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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...2 to 5". Of course, in Mayo and Donegal, we are very aware of the serious concern among engineers. Indeed, Mr. Owens continued by saying, "There will remain a lack of data for a considerable time going forward, thus conservative approaches in any remediation proposal may prevail." That was almost a year ago. The NSAI gave an update at that time and said it would publish preliminary...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...International and B'Tselem designated Israel as an apartheid state. On 18 July 1984 Mary Manning, a shop worker at Dunnes Stores on Henry Street, here in Dublin, refused to handle South African goods in protest against its apartheid regime. Three years later Ireland became the first state in the western world to ban imports of South African goods. That is the stand we took back then....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am a layperson. I have described this so many times to people in County Donegal. When I get on an aeroplane, I trust that the pilot can fly it and that the mechanics have it in good order. We put our trust in professionals. Right now, this is a huge dilemma. Nobody can professionally say the standard on which we base this scheme is fit for purpose and can be trusted. Ms Larkin will...

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the county. On too many occasions, people in life-threatening situations have waited for too long and in some instances they have lost their lives unnecessarily. One proposal that has been put forward to the Government again and again relates to fire and rescue personnel. In Donegal, as in all rural counties, we have fully-trained emergency responders who are being totally...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: First, I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. It has been my honour and privilege to work alongside Deputy Collins, particularly over the last three years. We have relentlessly raised the plight of our fishing communities in this Chamber, in the committees and out there in the wider community. I look forward to working with Deputy Collins over the time ahead....

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As this is an important debate with implications for thousands of families across the State, I fail to understand why there is not even a Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage present to hear what we have to say. I ask the present Minister of State, who is at the Department of Justice, to ensure Ministers read back the transcript of what we are about...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...worst possible thing that can happen brings out the very best in people. We witnessed the love and solidarity of the immediate community, the wider county of Donegal, our nation and our diaspora - good people all around the world. I will never forget that kindness. I pay tribute to the unbelievable heroism of the local community. They were the very first on the scene and, with no...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Three weeks ago, a delegation of fishermen from all around the coast of Ireland went to Brussels and met with the director-general of the European Commission that deals with fisheries, Charlina Vitcheva. That delegation included representatives from six national fishing organisations and two co-ops, one based in Greencastle in north Donegal and the Galway and Aran co-op. We had...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...this House, felt about the issue. Not only did he oppose the statutory instrument, he made it clear that fishermen supported the principle of penalty points but it had to be fair and balanced. He put forward a number of proposals at that time as a solution. If one looks at the amendments from the Sinn Féin and Rural Independent Group Deputies, they reflect what the Fianna...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...report. The families and the public need to know all of the facts. Why continue to drag this out? The families and the public deserve the full truth. To properly protect our most vulnerable patients going forward, we need to learn from the mistakes here. The executive summary is not enough to do that. There are continuing questions for the HSE. The executive summary raises questions...

Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and Conway-Walsh. The report of the seafood task force is presented as the future of the Irish fishing industry and a blueprint for creating vibrant coastal communities. While there are some good measures in it and, of course, welcome funding, we must face the hard reality. The report, if implemented, will further reduce the Irish fishing fleet and, by consequence, the Irish fishing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...that are allocated under the Common Fisheries Policy. To be clear, what is allocated under the Common Fisheries Policy to those in the Irish fishing fleet is estimated at 15% of what is available. Some 85% goes to the fishing fleet of other member states. Britain has secured 75% of the fish in its waters for the fishing fleet around its coast. I am not arguing for 75%. I am arguing...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...fair. The industry is not opposed to penalty points being introduced. The Minister, Deputy McConalogue, spoke in the Dáil in the annulment debate where the then Deputy, Pat The Cope Gallagher, put forward the annulment motion and he supported it. Deputy Micheál Martin, now Taoiseach, and other colleagues of his supported it. For the first time in the history of the State a...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has put forward the subject of honesty and I am glad he has done so. Let us go through facts in detail. It is true that there were a number of agreements between the Irish Government and the British Government on the area around Rockall, culminating in the 2013 agreement. It was signed in 2013 and then laid before the Houses in 2014. The Minister says that the Government...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, introduced the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2019 in reaction to that Supreme Court decision. The 2014 agreement between the Irish and British Governments has no legal standing under our Constitution. Rather than putting that to the British Government and saying there is no legal basis for our agreeing that it can block Donegal fishermen...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...it extraordinary and very worrying that the Minister has put in these conditions. When it was confirmed with the campaigning families in Donegal that at long last, after years and years, they were going to be exempt from the property tax, they said it was a positive gesture, but there are more substantive issues. I note the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy...

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: ...oversight of that system, and that we must ensure our fisheries are operated sustainably. Unfortunately, the schemes that have been introduced on a number of occasions have not been fair and just. I will go through the correspondence that was issued to the Minister by the various fishing organisations in September 2020. Point 9 in the draft general scheme, which is on page 10 of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... Murphy and Mr. O'Donoghue to the committee before the deal was done, it was pointed out that approximately 74% of British fishing produce is exported to the EU. Of course, the British was never going to get what it specified but it has got acceptance of the principle of zonal attachment, which is a game changer. We now need to build on that. I agree with Mr. O'Donoghue's comment that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (12 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...today, the witnesses can email a response. The presentation referred to the research project with the ESRI. More specific to the Community Foundation for Ireland's questions is the work that was going to be carried out by the National Economic and Social Council. Built into that is engagement with civic society groups. I look forward to a response on that. Access to the north west...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and they were vindicated. They went 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....