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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a medical laboratory scientist graduate, after studying an intensive course for four years and registering with their professional body (details supplied), has a starting salary of less than a medical laboratory aide who requires a minimum of a leaving certificate. [25951/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wind Energy Generation (24 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and his Department officials to ensure that a reasonable proportion of the community benefit funds paid by offshore wind energy companies to meet their responsibilities under the renewable electricity support scheme is ring-fenced for the benefit of...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/22]
- Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to outline to the Minister of State why the Minister, his party leader, is so deeply unpopular in rural Ireland and why he is so out of touch with rural Ireland. I want to describe to him the practical realities for people in Donegal. We have a situation whereby two thirds of homeowners in Donegal rely on home heating oil to heat their homes. Even more rely on solid fuel. They...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of clarification, Mr. Hayes has just made a serious statement. This is very important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Hayes must clarify what he meant by his last sentence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, Mr. Hayes cannot impugn the reputation of people outside the House in this committee. I ask Mr. Hayes to clarify his last sentence.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The statement that has just been made is very serious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, I am asking the Chair to deliberate on this point. If the Chair does not mind, I will read that sentence. Mr. Hayes said: "We ask the members of the committee to consider carefully the array of potential motivations of operators choosing to decry the need to weigh...". What does the phrase "the array of potential motivations" mean? Is this questioning the motivation or the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask for that statement to be withdrawn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, that is not a withdrawal. Mr. Hayes knows exactly what was being said. He is an intelligent man. I ask for that comment to be withdrawn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. That is good. I thank Mr. Hayes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The European Commission, in its recent statistics, rated Ireland as the most compliant member state in the EU in terms of fishery regulations. Does the SFPA agree with that rating? Is it correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I repeat that the European Commission has stated Ireland is the most compliant member of the EU in terms of fishery regulations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I refer to the Commission's recent statistics. Are the witnesses not aware of this fact?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: So the SFPA is not aware that Ireland is the most compliant member state in the EU in terms of fishery regulation. Is that what Mr. Hayes is saying on the record?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I did not ask about that. Can the SFPA confirm whether Ireland is the most compliant in the EU? Surely the SFPA must know that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: So the answer then is that Mr. Hayes does not know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That comment is on the record now. My next questions concern CCTV. I have witnessed the following with my own eyes in terms of a factory in Killybegs. I understand that there are ten CCTV cameras in one factory that are accessible to the SFPA officials at all times. It means that they can sit in their office in Killybegs and in real time monitor the weighing and the operations that take...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Am I correct? It is a "Yes" or "No" answer.