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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Working Group on Unification Referendums: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sorry, Chairman. I did not get a response on the preparation for Scottish independence. I would like to get a response on that.

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In 2002, as I have learned, 560 council homes were built or acquired across County Donegal. In the past 11 years, it was 543 council houses. Therefore, in 11 years, in Donegal, 543 were either built or acquired, although in 2002, in one year, more were built or acquired. That is the scale of the intentional failure of public housing in our county. What has that led to? As I speak today,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among Irish fishing communities at the growing number of planning applications and expressions of interest for offshore wind farms; his views on the calls for adequate distances from the shoreline for wind turbines to be introduced and the minimalisation of loss of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trans European Transport Network Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a renewed commitment that the State will fund the TEN-T priority route improvement project, County Donegal as prioritised within the National Planning Framework, Project Ireland 2040 and the National Development Plan 2018-2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 485. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will convene a forum meeting with the banks and financial institutions in co-operation with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to request that they immediately play a partnership role with the State and affected families in the financial challenge of making homes safe across counties Donegal and Mayo under the defective concrete...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department has not signed off on a request from Donegal County Council that it be permitted to purchase the property in an area (details supplied) to house a family on the housing list; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Donegal County Council has built or acquired less public or council homes in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the meetings he has held or correspondence he has had with banks and financial institutions in Ireland since assuming office. [15199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Domestic Violence Services (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1086. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will virtually meet representatives of a service (details supplied) to hear the challenges that it faces in maintaining the vital service at a time of unprecedented demand and the need for adequate State funding to be provided to same. [14891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the fishing capacity of the bottom grown mussel sector in Ireland and the resources available to it were last assessed and made public with reference to Article 22 of Regulation EU 2013-1380 on The Common Fisheries Policy in relation to the rightsizing of fishing fleets to match the available resource. [13891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1938. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the financial circumstances of the Irish bottom grown mussel industry; and if he will engage with the sector to ensure that there is a strong and properly regulated management structure in place to ensure the fishery is regulated and that Irish registered boats are given a fair chance and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1939. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that the four fishermen (details supplied) who successfully won their court cases will have the option of availing of compensation or decommissioning schemes made available to their colleagues in other sectors in the time ahead. [13893/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh. I did not get an opportunity to put a question the last day, so I appreciate the opportunity now to speak in this second round. It is almost 23 years since the Good Friday Agreement was endorsed by the people in both jurisdictions on this island. That is more than a generation ago and much has changed. Reference has been made to the impact of Brexit,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could I get the answers first as other speakers got their answers following their rounds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am only saying I would like to get the answers in the same way as other members did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Ding dong, the time is up. Wrap it up now.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out an urgent review of the financial assistance offered by the State under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, based on the applications received to date by Donegal County Council, and address the serious concerns of affected families across the county. [12800/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and the Minister for Finance will convene a forum meeting with the banks and financial institutions to request that they immediately play a partnership role with the State and affected families in the financial challenge of making homes safe across counties Donegal and Mayo under the defective concrete blocks grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if financial allocations from his Department to Donegal County Council to enable it to make homes within its housing stock affected by MICA defective concrete blocks safe will be additional to the planned financial allocations to Donegal County Council to facilitate the construction and purchase of new public housing across...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Information (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice or briefings his Department received from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine ahead of his meeting with the French Minister for European and Foreign Affairs in Paris on 3 December 2020. [13348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Maritime Jurisdiction (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 444. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in discussions with the UK Government to resolve the conflict over the right of Irish fishing vessels to fish in the waters around Rockall. [13349/21]