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Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is ironic that you are chairing this session, Deputy Mathews, being one of the people who warned about the huge challenge of private mortgage debt in the State. You have evangelised about this issue for a long time.

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The first section of the Sinn Féin motion refers to housing. A lay person looks at all of this in bewilderment. Not so long ago, turnkey housing developments were being sold at full market value throughout the State. Now, houses have halved in value. There is a simple economic rule of thumb that at a time of recession the government should intervene, first, because it creates jobs,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Did the Department of Justice and Equality consult Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Front Line Defenders or the Immigrant Council of Ireland in relation to this proposal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like clarification on the process that will take place when this matter comes to the Dáil. Will this be raised on the Order of Business?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When will that motion come before the Dáil?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could it be next Tuesday, 26 February, which is the deadline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like to make a suggestion. It would be helpful if we were to invite submissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, we are being asked to opt in to agreements with all of the states mentioned. Therefore, it is not a choice on whether we opt-in or out. Is it not correct to say we are being asked to opt in? Perhaps I have misunderstood, but what I see is that Ireland has an option, as agreed to in a referendum, in these matters. Therefore, as matters stand, we have a choice whether to opt in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To be clear, is it correct that we do not have agreements with all of the countries mentioned? I have named some about which I have concerns, as have others. The reason I am asking for further deliberation is we have been asked to opt in to agreements, subject to all of the assurances the Minister of State has given. This is a big decision and we need all of the opinions on the table.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some of our standards are lower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Readmission Agreements: Motions (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is a serious matter for the committee to consider. As the Minister of State will be aware, we have an opt-out provision because the people voted for protocols on this matter in a referendum. It goes to the core of our sovereignty that we establish our own human rights criteria. Of course, there will be various analyses of regimes. We might, for example, disapprove of the illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that five unarmed civilians were shot dead by the Israeli armed forces in January 2013, four in the West Bank and one in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to review the decision that no maintenance grant is paid to new postgraduate students. [9004/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Cross-Border Co-operation (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with his Northern or UK counterpart this year; if the matter of the proposed establishment of the British National Crime Agency was discussed; the outcome of this discussion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress made to date with the Luas cross line project; the stage the project is at; the amount that has been spent to date on same; and the current estimated date of completion. [8582/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Framework Directive (19 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which Lough Foyle was first designated as coastal waters for the purposes of the EC Urban Waste Water Directive and the guidelines that were used at the time. [8309/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Framework Directive (19 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the identification of the outer limits of estuaries here was subject of a report by the Environmental Protection Agency to his Department of in 1995 when UK guidelines were accepted in defining Lough Foyle as coastal waters; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Framework Directive (19 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if Lough Foyle is not reclassified as estuarine waters it will be subsumed into the Water Framework Directive in May of this year; the measures he will take to ensure this does not happen; the measures he will take to ensure that this reclassification happens in a timely manner...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Framework Directive (19 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if during discussions between the Irish and British Governments regarding the question of jurisdiction over the Foyle and Carlingford estuaries, if the rules of environmental protection are being built into any proposed agreement; if any proposed agreement will protect against the use of estuaries for polluting discharges....