Results 6,841-6,860 of 9,159 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 621. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to adjust the policy for allocating the mackerel quota given that the current 400 tonne quota for hook and line catch by the smaller inshore fleet has been already exceeded in 2021 and he has now closed the 2021 mackerel hook and line fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32974/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 622. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the policy of burden sharing post-Brexit and subsequent loss of fishing quota for Irish fishers has been responsible for the early closure of the 2021 mackerel hook and line fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32975/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will have seen the trawlers across the water as he came to the convention centre today. There are fishermen and fishing families from all over Ireland here today. We have 12% of the waters of the European Union and we get 4% of the fish, one third of what we really should be getting. This costs us tens of thousands of jobs across coastal communities and hundreds of millions...

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 Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will assist in expediting the construction of all homes at a location (details supplied) in recognition of the defective blocks crisis in County Donegal in that it can provide additional accommodation as soon as possible. [34006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications being processed by his Department for the construction of social housing in County Donegal; and the geographic breakdown of same. [34007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received an analysis of the amount of public housing in County Donegal which is impacted by the construction with defective blocks. [34008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to surveys carried out by Donegal County Council on its housing stock; if so, if a detailed breakdown will be provided of the results of any analysis to date, that is, visual surveys or core testing on each building; and the breakdown by district electoral division of the number of houses...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I also wish to express my concern about the proposal to push the statements on the vaccine roll-out to Friday. The reports today are very concerning and we need to deal with them as soon as possible. While we all want to facilitate legislation that clarifies the position regarding outdoor dining, to include another issue relating to High Court judges in the same legislative measure is not...