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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 500. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some hospitals across the State do not provide a post-mortem service at weekends and bank holidays; and if his attention has been drawn to the distress that this practice can cause to bereaved families and the serious challenges for some families in terms of adherence to their religion and faith. [59888/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 570. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available to citizens of Ireland who travelled to the United States of America for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60230/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 622. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fire service being deployed as a first responder back-up service to the National Ambulance Service; if he will seek to advance the matter in cooperation with the National Ambulance Service and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60458/21]

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is an important motion, and there is a need for urgency on the issue. I wish to speak to the amendment submitted by Sinn Féin to the motion. It is about the need to have the affected fishing communities directly involved in the pre-planning process and to ensure that their livelihoods are protected. There are enough issues facing our inshore and offshore fishing communities in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the social issues that has captured the hearts and minds of our people over the last year has been the plight of families with homes crumbling down around them in the west of Ireland. The Government has taken action in the last week to address this but I have to raise with the Taoiseach again this issue of the sliding scale. I have correspondence from the Minister for Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his understanding of the full financial loss to the Irish fishing fleet in 2021 arising from the blocking of access to the fleet to its traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; the status of the negotiations with the British Government to resolve this dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60587/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is now almost a year since the British authorities blocked fishermen from Ireland from accessing their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall. It is absolutely outrageous that, after almost a year, this has not been resolved. Will the Minister clarify the financial loss to our fleets, including in Greencastle, Killybegs and Castletownbere, from the outrageous ongoing action taken by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister knows the profound injustice that was delivered on our fleet arising from the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Brexit agreement. For the British authorities to block fishermen from the North and South of this island from accessing their traditional fishery grounds at the loss of millions of euro is an absolute outrage. I just do not feel the anger from the Government....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here are the facts: the British have control of more than 75% of the fish in their waters now. We have been given access to 15% of fish in Irish waters, under the Common Fisheries Policy. The British now have 75% of the fish in their waters. How in the hell can it be justified that they would also keep us out of Rockall, an area with traditional fishing grounds for Donegal fishermen and,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, under the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, for the Irish fishing fleet; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question seeks to establish definitively the position of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the percentage of fish from Irish waters allocated to the Irish fishing fleet under the CFP. I refer to the Irish exclusive economic zone. I seek to establish that percentage. As the Minister will know, the fishing industry argues that the percentage is 15%. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I believe there is such a thing as lies, damn lies and statistics. If we look at the stock book from the Marine Institute from 2020 and at the total tonnage taken, and its overall value, it will be seen that the total value of the Irish catch was €251,563,000. That was out of a total catch taken from Irish waters by all the EU fleet of €1.62 billion. This is where this 15%...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I know the Minister engages with the producer organisations and the relevant representative groups. However, I ask if he will sit down with the four main producer organisations, the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, and the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, his Department's...

Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sharing time with Deputies Carthy and Conway-Walsh. The report of the seafood task force is presented as the future of the Irish fishing industry and a blueprint for creating vibrant coastal communities. While there are some good measures in it and, of course, welcome funding, we must face the hard reality. The report, if implemented, will further reduce the Irish fishing fleet and,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement of this State with the European Commission to have Ireland’s control plan for the landing of fish at piers and harbours here reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 327. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that organisations (details supplied) receive the necessary allocation of core funding as requested to allow same to continue to provide a vital service to large numbers of children and young adults with special needs and their families. [60992/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (14 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated with full details of the extension following his recent announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver on transborder workers' relief will be extended. [61890/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (14 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue updated guidance to transborder workers' relief following his announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver would be extended. [61891/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (14 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated on his recently announced extension to the temporary Covid-19 waiver on transborder workers' relief and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61892/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases in rent in some areas of the county and the knock-on impact of the mica defective concrete block crisis. [61373/21]