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Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Go raibh maith agat. We will consider the nominations in the order they were received. This is the regular format and approach under Standing Orders. I put the question on the first nominee, that Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach. Is that agreed? Not agreed.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: This is a question I also had in discussions with the clerk. Under Standing Orders, this is the format for the election of a Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Is Deputy Maxwell calling for a vote?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: That is absolutely fine. The Deputy is entirely entitled to do so. I will explain the process for members because this is new for many of us. The bells will now be rung. Once all members are present or the bells have stopped ringing, there will be a period of time before the doors are locked. We will then go to the division.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: It is a good question. The period is four minutes. If there is a quorum here after four minutes, we will proceed with the vote. If there is not, we will wait a further eight minutes and then lock the doors and proceed to the vote. Every day is a learning day.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I declare Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach. Déanaim mo chomhghairdeas leis. Táim ag súil go mór le hobair ina theannta ar an gcoiste amach anseo agus é mar Leas-Chathaoirleach. Táim cinnte go mbeidh sé mar chrann taca láidir dom agus go mbeidh a chuid taithí san earnáil seo an-tábhachtach agus go mbeidh...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I echo Deputy Gallagher's call for the Minister of State to be given full delegated responsibilities to equip him to advocate and work on behalf of the sector, and to complete his job. I also agree with his comments on the recently agreed Brexit deal between Britain and the European Union. That is something the committee will have to examine in the near future. I open the floor to any...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: We will go into private session at this point to deal with a couple of housekeeping matters.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The first nominee is put to the meeting and is either agreed or not agreed. Any member is then at liberty to call a division on that. I would then go to the second nominee if that question was lost.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the June 2024 assessment of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (details supplied) that famine has existed in Gaza since that time. [25668/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises that Israeli officials, over the course of the conflict and blockade, have made repeated public statements indicating an intention to use starvation as a method of warfare against the civilian population of Gaza. [25669/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza over the past 70 days constitutes the use of starvation as a weapon of war and a violation of international humanitarian law. [25671/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he supports the establishment of a United Nations-mandated force to ensure the safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza. [25672/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Government will consider bringing forward, or supporting, a motion at the United Nations General Assembly, on foot of the Uniting for Peace mechanism, to authorise the deployment of a UN humanitarian protection force to Gaza, given the Security Council's ongoing failure to act. [25673/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Middle East (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, given Ireland's historical experience of famine as a tool of genocide and its weaponisation against a civilian population, and the enduring intergenerational impacts of that trauma, the Government will propose the codification of famine as a distinct crime under international law and seek to advance that objective within the United...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Rockall Island Ownership (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on Rockall and surrounding waters; his approach to Britain's claim of sovereignty and to 22km territorial waters off the islet; and the steps he is taking to assert Irish interests in this part of the North Atlantic. [25675/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the remainder of the 2024/2025 academic year, as well as for the upcoming 2025/26 academic year. [25128/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 780. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a much-needed urology appointment at Cork University Hospital. [25149/25]

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I have received apologies from Senator Niall Blaney, who has nominated Senator Dee Ryan to substitute for him. Before we proceed, I have a few housekeeping matters to go through. In accordance with Standing Orders, I am required to, and I wish to, make the following declaration. Dearbhaím go sollúnta go ndéanfaidh mé, go cuí agus go dílis agus a mhéid...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank the Deputy.