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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will return to a theme the Minister of State has heard me discuss in the past, namely, the scandal of Ireland's share of the fish in our exclusive economic zone. As the Minister of State is aware, we have an exclusive economic zone, as do all coastal countries, of 200 miles. It is estimated that we get approximately 15% to 20% of the fish in the waters of our exclusive economic zone,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the reduction in public transport costs for students will also be applicable to students who are resident in this State who are travelling to and studying at third level institutions in Northern Ireland. [52605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the reduction in student fees announced in Budget 2023 will be applied to students from this State who are currently studying in the North of Ireland. [52541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the ward at Letterkenny University Hospital that accommodate both haematology and oncology patients; and his plans to add to this number of beds for haematology and oncology patients. [52612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 352. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the capacity of the haematology and oncology day unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. [52613/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist the industry with the cost-of-fuel crisis, in the same way that other EU member states have done so. [53262/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister is aware, every single fishing organisation in this State, in an unprecedented way, united together months ago. We have the producer organisations, the inshore sector, the islands fishermen, the aquaculture sector and even the flag organisations. They appealed for an emergency fund to help address the fuel crisis. When is the Minister going to introduce it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The funding for the tie-up scheme comes from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, not from the Exchequer. We have appealed to the Minister to explore both the Exchequer and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. There are resources in the fund that could be deployed here along with Exchequer funding. A package was announced in the budget to address the cost-of-living crisis and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What I cannot understand is that the Minister has the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, which is money intended to compensate for the loss of quota. That is to be deployed to assist the industry with that separate issue. He again talked about how using the EMFF would mean using funding that is supposed to be there for other issues, but why is he not talking about Exchequer funding? France,...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Despite angry protests from the Opposition and from homeowners who are in the Public Gallery today, the Government rammed through legislation last July on defective concrete block homes. The Government said it was doing this because it wanted to get on urgently with introducing a scheme that could work for the families. Today I put it to the Minister of State that some 500 home-owning...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made, along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and if this matter will be brought to international arbitration. [53098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the documented recovery of the species within the Irish exclusive economic zone over recent years. [53099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to updated advice to lift the prohibition of targeting, retaining on board, transhipping or landing spurdog or picked dogfish in 2023 from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas; if Ireland intends seeking a quota for this species in 2023 subject to a lifting of the prohibition by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that he can take to protect second-hand homebuyers from purchasing homes with defective concrete blocks, given the growing number of homes and counties affected across the State; and if he has engaged with the legal, engineering and estate-agent representative bodies on this issue. [53715/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 186. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53759/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fine Gael and the Tories are soulmates.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (27 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the review his Department have undertaken on restoring Irish Government funding for the City of Derry Airport and the Derry to Dublin airlink to reflect the fact that 40% of the passengers using the airport are from County Donegal; and if he will confirm the dialogue that has taken place between his...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Irish Government is still committed to co-funding the upgrade of the A5 road in the North of Ireland, as stipulated in the St. Andrew's Agreement, and pending the go-ahead for the project. [54049/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (27 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the legislation or regulations that limit the reconstruction of homes with defective blocks to the same footprint as the original house, in order that some homeowners have the option of building on their adjacent land holding and remaining in the existing home while their new home is being constructed; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (27 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning corruption in Donegal; and the actions that he plans to take arising from this report. [54068/22]