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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will quote from the transcript with respect to what Mr. Quinlan said at the last hearing. He said: "The Department cannot - I repeat cannot - depart from what is said in legislation because it is there to protect the public and the individual member of the public who has applied for an aquaculture licence." He clearly said that the Department cannot depart from what is said in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will remove reference to the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The legislation clearly stipulates the applicant must name the location of the site. How can my question be interpreted as asking the Department to depart from the legislation? The legislation states the location must be named. What does the Department interpret that to be? Is it the exact location, such as the district electoral division, DED, the townland or the general bay? I am not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who examined the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Quinlan said it was not found to be at variance with the legislation and an extraordinary amount of time was spent on this. Who oversaw the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It did not go to ALAB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They were deprived because they did not see the advertisement. It was put in a publication that few people in the area read.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that but this is a matter of considerable public concern. Mr. Quinlan referred to being asked to depart. Nobody asked him to depart from the legislation. The witnesses are highly qualified people. If legislation asks to stipulate a location, what would be their understanding of location? If I asked them where they are right now, would they say they are in Ireland or in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Chairman for his patience. I appreciate it.

Seanad: Statement by the Taoiseach (1 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let her finish.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let the Senator finish her comments. I am sure she will accept the decision.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have raised the issue of one of the major community and tourism amenities in the Inishowen Peninsula, Swan Park, which was destroyed six months ago in last August's floods. I cannot imagine where else in the State a major amenity such as a riverside park would be permitted to remain closed for six months without a sign of Government funding. What adds to my anger is that a meeting was...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will clarify again. It is the Minister, Deputy Ring, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, because Donegal County Council owns Swan Park, as well as the Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh. We want them to meet a cross-party delegation of councillors from the area. Yesterday there was welcome news, which was long overdue, that the Government would ratify the United Nations Convention on...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is the point.

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will be familiar with the situation in Letterkenny University Hospital. I can tell him that last year almost 5,000 patients in Donegal found themselves on trolleys at Letterkenny hospital. That is double the number of 2016. It is the highest number since INMO records began. There is a real crisis at the hospital. There are so many stories every day but one story that sticks...

Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Another five minutes for the Minister.

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the most important community and tourism amenities in the Inishowen Peninsula, Swan Park, was destroyed by the floods last August. The riverside park has been closed for six months. I have raised the issue time and again in this Chamber. I have written and spoken to Ministers, but as of today, there is no sign of Government funding. I do not accept that the closure of a park which...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.