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Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (18 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will introduce the Freedom of Information Bill 2012 in the Dáil. [17839/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Two votes have been called and therefore we will move on quickly. The next petition is No. P00058/12 from Mr. John Atkinson regarding a change in mandatory sentencing for murder convictions. The committee has had an opportunity to deliberate on this and I propose that the following recommendation be accepted:The committee notes that the Law Reform Commission is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes; we can encourage the petitioner to contact the Law Reform Commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it agreed, as an additional point, that we do that? Agreed. The next petition is No. P0007/13 from Mr. Paddy Lambe regarding concerns about inappropriate standards related to proposed diving industry legislation. I will open this up for recommendations. We had a chance to deliberate on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00011/13 has been withdrawn by the petitioner. Petition No. P00012/13 is deemed inadmissible. The text of this petition should not be published as the petitioner is naming a firm of solicitors and it has been deemed inadmissible. I propose that the joint committee stand adjourned until 4 p.m. next Wednesday, 24 April 2013.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No problem. I thank the Senator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are in public session. The committee has deliberated petition No. P00035/12, from Ms Helen Corcoran, re microwave sickness or electro-sensitivity arising from mobile telephone masts. Do we have any recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All right. For the record, the recommendations are, first, that the committee note that the World Health Organisation's international EMF project is expected to issue a formal risk assessment of all studied health outcomes from radiofrequency field exposure in 2014. Second, the view of the committee is that publication of the risk assessment will present a further opportunity for review of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We might let Mr. Collins and Ms Quilligan give a brief summary and then, with the Chairman's agreement, we might revisit the issue in a future presentation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We might let Mr. Collins and Ms Quilligan make an assessment before we revisit it at a later date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am trying to get the representatives to outline what historically has distinguished the Traveller community from the settled community. How is it that there are 40,000 people in that culture today? What is the historical context? Various members of the community have different aims and outlooks. How did the community evolve?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Recognition of Traveller Ethnicity: Discussion (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My views on this subject are well known. I commend the witnesses on their presentation. The human rights and legal framework for this, domestically and internationally, is watertight. It cannot be argued with. It is that simple. I invite anybody to argue the case against it, as there is no case against it. We will develop that as the hearings proceed. We will see if it can be argued...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, as evidenced by the results.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some fairness?

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where is the Taoiseach heading?

Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, on introducing the Bill and on all the hard work he has done in respect of this issue. I take this opportunity to mention Arthur Morgan, our party's representative for Louth in the previous Dáil, who, in conjunction with Deputy Ó Caoláin, also worked extremely hard on this issue. I welcome to the House the women from...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When one considers the scale of the crisis, which affects more than 185,000 households, is the Taoiseach satisfied the committee on mortgage arrears is meeting sufficiently regularly? Were one to put together all those families, it would fill Croke Park five times. This demonstrates the seriousness of this profound crisis, in which one in four mortgages across the State is now in distress....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I seek greater clarity on the Bethany homes issue and the issue of the Magdalen laundries. Has the Government had any discussions on a financial contribution from the relevant religious bodies, which are responsible and which have apologised? In terms of Bethany homes, can the Taoiseach provide greater clarity on the Government's intentions in that regard?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (16 Apr 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When the Taoiseach met the relevant church leaders, did he discuss the issue of the Magdalen laundries and the need for a contribution from the relevant religious orders? They have issued apologies but will there be any financial contribution? At some point there must be full redress for the women involved. I attended a deeply moving presentation given by the children of some of the women...