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Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the 1980s, the Irish people led the way in confronting the South African apartheid regime. We think of the heroic Dunnes Stores workers who refused to handle the South African goods. They took that stand and inspired the rest of the Irish people and the then Government. Ireland led the way internationally in confronting that regime. How can we stand here in 2022 when there is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Programmes (2 Mar 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it can be expected that he will announce an operational programme for the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/22]

Health Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At Letterkenny University Hospital today, there were ten ambulances backed up at the emergency department. There is an unprecedented crisis in that department in terms of staffing, with morale extremely low. This is the outcome of a build-up of failures, for far too many years, to invest in beds, nurses and doctors in the hospital. Letterkenny is the major acute hospital in Donegal and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Two for the Opposition.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Additional time has rightly been added to the schedule today for those Deputies who want to contribute to the debate on the motion in regard to the invasion of Ukraine but there is also very serious concern in this House about the situation in Palestine. Both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have defined this as an apartheid state. It is a very damning report. There has been a...

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The ongoing failure to tackle effectively the issue of derelict properties and vacant properties in our town centres and across the State is unacceptable when we have a housing crisis. Let me talk about north Donegal. It is not that long ago that people could have rented a family home in the towns of north Donegal for €600 per month but now they would be lucky if they got it for less...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Aquaculture Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that aquaculture is taken under the remit of the Maritime Area Regulatory Agency given that it will be essential for the fair and correct development and management of the marine space. [10628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE applies dual qualification criteria to the recruitment of therapists that disregard the length of time that a therapist has studied and instead place an emphasis on additional qualifications in the fields of social work, psychology and medicine. [10631/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all applications under the current aquaculture licensing system undergoing statutory consultation are subject to fair and due process throughout the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek clarification from the relevant Department as to whether the costs of judicial review by a State agency, that is, a statutory consultee in the aquaculture licensing process, will be funded by public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10627/22]

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (23 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure the Minister is familiar with the efforts of those who contributed to the committee in pre-legislative scrutiny. I refer in particular to Michael Kingston, who is also a bereaved family member in relation to Whiddy Island. The catalogue of repeated failures is disturbing. The Whiddy Island disaster in 1979 should have focused minds. The Herald of Free Enterprisedisaster was in...

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The last time I spoke on this, I invited the Minister and Department officials to have a serious look at the Operation Greenwich report and I referred to the shocking case of "Person K". Person K was clearly a mass murderer. He was a key suspect in 17 murders and seven attempted murders. The report of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland states that in 2016 the senior investigating...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the works carried out on homes under the pyrite resolution scheme are up to 2007 building standards as is being proposed by his Department for the updated defective concrete block grant scheme. [10131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if second homes that are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board by a particular date are excluded from availing of the pyrite resolution scheme as is proposed for the updated defective concrete block grant scheme. [10132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Housing Agency oversees the pyrite resolution scheme process for homeowners from start to finish; and the reason this is not being proposed for the updated defective concrete block grant scheme. [10133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Defective Building Materials (23 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 176. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that two letters addressed to him on 18 and 19 October 2021 from the chairperson of Donegal Education and Training Board on supports for children affected by the MICA defective block crisis did not receive a response from him. [10139/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (22 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [9649/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are two. The other one is not for the Opposition only. It is for Government and Opposition.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For the second week in a row, the Government has refused to agree to any statements whatsoever requested by the Opposition. This week, the Government has about 12 hours of time available and none of it has been allocated to statements from the Opposition. This is not sustainable, and it cannot continue. This has been the Taoiseach's position week after week. I seek a commitment from him...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum grant allowed for housing aid for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8094/22]