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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will ask Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin to circulate a copy of his response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When we receive the response from Dr. McLoughlin we will deliberate upon it at our next meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I must stop you, Deputy. I have given you plenty of latitude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sorry, will the Deputy please finish his question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Please allow the Minister of State to respond. The Deputy may come back in with a supplementary later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I might allow the Deputy in after some others have contributed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister and Minister of State and I call Deputy Ó Snodaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are now in public session. I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, Dr. Ambrose McLoughlin, Ms Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Ms Grainne Duffy, Mr. Harry Harris and Ms Cate Hartigan. I remind those present, including members, media and those in the people in the Visitors Gallery that mobile telephones and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome much of what the Minister says. Acknowledging, first, that the status quo is not acceptable, we need to get to the stage where the Judiciary is clearly fully independent and, in terms of the selection or appointment procedure, is fully accountable. I ask the Minister to take a look at my Private Members' Bill. It is merely a contribution. I do not volunteer that it has all the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to amend the operation of the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board and increase transparency and accountability in the appointment of members of the judiciary. [6082/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Judicial Appointments Advisory Board has been in place since the mid-1990s. Since then there have been 160 appointments, with thousands expressing an interest so there is considerable demand among very capable candidates for these posts. It continues to be the case, however, that judicial appointments are made of people whose track record shows involvement in political parties. Around...

Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who founded the Fine Gael Party? Was it Gandhi or Martin Luther King?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Recommendations (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to amend aspects of the civil law concerning missing persons. [5987/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Recommendations (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the 2009 Council of Europe Recommendation on Missing Persons. [5988/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Appeals Tribunal Decisions (6 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality since the establishment of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal, the number of decisions, per year, quashed by the High Court on judicial review; the number of cases, per year, settled by the State after judicial review proceedings were instituted; and the cost to the State rising from same. [6152/13]

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Come on.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (5 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his statement in Putting People First (details supplied), the progress made in devolving power to elected members; the powers which will be devolved from managers to elected members; and the time frame for this process. [5408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not provided a school (details supplied) in County Donegal with an update on their request to move premises; and the reason he seems to be reluctant to approve the request. [5645/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (31 Jan 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the numbers of Garda personnel decreased under the most recent Government prior to the current one; and if so, the number by which it decreased. [4976/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (31 Jan 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the most recent Government prior to the current one agreed to reduce the numbers of Garda personnel as part of the first Memorandum of Understanding with the Troika; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4977/13]