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Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is an important motion, and there is a need for urgency on the issue. I wish to speak to the amendment submitted by Sinn Féin to the motion. It is about the need to have the affected fishing communities directly involved in the pre-planning process and to ensure that their livelihoods are protected. There are enough issues facing our inshore and offshore fishing communities in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The submissions make for very sober reading. My view of the task force report, which advocates reducing our fishing fleet over a certain size even further, down to only a percentage of what it was in 2006, is that we have waved the white flag of surrender in relation to our interests. The submission from the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation draws our attention to the stock...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the salaries of the staff that make up the Traveller primary health teams across the country have been frozen since 2008 with no increments; the reason the HSE social inclusion team is not working with the Traveller health units to address the issue as a matter of urgency; and if he will ensure that Traveller health and the staff are treated with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some hospitals across the State do not provide a post-mortem service at weekends and bank holidays; and if his attention has been drawn to the distress that this practice can cause to bereaved families and the serious challenges for some families in terms of adherence to their religion and faith. [59888/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available to citizens of Ireland who travelled to the United States of America for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 622. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fire service being deployed as a first responder back-up service to the National Ambulance Service; if he will seek to advance the matter in cooperation with the National Ambulance Service and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60458/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, confirmed at a committee meeting this morning, in response to questions from my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, that there will be no more money in the budget for the defective concrete blocks scheme for next year. That budget is €40 million. The Tánaiste knows the urgency of the situation in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not at all. The people of Donegal gave it a chance and we will not be fooled twice.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Stop and do the right thing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Do it now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not fear. Has the Taoiseach listened to the families over the past 24 hours?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is no relationship-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Donegal County Council has it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It does exist.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Stop. Try living in Donegal.

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who oversees that? It is a Tory Government.

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sharing time with Deputies Mythen, Patricia Ryan, Gould and Clarke. I know a little more than most about this subject. I was on the national executive of the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed many years ago when these job clubs and local employment services were being put together. We were part of the team that worked around a community based response, working with people...