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Civil Defence Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While Sinn Féin is not opposed to allowing the Civil Defence Bill 2012 to proceed to Committee Stage, it has some concerns about the impact the Bill will have on the functioning and management of Civil Defence. The Civil Defence board, as constituted, represents a broad balance of interests, from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Garda, the Radiological Protection Institute of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the annual additional cost incurred with a no wind energy situation and the alternatives considered to achieve the same level of environmental protection using other technologies both renewable and energy conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53338/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the recent 5% increase in electricity rates sanctioned by the Commission for Energy Regulation, if he will provide a breakdown of percentage of this cost which was to facilitate the expansion of wind energy and an indication of future increases which will be necessary to complete the proposed programme in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (29 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person currently receiving jobseeker's allowance is permitted to carry out minor work for a family member, in the family members home, where no money is exchanged. [53400/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Approval for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This motion is welcome and I do not see any difficulties in supporting it. The motion also provides the opportunity to address some of the challenges highlighted in the report of the Irish Refugee Council. I am sure the Minister of State is as concerned as I am about the issues highlighted in the report. According to figures for September 2012, a total of 5,098 people are residing in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an gcaidreamh idir an IDA agus Údarás na Gaeltachta, chun míniú a thabhairt ar an tslí ina gcomhoibríonn siad chun infheistíocht eachtrannach dhíreach a mhealladh isteach sa Ghaeltacht agus chun an líon cuairteanna atá tugtha ag...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the families of those whose funds are administered to by the office of wards of court in the Courts Service regarding the types of investments being made; if he has considered establishing an insurance scheme to protect these funds; if he has considered this issue in the context of the drafting of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Health when he will appoint a full time paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist to be based at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in line with the Health Service Executive's Diabetes Expert Advisory Group policy of having one paediatric diabetic CNS for every 100 children, in view of the fact that Letterkenny General Hospital has approximately 138...

Topical Issue Debate: Reserve Defence Force (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is very different.

Topical Issue Debate: Reserve Defence Force (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With all due respect, that is nonsense. It is a Tory Government which is responsible.

Topical Issue Debate: Reserve Defence Force (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State stated "the service of all members of the Reserve is very much appreciated". That is not really the case because if he appreciated the service of all members of the Reserve Defence Force he would have adequately consulted with them and given them a chance to have a real input into the so-called value for money report and he would have provided them with a chance to...

Topical Issue Debate: Reserve Defence Force (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raised my concerns around the so-called value for money review of the Reserve Defence Force and its role with the Minister, Deputy Shatter, a number of weeks ago during defence questions. I appealed to him to have another look at the submission made by the Reserve Defence Force Representative Association, RDFRA, back in 2010 and the innovative proposals within that before a final decision...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Section B of the Government's legislative schedule indicates the Government will introduce a criminal justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill in mid-2013. Can the Taoiseach ensure that Bill incorporates provision 4 of domestic violence legislation as a way to deal with the statistics produced by Safe Ireland, which he has acknowledged are serious?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Justice and Equality (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister comment on the European arrest warrant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Justice and Equality (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While it is not specifically referred to for this Council meeting, I ask the Minister to have regard to concerns over how the European arrest warrant is being implemented in different states. There are different models of protection of human rights in the European Union. One of the issues that has come to the fore in France has been the arrest under the European arrest warrant of a French...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The first issue I would like the Minister to respond to concerns over-expenditure of €8.5 million on retirement lump sums. As the Minister knows, this matter arose recently when he amended the Defence Vote. He had under-projected the number of Defence Forces members who would take early retirement. An issue seems to arise regarding planning for budgets and anticipating the numbers...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The former assistant Garda Commissioner wrote an article in The Sunday Business Post criticising the smart policing model. The Minister should bear in mind the views of the Garda Representative Association and the Irish Farmers Association. The word "nostalgia" is just not appropriate. There are legitimate criticisms of the changes being made. Will the Minister give us a little more...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pilot Training Colleges (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work he is doing to see that the full details of the closing of the Waterford Pilot Training College are investigated and that no company will be able to operate in such a manner again, leaving students with debts. [52669/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the work being done in the prisons by the street leagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52693/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that since 1 January 2012, workers in this State, who are resident in the north of Ireland and who hold medical cards there are no longer exempt from paying the health levy component of the universal social charge; and his plans to rectify this. [52511/12]