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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister took some questions in the Dáil yesterday on the concerns being raised here. We have the statements from producer organisations and some of the leaders of our fishing industry in Ireland and they make for stark reading in terms of the impact felt. Yesterday, I said to the Minister that in his home county of Donegal the industry has estimated that there could be a hit of up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will meet with representatives of the fishing industry in the North of Ireland later today and I know they are concerned that this agreement has pitted fishers on the island against each other. They want to unite across the island with one voice looking for a fair share of the fishing resource all around our island. They do not want to be divided by this agreement. They want to unite. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the four industry leaders who are in on the call representing their producer organisations today. I join the Cathaoirleach in extending sympathy to the family and friends of Hugo Boyle. I had the privilege of meeting Hugo on a number of occasions and speaking to him on many occasions. He was a thoroughly decent man and a genuine person for uniting the industry to stand together and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I recall the presentations the witnesses made as part of this committee's work in assessing the impact of Brexit on our agriculture, food and marine sectors. I remember very well the stark warnings they gave. I also remember the presentation they made in recent months, and here we are today. I want to talk about the task force. Mr. O'Donoghue is right that we have to get to get down to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Chairman.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have just been informed as the Sinn Féin Party Whip-----

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, we are working under restricted conditions.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, it is.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I really appreciate that in the exceptional circumstances and I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle very much. I join with the Minister in paying my condolences to the family and friends of Hugo Boyle. He was a Donegal man but he was very important to fishers throughout the island, particularly in the south and west where he was the chief executive of the producer organisation. I have seen...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will have been engaged in extensive discussions with fishers around the coast and he will know better than most the disaster that they see this deal as. It should be remembered that this was an industry already struggling. I met with the Foyle Fishermen's Co-operative yesterday online and they advised me that, in Donegal alone, as many as 400 jobs are threatened on the back of...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is before the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine tomorrow and we will develop this conversation then. With the limited time I have left, I will ask about Rockall. As the Minister will be aware, the naval authorities of Britain have prevented Donegal fishing boats from accessing the crucial waters around Rockall, particularly the zero to 12-mile limit. For...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

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Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

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Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

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Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

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Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let any independent observer see what a nonsense this is.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I emailed Government and Opposition Whips, the Ceann Comhairle and the officials of the Business Committee earlier today to request that the Minister for Education come before the House tomorrow to make a statement and take questions following the chaos that has emerged with regard to providing school services to children with special educational needs. I understand that can be facilitated...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (20 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria put in place to register the 140 vessels allowed to fish in UK waters since 31 January 2020 with the European Commission; the number that were selected; when the remaining vessels can expect to be registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding available in the European Commission contingency supports and market disturbance funding for the fisheries sector to mitigate against the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit; the amount of funding he plans to apply for to deliver for the Irish fishing sector; the way in which he plans to distribute this funding; and...