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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I emailed Government and Opposition Whips, the Ceann Comhairle and the officials of the Business Committee earlier today to request that the Minister for Education come before the House tomorrow to make a statement and take questions following the chaos that has emerged with regard to providing school services to children with special educational needs. I understand that can be facilitated...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria put in place to register the 140 vessels allowed to fish in UK waters since 31 January 2020 with the European Commission; the number that were selected; when the remaining vessels can expect to be registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/21]

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding available in the European Commission contingency supports and market disturbance funding for the fisheries sector to mitigate against the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit; the amount of funding he plans to apply for to deliver for the Irish fishing sector; the way in which he plans to distribute this funding; and...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress his Department has made since he became Minister towards the establishment of a producer organisation for smaller Irish fishing vessels in the inshore fleet, given that it is a commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (20 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 713. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategic investments his Department plans to make in harbour infrastructure to attract increased landings into Ireland of sustainably caught fish in Irish waters, driving the development of the seafood processing sector and the blue economy in coastal communities as per the commitment in the programme for Government; if he...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to raise the concerns in Donegal about its major acute hospital, Letterkenny University Hospital. The Minister will be well aware that in recent days, approximately 170 staff were off work at the hospital for a variety of Covid-19-related reasons. Seven ambulances were backed up outside the hospital. That meant that half the capacity in the county was tied up, which caused great...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will recall that in 2019, the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Act came through the Houses and at that time, the Government stated that its purpose was to reinstate the principle of voisinage to allow Irish fishers, no matter where they were resident on the island of Ireland, to fish and sell their produce on this island. Today's date is 13 January and for 13 days, Irish fishermen...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 221. 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. [44867/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW will complete repair works to the courthouse in Carndonagh, County Donegal to allow the Courts Service to reopen the building for court sittings in the area. [44207/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW plans to develop the facilities at the Grianán of Aileach, County Donegal in 2021 in conjunction with Donegal County Council and Fáilte Ireland. [44208/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I note that the record of the meeting of the Business Committee last Thursday indicates that almost all members of the Opposition who were present dissented on the issue of no time being allocated for questions on Brexit and the vaccine issue. Today at short notice we have been advised that the debates relating to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement that were scheduled have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce attendant by-laws to deal with salmonid conservation; if he will provide a draft of these bye-laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/20]