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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: These are paragraphs from a statement issued by Aodh O'Donnell, the chief executive of the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, IFPO: Belgium has a 67k coastline, while the Irish coastline is 4400k, representing 12% of the EU waters. Yet Belgium’s fish processing sector had a turnover of €961m in 2019 compared to just €622m for Ireland,”he says, drawing figures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will not speak further about Rockall. It has been two and a half years and almost three years. It is an outrageous position that the British Government is taking, and I would ask that it would be dealt with. It has to be on the agenda as part of these negotiations. It is extreme bad faith. The next number of questions will address the part of the Minister’s presentation that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I think that covers it. I was going to make a final point about offshore wind. The Minister has talked about Brexit, the issue of quotas and the issue of the fuel subsidy. We agree that offshore wind has a very important role to play in our responsibilities as a State. We need to make sure the fishing communities are consulted. I have seen some really strong contributions in recent days...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are plundering the resources of people who they are doing trade with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will be very brief as I am conscious of the standing members of the committee. I only have a couple of questions and they are directed to Lisa Hone, chairperson of the Mica Action Group. I just want to get a sense of the issue of the housing committee dealing with the legislation for the updated scheme. At that committee one of the contributors testified that he was aware some quarries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can Ms Hone also tell us what the sense was among the homeowners she represents in Donegal when figures for a €2.7 billion scheme were being thrown around? That is even though we know that scheme will operate over maybe 20 or even up to 30 years to make right what has happened. There was a portrayal of speaking to the taxpayers across the country, which includes the affected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Something like 13 or 14 counties are potentially affected. God knows how many concrete manufacturers and quarries are involved in this. What was the sense when it was being said that this was going to cost the taxpayers €2.7 billion when this levy came in? The message was that taxpayers would have to pay for this. I know what my thoughts are on this but I want to know from the...

Creeslough, County Donegal: Statements (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We all remember where we were when we first heard news of the tragedy in Creeslough. As the hours moved on, we started to hear indications that there was significant loss of life. Then the full horror was revealed. The nation and, obviously, the people of Donegal knew the number of people who had lost their lives, but then we heard their stories and we moved through the wakes and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Week after week, I have sought to bring to the attention of the Taoiseach and Minister a profound crisis for dozens of families in County Donegal. They are living in defective block homes that are not fit for human habitation. The Taoiseach and Minister must have seen some of the images on social media and on TG4 last night. These houses are not fit for human habitation. I appeal to them...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current names of the members of National Standards Authority of Ireland committee that are now reviewing I.S. 465 and details on the international experts that they have consulted with or plan to consult with; when will the committee conclude its work and make recommendations to the Government. [55197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to apply the 'fresh start’ principle to the help-to-buy scheme, similar to the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55342/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that he has not tasked the Housing Agency to assist families availing of the defective blocks scheme to relocate to temporary alternative accommodation as is the case with the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will visit the homes of families in County Donegal and other affected counties to learn the reason that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied), who is currently eligible for school transport, can be accommodated on the 2pm school transport service being provided from their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55587/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exemption can be provided to a person with a disability who is receiving a birth negligence case settlement award, to enable an application for the winter fuel payment and the household benefit package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54614/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Defective Building Materials (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 868. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 26 October 2022, in relation to the convenyancing process, the measures her Department 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; if her Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 958. To ask the Minister for Health if he accepts the recommendations of the "Health Technology Assessment of Metabolic Surgery" contained in the report by HIQA in July 2022 to fund a programme of metabolic surgery in 2023. [54365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 954. To ask the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries performed in University Hospital Galway, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Dún Laoghaire and Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [54361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 955. To ask the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgeries performed in University Hospital Galway, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Dún Laoghaire and Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [54362/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 956. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Plan for 2023 will include funding for obesity surgery; and the number of such procedures to be funded. [54363/22]