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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: -----but this is important.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: The Ceann Comhairle would appreciate if this-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: Will the Government confirm that a decision was taken in a back room with the Lowry supporters? Was a decision taken that the additional surgical hub would be in Sligo at the expense of Letterkenny?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: Lo and behold, the Minister of State, Deputy Harkin, is here in the House-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: This is important to Donegal.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I do understand it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I understand it, but the Ceann Comhairle was not as severe with others.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: Can I ask the Minister, the Government-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I could have placed the question now.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I want to say very clearly in this House that I am a Donegal man and I am not going to accept that people from outside Donegal would take decisions for Donegal. I want to know if this decision was taken by the Government in a back room.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: Do not thank me at all.
- Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I thank the representatives from the various organisations for attending. I have heard nothing today that I have not heard previously. It brings me back to 2005 when I had responsibility for the marine. I received numerous calls from fishermen from the sides of piers around the country informing me about the damage being caused to fish coming out of refrigerated sea water tanks into...
- Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Marine Institute (1 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I congratulate the chairman on his appointment and wish him well in his term of office. I go back far enough to the establishment of the Marine Institute; I happened to be there at that time when it had a small office in Dublin before it moved to Galway. I have always believed there is a tremendous opportunity for fish farming off our coast. We are not taking full advantage of it. As...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (9 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: 29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the plans to roof the exposed part of Donegal Town Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38317/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (9 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the plans to roof the exposed part of Donegal Town Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38318/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (10 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the recent north-south Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38154/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Island Communities (10 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: 101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on his work to support remote working on the offshore islands. [38072/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (10 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: 103. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to address the shortage of staff in the public sector with a high enough proficiency to provide telephone information, helpdesk and web chat services in Irish, as identified in the 2024 Annual Report of An Coimisinéir Teanga. [38071/25]
- Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Engagement on Matters Relating to Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Pat Gallagher: I have a comment and a question. Regarding the importance of carers, we have a responsibility to assist in ensuring that carers are retained and recruited and that children are in a safe environment. In respect of the comparison between the medical cards for children and the back to school allowance, medical cards are, as I understand it, universal but the back to school allowance is not as...
- Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025) Pat Gallagher: I am pleased the Minister of State is here, hopefully with delegated authority, regardless of whether it relates to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Today, the joint committee spoke to representatives from Wind Energy Ireland. It was an education for us. I was astounded to learn that there will be no wind energy generated at sea. When I was in the Minister of...