ms Valerie Cox for the Pat Kenny programme when she spoke directly to gardaí about the issues affecting them. Morale is at its lowest level and, sadly, the relationship has broken down between the Minister and the association, meaning...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the Minister's engagement and while I acknowledge that my Bill is not perfect, it is a good offering. The Bill refers to the JAAB's drawing up a shortlist of three candidates and publishing the reasons for its selection. The Government would then choose one of the candidates and publish the reasons for its choice. That removes any suggestion of impropriety in the selection...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has read the Reform Of Judicial Appointments Procedures Bill 2013; and his views on whether it forms the basis for bringing an end to the on-going practice of political appointments to the Judiciary [20924/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have had a discussion about the fact that many people in the legal profession engage in political life, which is to be welcomed. They give advice to political parties and their expertise is sought on many occasions. However, that is not the point I make. That should not rule members of the legal profession out but the difficulty is the current process leaves it open to the accusation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My Bill seeks to give more authority to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board. I appreciate that the Minister gave a commitment in the programme for Government for a judicial council. I welcome his consideration of my Bill and the fact that he believes we need to go further. I urge the Minister to do so as soon as possible. Certainly, I would suggest that he wants to be the last...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the figures for potential and suspected cases of human trafficking in 2012, and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20827/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any secondary school here, funded by the Exchequer can refuse the placing of an information poster to support LGBT students from an organisation also funded by the Exchequer, in the notice board space of that school; and if he will advise of his Department's policy on the matter. [20908/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality Issues (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Donegal County Council is the competent body for designation of the bathing waters in Lough Foyle at Carnagarve, Moville, County Donegal, under the EU bathing Water Directive. [20971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality Issues (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of public requests for designation of bathing waters that were received in 2012 for 2013 designation and in which counties. [20972/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality Issues (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the decision making process on bathing water designation; if a central register is maintained which shows public input; and if there is an appeal process. [20973/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compulsory Purchase Orders (2 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that his Department has been issued with a compulsory purchase order by Donegal County Council for part of the Lough Foyle sea bed at Carnagarve, Moville, County Donegal; and if so, his Department's response. [20970/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (1 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families on the rental accommodation scheme are being displaced because lending institutions that repossess their rental properties due to the landlords arrears are refusing to keep tenants. [20487/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care for Children (1 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations from the report, the Respite Services for Children with Life-Limiting Conditions and their Families in Ireland, a National Needs Assessment, on palliative care for children; and if so, if he will outline his implementation plan. [20587/13]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Prior to speaking about the specifics of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill placed before us today, I wish to outline yet again to the House the reality of mortgage difficulty. I am not convinced that the Government grasps just how dire the situation is for tens of thousands of households across the State. As I speak, almost one in four households is in mortgage distress. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (30 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are towns to be added to the MANs scheme; if these towns will be identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20194/13]

Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This morning the European Court of Justice found in favour of the case against the State taken by the former Waterford Crystal workers on the losses to their pensions. The court found that offering retirees half of what they are entitled to is not going to wash. In response to this, what legislation does the Government intend to introduce to give proper protection to workers when they are...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Tens of thousands of homeowners woke up this morning to learn of yet another interest rate hike this time from AIB and the EBS. It is a sneaky rise when the ECB is likely to cut interest rates next week. It is even more galling for homeowners when they followed the proceedings yesterday where Richie Boucher was awarded a remuneration package of €843,000. Where is the Labour Party in...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----when one compares that to the lack of concern for the Croke Park issue?

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The personal insolvency legislation is being enacted and rolled out as we speak. A reply to a parliamentary question received by my colleague, Deputy Pearse Doherty, last night confirmed that it is expected that 19,000 people will engage in that service. Many of them are people who believed what they heard in this Chamber, from so-called expert economists and from people with vested...