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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: If Mr. Cardiff does not mind my asking, why not? This is the rural development programme. That is one of the core programmes in rural Ireland. Is it because it was lost in the wider European research the ECA was doing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that someone in the European Commission look at what the Leader programme in Ireland was and what has happened to it. Mr. Cardiff has a long history of public service in this State so he will be familiar with the previous Leader programme. I ask that someone in the European Commission in some way examine what was in place in Ireland and what is there now. It was held up as the poster boy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a fair point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the most important community and tourism amenities in the Inishowen Peninsula, Swan Park, was destroyed by the floods last August. The riverside park has been closed for six months. I have raised the issue time and again in this Chamber. I have written and spoken to Ministers, but as of today, there is no sign of Government funding. I do not accept that the closure of a park which...
- Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Well said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let her finish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let the Senator finish her comments. I am sure she will accept the decision.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have raised the issue of one of the major community and tourism amenities in the Inishowen Peninsula, Swan Park, which was destroyed six months ago in last August's floods. I cannot imagine where else in the State a major amenity such as a riverside park would be permitted to remain closed for six months without a sign of Government funding. What adds to my anger is that a meeting was...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will clarify again. It is the Minister, Deputy Ring, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, because Donegal County Council owns Swan Park, as well as the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh. We want them to meet a cross-party delegation of councillors from the area. Yesterday there was welcome news, which was long overdue, that the Government would ratify the United Nations Convention on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is the point.
- Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will be familiar with the situation in Letterkenny University Hospital. I can tell him that last year almost 5,000 patients in Donegal found themselves on trolleys at Letterkenny hospital. That is double the number of 2016. It is the highest number since INMO records began. There is a real crisis at the hospital. There are so many stories every day but one story that sticks...
- Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Another five minutes for the Minister.
- Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Well said.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Unfortunately, the licensing system has not been working for the industry or those with environmental or other concerns. I have been examining the statistics for Scotland which has been subject to the same environmental directives which I hope will not change following Brexit. Apparently, the period in which licence application decisions are made rarely exceeds 20 months, whereas it is six...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I talked about delays of over six years in the Irish case - in Scotland, it is 20 months. What the Department is saying is that now it has dealt with the implications of the ECJ ruling, moving forward under two decision-making authorities, the timeframe will be much less than the Scottish timeframe? Is that what it is saying?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Department's submission talks about 15 recommendations that can be implemented in the short term without legislation, but the Department does not spell out what these 15 recommendations are. It is a very general presentation and is lacking in specific timeframes. I asked the witness if he supported the recommendation that there be two separate offices, and I will do so again. Does he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does the Department support-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does the Department support that?