Results 161-180 of 392 for long speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...here alleging - in most cases they are genuine - they are leaving war-torn, desperate situations to try to form a new life. We have international obligations towards them and yet we have failed them for long periods. The single application procedure will speed up the application process, which means people will not be stuck in direct provision centres. However, we need to address the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Changing Policing in Ireland Report: Garda Inspectorate (16 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...is the statutory exemption stretched? It cannot be turned into a farce. The public will buy into a member of our emergency services who is carrying out his or her duties not having to face a penalty so long as he or she did not endanger the public when driving. The inspectorate oversaw this issue. I raised the issue in the Dáil last night and am very concerned about information...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Bill is well overdue and I welcome its publication. This chaotic Government tried to kick this issue to touch for as long as it could in asking the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality to look at the issue. Both committees were emphatic that we had to move to one-year bankruptcy but still months were allowed...

Prisons Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (14 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...for the destitute in an unjust and unequal society. Fundamental prison reform is a priority for my party and should be for all republicans. It is crucial that prisoners and children in the care of the State are not failed, as they have been for too long.

Ramming of Garda Vehicles Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...attempting to purchase vehicles on the open market at a time when most vehicle stocks are depleted. Under the current budgetary process, the Garda is tied to an annual plan that does not adequately support a long-term vision. In cases where Garda cars are rammed, what are needed to protect gardaí are better, stronger and more powerful vehicles deployed in areas that are more likely...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and then face a huge bill at the end of it. That adds to the stress they are already under. From the outset, this Bill has not done anywhere near enough to address that issue. We have been a long time waiting for progress on the proposed mediation Bill. The Oireachtas justice committee considered a proposed scheme for that Bill several years ago, before my time as justice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 385. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the long waiting lists for patients with diabetes type 1 to see a consultant in Letterkenny University Hospital in County Donegal. [42307/15]

Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...way the Opposition has been treated in respect of this legislation since Second Stage is unprecedented and outrageous. That is why we are going to call a vote on every single amendment and take as long as we can to get this Bill through until the Minister comes back next week and engages with us seriously. It is an insult how we have been treated regarding this. It is also an insult to...

Travellers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...it means. We in this Chamber need to recognise the ethnicity of the Traveller people. What we hear in response from the Government is that it will consider it. That is not good enough. It is no longer good enough to consider the matter anymore. The leaders of the Traveller community have called for a new national Traveller accommodation consultative committee or some new agency that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (4 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the matter came before the joint committee in November last year, the secretariat has corresponded with the relevant Departments. Consequentially, measures announced in the recent budget have gone a long way towards addressing the petitioner’s concerns. The decision of the committee is to close the petition and write to the petitioner informing him that this issue was addressed in...

Travellers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the consideration of the Commission’s terms of reference, no special study was made of the origins of the itinerant population of this country." The commission stated that it was aware that “a period of long research” would be needed to answer this question and stated that this was a job for “trained historians”. Despite these acknowledgements, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...extended beyond County Donegal to increase the number of these patients at Letterkenny General Hospital to facilitate the appointment of a second consultant breast surgeon and further to secure the long-term viability of breast cancer services at the hospital. [38022/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...from general practitioners in County Donegal to Galway University Hospital and away from Letterkenny General Hospital, is good practice; and if this practice is consistent with securing the long-term sustainability of breast cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital. [38024/15]

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 149:In page 109, line 8, to delete “5th anniversary” and substitute “2nd anniversary”. This is a self-explanatory amendment. We feel that five years is too long a period and ask for two years to be the period after which the legislation will be revisited, given the very serious matters the Bill addresses.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...53, line 21, to delete "3 years" and substitute "6 months". The basis for this amendment is fairly self-explanatory. We feel a three year review for those under the old ward of court system is too long. The review should be carried out within six months to allow these people benefit from the new legislation. Amendment No. 126 argues that persons subject to detention pursuant to an order...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will advance the long-awaited mediation Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will advance the long-awaited Judicial Council Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [35308/15]

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and also the lack of leadership that has been shown, not only at Government level but also at local level across the State. I have one more request to make of the Taoiseach today. For too long there has been a wall of distrust between the settled and Traveller communities in this State. Yesterday, some local residents in Glenamuck formed a blockade in protest at the plans to rehouse,...

Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the ground that the players involved in a market are best placed to take advantage of it. As such, they may privately order their relations to mutual advantage while taking account of mandatory law. As long as mandatory law is respected, hurdles should be removed, especially in respect of the neglected SME sector. One of the greatest hurdles confronting Irish SMEs is the continuing...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If the Chairman is willing to work with me, I am willing to take as long-----