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Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the gap is ten and the Government has just voted to allow vulture funds to continue to plunder families across this State, I am asking for a vote other than by electronic means under Standing Order 83(3)(b).

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the gap is less than ten and as this amendment to specifically say that Israel is responsible for this onslaught has not been accepted, we are calling for a vote by other than electronic means.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank our guests for their presentation. Those of us who come from coastal communities know the vital importance of the inshore fisheries sector. It is important to hear the presentation from our guests and to get guidance on what needs to be done. Reference has been made to the decision to close off pollock fishery, which was open to gillnet or hook-and-line fishing. My understanding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We in the coastal communities know, as our guests have pointed out, that there is an enormous overreliance on shellfish. Mr. Desmond pointed to the previous Government's decisions around salmon, trout, bass and eel. That leads me to the issue of mackerel and herring. Our guests have dealt with the issue in their presentation but perhaps they would indicate what change needs to happen to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Desmond said Ireland is in contravention of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My next question is the big one. We have seen the shrimp and crab sectors in crisis. Obviously, the European market to a lesser extent and the Chinese market have been impacted. It strikes me that this will be ongoing. Following up on what Deputy Collins said, I think the inshore strategy was an excellent piece of work. It has much less jargon than is normal for these reports. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The voting bloc has not been reached. A vote has been called on the Gas (Amendment) Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, not immediately. I suggest that the committee meeting is suspended because continuing is not fair on Deputies who might want to comment again. One vote has been called but is not the voting bloc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will back in ten minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the planned improvement works and extension to a school (details supplied) [2349/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 17 January 2024, if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital buildings programme. [3098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will convene a meeting of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Bord Bia, BIM, the fishing producer organisations and co-ops (details supplied) at the earliest opportunity to plot a course for the urgent rejuvenation of the seafood industry in Ireland following the stark findings of the recent Bord Bia report...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Ireland will ratify the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [2380/24]

United Kingdom Import Controls: Statements (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will not be surprised that I am going to concentrate today on the impact of Brexit on the Irish fishing, seafood and aquaculture industries and indeed the import and export of seafood into and out of Ireland. It was well flagged in advance that the Irish fishing and seafood industry was going to be the big casualty of Great Britain’s decision to leave the EU - the big...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It should be me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The smaller Donegal person. Last week, I raised the serious crisis in the fishing industry and its concerns about how negotiations are being handled at European level. Today, some of its leaders are in Brussels speaking for our industry. It is absolutely critical at this stage that the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, who is in the Chamber, appear before the Dáil to make a statement on...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sorry to report back to the Minister and her colleagues that the experience I have seen in Donegal and across the country of how the Government has handled the challenge of refugees and asylum seekers has been nothing short of shambolic. I give the example of a national school in my constituency. I still find it utterly shocking how the situation was handled. Sessiaghoneill National...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Chair. As there has been a substantial increase in bluefin tuna allocation through ICCAT to a number of European Union member states, this is not just a case of relative stability. These member states gained substantially from the success of the measures that were put in place to sustain bluefin tuna. They were successful and therefore, they had the ability to allocate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will continue the dialogue with the Minister because I continue to have concerns around it. Those in the industry in Ireland obviously engaged with the European Commission. Right now, they are in Brussels engaging with DG MARE. They will want to get a firmer understanding of this. What industry sources told me was that the European Commission's view was this was a dispute between...