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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]

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reintroduce monitored community fishing schemes to allow previous fishing practices such as salmon and eel fishing be used for artisanal and traditional purposes to generate tourism potential and preserve heritage in villages around Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42624/20]

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, coastguard and naval and search and rescue services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the entire allocation of fishing quota for Irish fishers in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form; the breakdown of the quota by fish species; the way in which it is allocated by producer organisations and other representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of Irish fishing vessels that have taken place in each of the past 20 years by his Department; the number of prosecutions taken by the State against Irish fishers during this period; the scale of infringements and penalties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of foreign fishing vessels that have taken place in each of the past 20 years by his Department; the number of prosecutions taken by the State against non-Irish fishers during this period; the scale of infringements and penalties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42615/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of logs of super trawlers fishing in waters off the coast of Ireland that have been recorded by his Department for each of the past 10 years by annual and monthly basis including the vessel name and country of registration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the electronic logbooks input by super trawlers and monitored by the SFPA showing the total catch made by them in waters off Ireland in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual breakdown of all SFPA operations on an annual basis for the past five years in which it boarded fishing vessels by vessel name, country of origin, purpose of boarding, if an infringement was detected and if so, the infringement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42617/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek access to quotas for Irish fishers for fish types such as bluefin tuna, anchovies and others in new EU quota negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make capital investments in fishing ports during this term of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seaweed Harvesting (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote and support community-led and owned sustainable seaweed harvesting operations. [42625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times CASA aircraft were deployed to monitor the fishing activities of supertrawlers; the names of the vessels the aircraft were deployed to monitor in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42650/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to create a national islands plan and to give legislative protection to Ireland’s island communities to ensure their economic and heritage sustainability into the future during her term of office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42621/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sinn Féin and the Minister's party, including its Government partners, have different views on the type of country we want and this is okay. It is, in fact, healthy for a democracy that voters have a clear choice when they go to the polls. Sinn Féin will always prioritise State investment in public services and providing income supports, housing, education and jobs where needed....