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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (12 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of concerned communities regarding the limitations of the consultation being carried out by his Department on the subject of mining; and if he will proactively engage and listen to the representative groups from those concerned communities in which mining licences...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his vision for the way in which the communities from the south-west area, the west and on to counties Sligo, Donegal and Derry can be connected by rail; and his plans to advance this vision. [49487/21]

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise the issue of the funding of the City of Derry Airport or, to be more exact, the lack of funding by the Irish Government and its recent predecessors. Derry city is the fourth largest city on this island. It is a part of the north west city region of Donegal, Derry city and Strabane and has a population of 300,000. It has been battered by partition but has fantastic leaders. No...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 300. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the submission from an organisation (details supplied) with its business plan for the reinvigoration of the voluntary clubs network across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48850/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At the core of this is the principle that every citizen and family in this State is treated exactly the same. The Minister is very familiar with the pyrite resolution scheme under which over 2,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster rightly received 100% redress. They did nothing wrong but were failed by the absence of State regulation and oversight. Our families in Donegal, Mayo, Sligo,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is aware, thousands of families from the west of Ireland have had their lives torn asunder by the mica and pyrite scandal. Their homes are crumbling around them. This is a national disaster. It is an earthquake happening in slow motion. The trail of devastation winds its way through communities that share the sorrow and anger of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My colleague, Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh, points out that the Minister has tabled 40 additional amendments. The Irish language community has waited nine years for this legislation, so I think one more week to get it right would not go amiss.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are not agreed. Only three and a half hours have been set aside for the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill tomorrow evening. There are more than 300 amendments to the Bill. I understand that leaves 40 seconds for every amendment. My colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, our spokesperson, has strenuously asked me to appeal again to the Government to set aside time this Wednesday and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish any data his Department obtained on numbers of salmon present in Irish waters over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce tax reduction measures for the Irish fishing industry that would allow expenses such as harbour fees, ice plant fees and slip off fees for paint and repair to be written off against annual tax returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent study that has been carried out by his Department on the seal population in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fishing Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans, including timelines, for the establishment of the seafood working group which is planned to be a compensatory body to oversee any disruption caused to fishing livelihoods as a result of the designation of marine protected areas and installation of renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Maritime Jurisdiction (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it can be expected that his Department will establish the maritime area regulatory authority that will be an important requirement of the Marine Area Planning Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47827/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the consular assistance that he and his officials have provided to the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48154/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas that were issued in the past five years including location and country of origin for the fishing industry in tabular form; the engagements her office has had with the fishing industry to determine future requirements for foreign workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 626. To ask the Minister for Health when the EU Digital Covid certificate will be made available for Irish citizens vaccinated outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47757/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 643. To ask the Minister for Health when the nursing registration will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47877/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 754. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the allocation of species such as mackerel and herring to inshore fishermen. [47823/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the Common Fisheries Control programmes under articles 60 and 61 of EU Council regulations that allow non-Irish registered European vessels to land their fishing catches at Irish ports without any checks being carried out by the SFPA and in which responsibility for checks is laid upon their home countries once...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences issued by his Department in the past 20 years by location and any transfer of ownerships that have occurred in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47818/21]