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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are not agreed. Only three and a half hours have been set aside for the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill tomorrow evening. There are more than 300 amendments to the Bill. I understand that leaves 40 seconds for every amendment. My colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, our spokesperson, has strenuously asked me to appeal again to the Government to set aside time this Wednesday and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish any data his Department obtained on numbers of salmon present in Irish waters over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce tax reduction measures for the Irish fishing industry that would allow expenses such as harbour fees, ice plant fees and slip off fees for paint and repair to be written off against annual tax returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent study that has been carried out by his Department on the seal population in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fishing Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans, including timelines, for the establishment of the seafood working group which is planned to be a compensatory body to oversee any disruption caused to fishing livelihoods as a result of the designation of marine protected areas and installation of renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Maritime Jurisdiction (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it can be expected that his Department will establish the maritime area regulatory authority that will be an important requirement of the Marine Area Planning Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the consular assistance that he and his officials have provided to the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas that were issued in the past five years including location and country of origin for the fishing industry in tabular form; the engagements her office has had with the fishing industry to determine future requirements for foreign workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 626. To ask the Minister for Health when the EU Digital Covid certificate will be made available for Irish citizens vaccinated outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 643. To ask the Minister for Health when the nursing registration will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the allocation of species such as mackerel and herring to inshore fishermen. [47823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the Common Fisheries Control programmes under articles 60 and 61 of EU Council regulations that allow non-Irish registered European vessels to land their fishing catches at Irish ports without any checks being carried out by the SFPA and in which responsibility for checks is laid upon their home countries once...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences issued by his Department in the past 20 years by location and any transfer of ownerships that have occurred in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to examine diversification options for inshore fishermen, for example, spur dog which is being reported in increased numbers along the coast; if the Marine Institute will work with inshore fishermen to ascertain to establish those current numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47821/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the rationale and the data available to him that will close the crayfish fishery off the south coast for 2021 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47822/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of prawn catch currently available to the fishing fleet of each member state in the EU in tabular form; if he will seek to negotiate a higher share in future negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47825/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have raised before with the Minister in this Chamber the issue of the funding discrimination that our major hospital in Donegal, Letterkenny University Hospital, continues to endure. There are more than 20,000 people in a county of 160,000 on the waiting list. That amounts to one in eight. I am not even including Sligo hospital, whose waiting list includes people from south Donegal....

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister will be aware, on 15 June last, thousands of families from Donegal, Mayo, Clare and other counties gathered outside the convention centre and walked to Government Buildings. On the same day, this House passed a motion, which no Deputy opposed, calling for 100% redress for families who have been devastated by defective concrete blocks. The scheme that is in place was supposed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the final submission by persons (details supplied) to the defective blocks working group that he established in June 2021. [46012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected percentage of homes in the National Broadband Plan intervention areas that will be connected to fibre broadband under the plan in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form. [45989/21]