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Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will have various sectors represented here today in the next session on islands, inshore and offshore. I would like to get the Minister of State's latest perspective on the issue the six-mile limit. I acknowledge it is being reviewed and that a number of court cases have held back the intent of the previous Government. Ireland has the natural resource of fishing and shellfish around...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise for having to step out for 15 minutes to deal with the Business Committee. I read our witnesses' presentations beforehand. I took the opportunity to put some of the issues directly to the Minister in the previous session. Let us address these issues. The first is that we have third-party countries that do extensive trade with the European Union. I am thinking in particular of...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To put what Mr. Burke has said into perspective, it is my understanding that the population of the Faroe Islands is approximately the same as that of the Inishowen Peninsula, where I am from. That is the equivalent of the population of the Inishowen Peninsula having a mackerel quota three times greater than that of the entire island of Ireland. What Mr. Burke has just said is absolutely...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes. As everyone will know, my party published the results of its survey yesterday. None of the commentary and findings will shock our guests as they all know the reality on the ground. Sinn Féin conducted a survey of fishermen - these are people who have a business or are workers in the seafood industry - from all around Ireland. Nine out of ten respondents said that the industry...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Chief Whip will have been party to an email from us regarding Committee and Remaining Stages of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill tomorrow evening. Sixty minutes just does not cut it. We are going to need two hours. I am asking that the Government allow two hours for that. Whatever way the Government does that, we need to have at least two hours.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms Bocquel and her officials for being here today. I just want to get a sense of the benchmarking. Are the findings of The Business of Seafood report benchmarked against those of other EU states and Nordic coastal states?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why not?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Ms Bocquel agree it is important to examine the importance of the Nordic and EU states to reflect accurately how we are performing by comparison with others?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Would it shock Ms Bocquel if I said to her I have been advised that although the Faroe Islands have a population that is just 1% of the population of this State, its aquaculture industry is bigger than ours?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our population is equivalent to that of Norway. Would the size of its seafood industry by comparison with ours shock Ms Bocquel?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, my question concerns the fact that we have some of the richest waters in the world surrounding us. The potential for the seafood industry is absolutely immense but we are not meeting our potential by comparison with other countries in the EU and Nordic states. From the information I have, I have learned BIM does not do benchmarking in its report. Therefore, if I knew very...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The next question I have is on the number of vessels. Is Bord Iascaigh Mhara tracking the numbers and capacity of fishing vessels in the fleets compared to, say, ten years ago? Ms Bocquel did say the impact of Brexit was catastrophic. It is just that if people did not understand the industry, they would read that report in a particular way. It is a well-presented report – there is...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have spoken about the deep concern of those in the industry but there is a sense, with a dedicated Minister for fisheries and a dedicated Oireachtas committee, that there is a chance for a reset. I will be fair; Bord Iascaigh Mhara can only deal with the framework in which it operates. As Deputy Gallagher said, the quota and total available catch and science are all things that are out of...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that BIM also look at the subsidy, particularly for inshore and islands fishermen, that is, the area of subsidy compared with farmers in terms of the Common Agricultural Policy. Perhaps that is something BIM could look at too, if the witnesses do not mind me saying.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish Dr. McCarthy all the best. I have looked at the various appeals bodies he chaired over the years. He brings extensive experience. I do not have any concern about his capacity. A big concern when speaking to the aquaculture industry and people who object to licences in various locations is the time it takes to make a decision. There have been a number of examinations of this issue....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for reinstating the Dublin to Derry airlink, and if it can be brought forward from the projected October 2026 timeframe to reflect the long delay in reinstating this important service for the northwest region. [32017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a board of management will be reinstated at a school (details supplied). [32013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 479. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will provide the funding to rebuild the Buncrana Leisure Centre, County. Donegal; if he is aware of the serious impact on the community of 40,000 people living in Inishowen, from the closure of this key community amenity for over a decade. [32022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a site has extensive growth of an invasive species, and the landowner deliberately and recklessly disrupts and spreads the contaminated soil onto neighbouring properties, public footpath road; other sites, then, what does it take for the National Parks and Wildlife Service to take action to investigate and enforce...