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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the herring, why do we just get 7,000 tonnes on that fish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I might ask just one final supplementary question. The ring-fenced boats did not apparently catch their allocation. Can some of that then be allocated to inshore fishers, to balance it out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms O'Sullivan.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (Section 11) Order 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not agreed. I raised my concerns at the Business Committee and will do so again now. The proposed increase of 10% is welcome, and the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, knows from his own county that people have been waiting on this, but he also knows that there are homeowners who are going through or have completed the scheme. The original scheme transitioned to the new scheme and the...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (Section 11) Order 2024: Motion (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the basis of that commitment, it is agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces have to pay for their air fares if they wish to return home for their three weeks leave while serving overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42089/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 263. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41991/24]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to take the Minister and Minister of State through the serious crisis in services for children with disabilities in Donegal. I think they are fully aware of them. More than a year ago, Special Needs Parents Network Donegal, which represents more than 900 parents of children with disabilities, published a survey about the real impact of the longest waiting lists in the entire State...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise the issue of fair pay and conditions for school transport escorts. They are a really crucial part of disabled children's lives. Parents all across the State have provided testimony about this. Unfortunately they do not get paid during the school holidays and they have to sign on. They are left waiting and waiting. In my constituency I have met large numbers of them. I have also...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Before the election. Will this be before the election?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach has the control over that-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed. There is a motion to be decided without debate before the Dáil tomorrow night to increase the cap on the defective concrete blocks scheme by 10%. The difficulty is large numbers are engaged in the scheme - the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, is here for this - who will be short tens of thousands of euro. In some cases, it is more than €100,000. It is crucial that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (15 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 592. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will be put in place for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the working group of homeowner representatives and key stakeholders, established to address the challenge with the sale and the ability to obtain a mortgage for properties impacted by defective concrete products, is reconvened with an independent chairperson and agreed terms of reference, as soon as...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding announced (in the context of Budget 2025) for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025; the budget allocation for the seafood processing capital investment scheme for 2025 from the national Exchequer; and theamount of the funding that will be from European Union funding sources. [40671/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (10 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the rules for inshore fishermen with vessels less than 20 metres, accessing Ireland's north-west herring quota (6A South) have been changed from an open fishery to one where they are now required to book in; and the reason the representative organisation for inshore fishermen was not consulted about these changes. [40829/24]

Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister knows, one of the big problems in the context of shellfish and Ireland reaching its full potential has been the lengthy delays in appeals going through the Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board. Will the Minister comment on how he is going to resource this? I have no objection at all to the amendment. We do not have enough people with experience who can stay on and lend their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the witnesses. I reached out to the various representative organisations. These include the fish producer organisations, the exporter associations and the aquaculture industry. I advised them that the witnesses would be here today and to give me their feedback ahead of the meeting. The responses make for sober reading. I will go through them. I think we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We need to work together to find a solution to this. In the case of the BAR funding that was provided for producers, there were two schemes and under the capital one, €30 million was spent out of a possible €45 million. Under the transition scheme, it was recommended that €12 million would be sought but Ireland applied for €7 million. We could go back and forth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Impacting the Fisheries Sector and Aquaculture: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Oct 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is fair enough.