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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Has the Cathaoirleach himself condemned them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----and has removed any suggestion whatsoever. What was being attempted and what happened at the previous meeting was unbecoming of Oireachtas members. Now, to get on to the serious business of this committee and put questions to people who are in the business of building relationships in the North of Ireland about the work they are doing. I thank Reverend Karen for her thoughtful and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was not present for the previous meeting but I note that a Senator, who is not a member of the committee, launched an attack that was unbecoming of an Oireachtas member.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Ireland's Future (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I also want to say that a member of this committee asked a similar question. I want to put on record that this type of behaviour on the part of committee members should stop. I am glad that the Cathaoirleach of the committee has made our position clear-----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the modal and intervention hierarchies within the National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland will not lead to any loss of central Government funding for the long delayed and vital road projects for County Donegal, the Ten-T priority improvement project and the A5 project in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the removal of ANC payments to some farmers in the north County Donegal in response to their ongoing protests that some nearby farms that continue to be in receipt of ANC payments are not in areas of worse natural constraint than those who have lost the payment. [30357/21]

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to continue where my colleague, Deputy Doherty, left off in terms of the mica scandal in Donegal. There will be families in Donegal and Mayo who are following this debate on the recovery and resilience fund and will have listened in recent days to Ministers talking about retrofitting and the need to build more houses who are questioning how on Earth they could have ended up with a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What does the homeowner get for that?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: He hit the nail on the head.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the local community in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal at plans for gold mining in the area; and if he will not grant any permission for such mining to proceed. [29123/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the policy or legislative changes he plans to make to the Disabled Drivers Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994 and the related primary medical certificates following the Supreme Court ruling of 18 June 2020. [28835/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Incidence (25 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thousands of families in Dublin and north Leinster were devastated by pyrite in their homes. The Government put in place a scheme for those that was 100% funded. A scheme was introduced a year ago for the thousands of affected homeowners in Donegal and Mayo, with the Government asking that it would be 90% funded, with the banks playing a role. The banks are nowhere to be seen and people...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Incidence (25 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There were 2,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster supported through the pyrite remediation scheme. It was 100% funded and that was correct. This is very simple. There are thousands of families in Donegal and Mayo being asked to pay a second mortgage to fix their homes. Older people will just see their homes fall apart. It is the current state of play. Any suggestion that this...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (25 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é stádas an bháid farantóireachta nua atá saincheaptha d’Oileán Thoraí; cén uair a bheidh an bád réidh le seoladh; an mbeidh sí sásta cruinniú a bheith aici le muintir an oileáin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [21491/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the efforts by the OPW to secure a site for a new Garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal. [28172/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Risk Management (25 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is providing financial assistance to farmers who are managing flood prevention infrastructure arising from land reclamation measures under the Irish Land Commission initiatives of the past. [28340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the negotiations with his EU counterparts to secure a fair burden sharing of the fish quota loss that has arisen from the EU- UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. [27056/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the full State and EU funding that will be available to the fishing industry to implement the recommendation that will come from the Seafood Taskforce; and the estimated amount of funding available. [27057/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (19 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Thousands of family homes in Donegal are falling apart due to reckless practices in the industry in the 2000s. There was a huge housing boom and self-regulation was the order of the day. In the case of pyrite, the State stepped up and put in place the pyrite remediate scheme, which is fully funded, which is as it should be. In counties Donegal and Mayo, however, the families have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (19 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will be aware the last Dáil and Seanad voted on four motions calling for a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death of Shane O'Farrell in August 2011. Rather than implement the will of the Dáil and Seanad, the then-Government introduced a scoping exercise led by Judge Haughton. That was to have been completed by May 2020, then September, then...