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Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Last week, the Dáil heard statements after the tragedy at Creeslough. Our fire services in Donegal were called to respond to that, as were fire service from across the Border. Over the years of road tragedies, and one example I am thinking of was in Inishowen, where eight people lost their lives in one incident, we called the fire service to respond. When there was a tragedy in my...

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...

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 ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fine Gael and the Tories are soulmates.

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Despite angry protests from the Opposition and from homeowners who are in the Public Gallery today, the Government rammed through legislation last July on defective concrete block homes. The Government said it was doing this because it wanted to get on urgently with introducing a scheme that could work for the families. Today I put it to the Minister of State that some 500 home-owning...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The funding for the tie-up scheme comes from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, not from the Exchequer. We have appealed to the Minister to explore both the Exchequer and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. There are resources in the fund that could be deployed here along with Exchequer funding. A package was announced in the budget to address the cost-of-living crisis and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What I cannot understand is that the Minister has the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, which is money intended to compensate for the loss of quota. That is to be deployed to assist the industry with that separate issue. He again talked about how using the EMFF would mean using funding that is supposed to be there for other issues, but why is he not talking about Exchequer funding? France,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist the industry with the cost-of-fuel crisis, in the same way that other EU member states have done so. [53262/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister is aware, every single fishing organisation in this State, in an unprecedented way, united together months ago. We have the producer organisations, the inshore sector, the islands fishermen, the aquaculture sector and even the flag organisations. They appealed for an emergency fund to help address the fuel crisis. When is the Minister going to introduce it?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will return to a theme the Minister of State has heard me discuss in the past, namely, the scandal of Ireland's share of the fish in our exclusive economic zone. As the Minister of State is aware, we have an exclusive economic zone, as do all coastal countries, of 200 miles. It is estimated that we get approximately 15% to 20% of the fish in the waters of our exclusive economic zone,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have a humanitarian crisis in Donegal and the west of Ireland. Families are living in homes that are crumbling around them. They are in dangerous homes this winter. However, one would not know it in this Government because not only is the Minister not here, he has two Ministers of State in his Department, but not a single one bothered to show up to listen to appeals from three...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the Minister of State is reading the response from the Department and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, but it is disappointing to hear it. Clearly, whoever wrote this, including the Minister, who signed off on it, does not understand what is happening in the counties we are talking about in the west. Right now, as we speak, people are living...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appeal to the Deputy to give way.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Scoil Íosagáin in Buncrana is the largest school in County Donegal, with more than 750 pupils. For the past decade, it has been caught up in a myriad of bureaucratic issues. However, the most recent devastating news is that the planning permission has expired and it has to go back again and apply for it. That is another year lost. The school is not in good condition. It has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will raise it with the Minister for Education.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will raise the matter. I thank him.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are tight for time.

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We do not.

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On numerous occasions, I have engaged with the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the role of the banks in contributing towards redress for the affected families in this scandal. I recall one exchange with the Minister for Finance when the Dáil was sitting in the Convention Centre Dublin when he looked puzzled that banks, the mortgage...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is nearly as good as the Taoiseach's Ard-Fheis speech.