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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not the case.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of order, the Taoiseach knows well that there were five dissenting voices at the Business Committee when it came to agreeing the schedule.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We requested the Government to publish the draft regulations that will replace the regulations which will soon expire and which are having such a profound impact on people's lives, and that we would debate those regulations in this Chamber. I am aware that the Government is hiring additional public relations companies to assist it with its message, but yet it cannot come into this Chamber to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size of the inshore fishing fleet; the number of boats which availed of the tie-up scheme; the way in which such funds were paid out through the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23769/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 843. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of cancer screening at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 [24114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 844. To ask the Minister for Health if he will order an urgent independent review of all departments and specialities at Letterkenny University Hospital following the recent findings of the independent review into the gynaecological department at the hospital [24115/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 898. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the outcome of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review in County Donegal; the townlands excluded; and the reason each was excluded. [24050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 911. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, funding for Ireland per year during the current programme since 2014; the amount of unspent moneys returned to the EMFF in each year; the percentage that goes solely to the fishing sector on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 912. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current membership of the Celtic Sea herring advisory committee; the representation of the membership of the committee in relation to the proportional size of the fleet; when the committee last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 913. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact study has been carried out to examine the financial implications for Ireland’s fishers of the EU decision to remove tariffs on the imports of US lobster; the supports that can be put in place to mitigate these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 914. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that all stakeholders and partners are consulted and are involved in the process to establish marine protected areas in Irish fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24191/20]

Report of the Committee of Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (10 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed. As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, we have had some dialogue today and my party has made a submission which would permit all Dáil business to return to Leinster House. The optics of us being in this cavernous space while we are asking hundreds of thousands of workers and students to wear masks and keep 1 m apart if they cannot achieve 2 m are not good. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister. I wish him well in his brief and look forward to working with him constructively. He is, like me, from a coastal county and knows well the concerns of fishermen and the sense that they have been criminalised. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been focused on enforcing rather than facilitating and supporting our fishing community to take the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fishers all around our coast were shocked and outraged when they learned that the Taoiseach had signed off on the statutory instrument introducing regulations containing a penalty point system. Those fishers learned about this 11 days ago and I have spoken to many of them since. I was speaking to fishermen on Arranmore Island yesterday and they are absolutely shocked that the Taoiseach...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Deputy is a charlatan.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy McGrath is a political bluffer and everyone knows it.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 688. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the legislation that results in the registration of babies that have died at birth being recorded privately rather than publicly; and if her attention has been drawn to the hurt caused to parents that do not have the option to record the birth of their child publicly and for the information of future...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the €3 million to BIM that will be required to upgrade ice plants at various harbours nationally. [22216/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the number of harbours that his Department are responsible for to include Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal. [22217/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for funding from his Department submitted by local authorities for piers and harbours; the locations of the piers and harbours that funding has been sought for; and the amount of funding sought in each case in tabular form. [22218/20]