Results 1-20 of 13,308 for speaker:Pat Gallagher

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the Saint Columba's College building project now that the tender report has been submitted since July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54082/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: I welcome Mr. Conneely and Mr. Bonner, and Mr. Early who is listening to us online from Arranmore island. I also welcome Mr. Neily Kavanagh, Mr. McBride and Ms Muireann Kavanagh. This is probably a small committee room compared to the committee room where Muireann addressed the European Parliament fisheries committee last year. It is important that we hear from the witnesses. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: When we consider that people are going out and catching them by line, the impact that has on the stocks is 0.00001%. That is something we should take a particular interest in and we can make a case to the Minister and to the Commission to allow for that. It has no impact at all on those stocks. There is no more environmentally-friendly fishing. In the past few years, the drop in crab...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: We are obliged to end the meeting at 12.40 p.m. in view of the Budget Statement. In summary, we will ask the committee at a later stage to have another look at the 2014 report and Article 17, which has been referred to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Perhaps we should ask the Department of Social Protection to look at the 2014 report with reference to the contributions. The next speaker who indicated to the Chair before I came in is Deputy John Connolly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Mr. Early is online. He should feel free to interject any time he wishes. The Deputy is referring to the statement that the current regulation that sets out access to social welfare is from 1964.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Can Mr. Early hear us? No. We will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Has Senator O'Reilly any questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Does Mr. Bonner want to add to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Has Senator O'Reilly another question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: I suppose we can ask the local authorities in the maritime counties. I can only speak for Donegal. We have a marine engineer who happens to be from the island and then he was promoted and there is another engineer now. It is not all about the local authorities funding this. Roinn na Gaeltachta can fund projects as well. If the various islands decide on doing an audit on what is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (2 Oct 2025)

Pat Gallagher: 278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the technical review of IS 465 will be published now that the consultation on the review is closed for submissions since July 2025, in view of the fact of the urgency; if he will provide a clear timeline for the publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52850/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: I thank witnesses for their presentations. It appears to me that, initially, the idea was to protect sprat for inshore fisheries but the wide brush was used on all of the other fisheries. In the north west, this will have implications for horse mackerel, nephrops and herring as no vessels will be able to fish there from October 2026. Even though the initial purpose was to ensure the sprats...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: I do not think the question I posed around how they proposed 2,000 tonnes of sprat to be distributed over the 18 m vessels that are allowed to fish there between now and the end of September next year has been answered. Could somebody give me the chronological order from the date the Minister will sign and place before the House the statutory instrument bringing into force the ban from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: What about the 2,000 tonnes of sprat?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Sprat Fishing: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: 559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to amend the planning regulations in relation to listed buildings to permit solar panels to be erected as exempt development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (30 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: 594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing phased payments of the grant following on from the review of vacant property refurbishment grant carried out in 2024, to assist applicants with cash flow in managing such projects particularly with massive increased costs in construction (details supplied). [52137/25]

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Embracing Ireland's Outdoors - National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Pat Gallagher: From the Department finds its way into the most rural areas of the country, which is extremely helpful. Nowadays people are so conscious of their health and providing these walks is so important. They do not have to be state-of-the-art but the more we can provide, the better. I note that the Department is going to provide funding for six outdoor recreation officer positions on a pilot...