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Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...K will not be able to hide forever. Person K is a mass murderer. Person K went on to oversee the massacres at Castlerock and Greysteel - the murders of 12 innocent people. He is a psychopath and a mass murderer, a British military agent with a licence to kill. Even after Greysteel, even when a person who was believed to be a police agent was convicted of being involved in Greysteel,...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...McConalogue, invited me to read into the record some parts of a speech that he delivered, so I will read it into the record now. In the annulment motion tabled by his colleague, former Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, he stated: We need to take on board the needs of the fishing sector. We need to avoid the possibility of it being struck down in the courts again. The Department's track...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (2 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have had many exchanges with the Minister about this. He knows the history of it. When he was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture, food and the marine, his colleague, Pat the Cope Gallagher, the then Fianna Fáil spokesperson on the marine and fisheries, moved an annulment of the statutory instrument from 2018 and for the first time in the history of the State, a...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When the Minister was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture and food, his colleague, the then Deputy, Pat The Cope Gallagher, was the spokesperson on the marine. As the Minister knows well, he had serious problems with the penalty points system that was being introduced in a statutory instrument by the then Minister, Deputy Creed. He worked with the industry to try to find a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...was voted through. I remind the Minister that when he was Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture, food and the marine, he had a very different view on this matter. His colleague and former Deputy, Pat the Cope Gallagher, when he was spokesperson on the marine, introduced an annulment motion. There are a number of points I want to reintroduce today in regard to the heads of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Establishment of an Independent Public Inquiry into the Murder of Pat Finucane: Motion (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...an IRA prisoner. As an Irish republican, I am aware of the immense hurt and pain the IRA caused to many families across the North of Ireland. The reason for the particular emphasis on the case of Pat Finucane is that the missing piece in the jigsaw is the profound role of the British Government and the British state in our conflict. Thanks to the diligence and determination of families...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...to the highest court in the land. These people in the Department spent a huge amount of taxpayers' money and they lost again and again. Fianna Fáil brought forward a motion, led by former Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher, which represented a huge moment because a statutory instrument was voted down for the first time in the history of the State. I read over every single speech that...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... It was immensely significant, it had never happened before and has not happened since. I will quote from some of the debate. The proposer of the motion, who deserves great credit, was the former Donegal Deputy, Pat the Cope Gallagher, who had been Fianna Fáil's spokesperson on fisheries and marine. He said: The statutory instrument states that the determination panel and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...at that time. Both the Taoiseach and the Minister were right in how they voted on 29 May 2018. The Minister will recall that, at that time, the then Fianna Fáil spokesperson on the marine, Pat The Cope Gallagher, introduced the motion. I have re-read what he had to say and he was spot on in his criticisms. Not only had he criticisms, he subsequently put forward amendments to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...their families and works in partnership with the wider community. It is a fantastic groundbreaking model but the organisations are being taken for granted. This is the point. They do not need pats on the back. They do not commendation. They need money and resources. They need the ability to deliver these services on an ongoing basis. There was absolute funding discrimination in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (13 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...to hear more about the IFA's engagement with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, in that regard. My final question is for Pat from the ICMSA. It was an excellent presentation in which a really strong point was made about how we exported 90% of our beef. Whenever we look at the level of greenhouse gases or carbon...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: Second Stage (22 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...members who have served overseas. The calibre of the men and women who represent Ireland on the international stage, especially in the area of peacekeeping, is best exemplified by the men who participated in the Jadotville siege in 1961. I am overjoyed that the surviving veterans of that event and the loved ones of those who have passed away will be presented with medals. It was...

Seanad: Developments in Organic Sector and Greyhound Industry: Statements (22 Feb 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...to every week. That is not acceptable. If Members are to have credibility, reports must be analysed. I commend the current Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Pat Deering, who was Vice Chairman when the report was published for revisiting these issues and seeking to hold people to account. I appreciate that the Minister of State probably cannot...

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...into the State to help us through the crisis. Gabriel Byrne said that the Irish people overseas were tired of the hat being passed around for the old sod. They need to see more than the pats on the back, the shamrocks and the St. Patrick's Day visits to march down the road and do walkabouts. They need something tangible and they need to have a real relationship with the country that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Non-Compliant Installations of Water Meter Boxes: Irish Water and Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (23 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Harrington is a former member of the committee and is deputising for Deputy Pat Deering. We will ensure that all the responses are circulated to Deputy Harrington.

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...but that it is not for turning. The British Government has also failed to honour its commitments in the Weston Park agreement and to have a proper and full independent investigation into the murder of Pat Finucane. The Tánaiste tells us that the Taoiseach has raised the matter with the British Government but that it is not for turning. For how long will the Government tolerate...

Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...family of Councillor Eddie Fullerton, listen to the latest update on their investigations and serious concerns and act on them? Furthermore, will they look at the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and the case of Pat Finucane? Will they tell the British Government it must take full responsibility for its part in the conflict? Other groups have accepted responsibility and apologised for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Business of Committee (17 Jun 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...by motion, the following changes to the membership of this committee: discharged from the joint committee are the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, along with Deputies Helen McEntee, Patrick O'Donovan and Noel Harrington. Appointed to replace them are Deputies Pat Deering, Paul J. Connaughton, Anthony Lawlor and Mary Mitchell O'Connor. I thank the members...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...in private session and now we will record our decisions in public session. The first petition is No. P00031/12, An Bord Pleanála's view of planning precedent in local authorities, is from Mr. Pat Clarke. This petition emanates from the refusal of planning permission by a local authority and subsequent appeal to An Bord Pleanála. After the appeal, the petitioner lodged a...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...House today and read a speech but he should saved it for the Fine Gael Ard-Fheis. This nonsense where the business of the Dáil has been suspended for a three-day plethora of speeches by Ministers patting themselves on the back shows they are completely out of touch with the public. If they want to have a moment of self-congratulation, it is for an Ard-Fheis or an annual conference....