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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (3 Feb 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 920. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the review of the request from Donegal County Council to centrally fund the completion of the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal and the development of the harbour to increase the potential for fisheries and tourism. [5003/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 922. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded landings by UK-registered vessels at each harbour nationwide in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [5053/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Feb 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 923. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the landing times for UK-registered vessels at some designated ports nationwide from Monday to Friday to seven days a week with regard to the safety of fishers and the limitations of the weather that impacts on their livelihoods. [5054/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Functions (3 Feb 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 934. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release a full contact directory of roles and responsibilities within his Department for the marine sector, including persons responsible for various roles to Opposition spokespersons as other Ministers and Departments have done. [5302/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is four and half years since the vote on Brexit in the UK and we are a year into this Covid-19 crisis. Both crises have demonstrated the folly of partition and its huge impact on our island. In the last week, an opinion poll published by The Sunday Timeshas demonstrated that a majority of the people of the North are in favour of a referendum on Irish unity within the next five years....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if HGV drivers whose licences are due for renewal and are currently facing difficulties accessing medical assessments due to Covid-19 restrictions will be granted an extension of time to allow for completion of these medical assessments. [4392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (27 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to the capital assistance scheme in the past three years; the breakdown in funding by local authority; the amount drawn down in each year; the number of applications made; the number of the applications specifically made to housing projects for persons with disabilities in tabular form; and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister took some questions in the Dáil yesterday on the concerns being raised here. We have the statements from producer organisations and some of the leaders of our fishing industry in Ireland and they make for stark reading in terms of the impact felt. Yesterday, I said to the Minister that in his home county of Donegal the industry has estimated that there could be a hit of up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will meet with representatives of the fishing industry in the North of Ireland later today and I know they are concerned that this agreement has pitted fishers on the island against each other. They want to unite across the island with one voice looking for a fair share of the fishing resource all around our island. They do not want to be divided by this agreement. They want to unite. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the four industry leaders who are in on the call representing their producer organisations today. I join the Cathaoirleach in extending sympathy to the family and friends of Hugo Boyle. I had the privilege of meeting Hugo on a number of occasions and speaking to him on many occasions. He was a thoroughly decent man and a genuine person for uniting the industry to stand together and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I recall the presentations the witnesses made as part of this committee's work in assessing the impact of Brexit on our agriculture, food and marine sectors. I remember very well the stark warnings they gave. I also remember the presentation they made in recent months, and here we are today. I want to talk about the task force. Mr. O'Donoghue is right that we have to get to get down to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Fisheries Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Chairman.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have just been informed as the Sinn Féin Party Whip-----

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, we are working under restricted conditions.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes, it is.

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I really appreciate that in the exceptional circumstances and I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle very much. I join with the Minister in paying my condolences to the family and friends of Hugo Boyle. He was a Donegal man but he was very important to fishers throughout the island, particularly in the south and west where he was the chief executive of the producer organisation. I have seen...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will have been engaged in extensive discussions with fishers around the coast and he will know better than most the disaster that they see this deal as. It should be remembered that this was an industry already struggling. I met with the Foyle Fishermen's Co-operative yesterday online and they advised me that, in Donegal alone, as many as 400 jobs are threatened on the back of...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister is before the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine tomorrow and we will develop this conversation then. With the limited time I have left, I will ask about Rockall. As the Minister will be aware, the naval authorities of Britain have prevented Donegal fishing boats from accessing the crucial waters around Rockall, particularly the zero to 12-mile limit. For...

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have to-----

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have to-----