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Fisheries: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a story online on theskipper.ie. It is the Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, annual fisheries report and it has caused outrage in the fishing industry because, essentially, the report says it is all fine. It is good; it is all fine. It is data from 2023. This has to stop. We have to stop denying what is happening. My party conducted a survey late last year of hundreds of fishers and...

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This motion is utterly sensible. It is asking the Government to prepare now for Irish unity - to have the citizens' assemblies, a dedicated Minister for Irish unity and an Oireachtas committee to pursue these issues. It is about being responsible. It is an exciting challenge. What type of health service will we have? What type of education system will we have? How do we protect...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are a number of barristers in this Dáil. One of them, our Minister for justice, has expressed his concerns about the attempts to undermine our justice system. It is important that we deal with that this week. There should be statements with questions to defend that system. Of course, the Minister for justice himself was attacked politically in this regard and he knows what it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. I echo Deputy Ward's comments about the RNLI. We are very proud of our RNLI teams. As a Donegal TD, I am very familiar with its work over many years. I am very proud of the volunteers and everything they do. It is a tremendous organisation, but it needs to have more than congratulations from the committee members today; we need to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms Egan. Turning to Mr. Lynch, I have been down to Dunmore East as part of my role as spokesperson for my party on this issue. I saw plans when I was down there for what needs to be done. How come this was not done as part of the Brexit reserve fund investment in harbours? I absolutely agree with what was said. To me, that plan and that infrastructure should be implemented...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it Mr. Halligan's assessment - I am pretty confident what the answer is going to be - that there needs to be a significant increase in investment in the infrastructure that the RNLI operates out of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a disaster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will be a bit Donegal for a moment and acknowledge Mr. Sweeney. I thank him for the excellent job he does with the resources and challenges he has. He is respected by the communities he works with. The presentation from the local authority County and City Management Association is excellent in understanding the challenges. The vast majority of the State's piers and harbours are under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why? If there is a pier where a fisherman would have to swim out - by the way, I am not suggesting this is in Galway; Mr. Prendergast cannot speak with authority for the entire State - then why would a comprehensive audit of all piers and harbours across the State under the auspices of the Department not help?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In terms of the Department's response to the proposal for a national audit, to be clear, I am not talking about a huge amount of money spent on economic appraisals and all that. I am talking about basic health and safety audits to make sure the piers and harbours are workable for people. One thing that infuriates me is the issue of dredging of piers and harbours and the absolute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was enjoying that for a second.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Capital and Infrastructure Issues: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms McSherry.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Birth Certificates (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a birth and baptismal certificate for a person born in Ireland in March 1923 is acceptable evidence for their grandchild, when applying for Irish citizenship and an Irish passport. [57033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to ensure that the regulations for the number of skippers aboard a fishing vessel and the qualifications of the skippers are aligned to the designation by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of all fishing vessels under 18 metres as “inshore”. [56602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 346. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the lengthy delay in the OPW sourcing a suitable site for a new Garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to review the 20 year claw back requirement for owners of rental properties that avail of remediation under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [56505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the eligibility to avail of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to homeowners who purchased their primary home in late 2020 and past the current cut-off point of January 2020. [56568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 60 positions for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, announced by the previous Minister on 4 May 2022 for the Strategic Action Plan, that have been filled. [57071/25]