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Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister has heard the remarks of his party colleague, Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan. I commend the Deputy on the graphs providing a visual display of the utter injustice in terms of the allocation of quota to the Irish fishing fleet. The current percentage of Irish waters that are within the overall jurisdiction of the Common Fisheries Policy is 12%. We have 12% of the waters but...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that have been introduced with respect to the regulation and monitoring of product standards for building blocks since the publication of the Report of the Expert Panel on Defective Blocks in 2017; the measures put in place to ensure that the widespread use of such defective blocks in counties Donegal and Mayo...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — during the Celtic Tiger building boom, light touch building regulation, poor oversight of construction products and reckless practice by some developers, builders and suppliers have left thousands of homeowners with significant building defects; — in Donegal, Mayo and Clare, thousands of homeowners continue to be...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The difficulty with this Bill is that it is being rushed through, as was the national marine planning framework. The case of the national marine planning framework was extraordinary because many years of work went into its preparation, yet Government members of the Oireachtas committee voted to push it through without further scrutiny. Environmental NGOs and inshore fishermen wanted to have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 450. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if provision has been made in the National Development Plan for the full cost of making homes in counties Donegal and Mayo safe under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will ensure that these costs are covered in the review of the National Development Plan. [31685/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Standards Authority of Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations that are currently in place to ensure that manufacturers here do not allow deleterious minerals such as pyrite or MICA to be present in the constituent aggregate of concrete blocks; the person or body that is responsible for enforcing these regulations; and if he is satisfied that they are enforcing same....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has consulted with the Health and Safety Authority to establish its role in liaising with Donegal County Council or Mayo County Council on the safety of families living in private or public homes affected by mica or pyrite defective concrete blocks. [31415/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review will be completed of the submission received from a group (details supplied) in County Donegal in April 2021 and its proposals acted upon. [31416/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress being made with the new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [30852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress being made with the new school building for a school (details supplied). [30853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the impending requirement that all fish species landed here are weighed at the pier or harbour may be in contravention of EU sanitary requirements in relation to cold chain integrity for chilled or frozen foods; if he will consult with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and Bord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am taking my opportunity to say on the record that this was an outrageous political attack and what was said was unbecoming of an Oireachtas member. As the Chairman can see, the three speakers come from various political backgrounds. They are very respected in their own right and are independent political thinkers. I am glad that those comments have been rightly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Has the Cathaoirleach himself condemned them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----and has removed any suggestion whatsoever. What was being attempted and what happened at the previous meeting was unbecoming of Oireachtas members. Now, to get on to the serious business of this committee and put questions to people who are in the business of building relationships in the North of Ireland about the work they are doing. I thank Reverend Karen for her thoughtful and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was not present for the previous meeting but I note that a Senator, who is not a member of the committee, launched an attack that was unbecoming of an Oireachtas member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I also want to say that a member of this committee asked a similar question. I want to put on record that this type of behaviour on the part of committee members should stop. I am glad that the Cathaoirleach of the committee has made our position clear-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the modal and intervention hierarchies within the National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland will not lead to any loss of central Government funding for the long delayed and vital road projects for County Donegal, the Ten-T priority improvement project and the A5 project in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the removal of ANC payments to some farmers in the north County Donegal in response to their ongoing protests that some nearby farms that continue to be in receipt of ANC payments are not in areas of worse natural constraint than those who have lost the payment. [30357/21]

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to continue where my colleague, Deputy Doherty, left off in terms of the mica scandal in Donegal. There will be families in Donegal and Mayo who are following this debate on the recovery and resilience fund and will have listened in recent days to Ministers talking about retrofitting and the need to build more houses who are questioning how on Earth they could have ended up with a...