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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Roles, Responsibilities and Key Programmes of Bord Bia: Discussion (23 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Fair enough. I note that Ms McCarthy did not answer my questions. Ms McCarthy has not dealt with the issue of educating consumers. What is her response to the matter?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have just become aware of this case in recent days in Letterkenny University Hospital. I could give so many more but this example particularly captures the crisis we have at the hospital in so many respects. A 92-year-old man with pneumonia and an underlying heart condition is gravely ill but for 22 hours he did not have a hospital bed. There are so many examples and not a day goes by...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State's response is quite extraordinary. He acknowledged that an application for funding amounting to €1.8 million was received to re-open the 19 beds. The provision would take some of the pressures off the nurses and doctors who must work in impossible conditions every single day they work in the emergency ward. He has acknowledged the application has been received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Review of Irish Harness Racing Sector: Irish Harness Racing Association (16 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Similar to other committee members, I have been very impressed by the professionalism and enthusiasm of the IHRA in my interactions with it. This is why it has had the all-party support of the committee for quite a number of years. That commitment has probably strengthened over time. The concern has been that the IHRA has also won the admiration and support of the international...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Review of Irish Harness Racing Sector: Irish Harness Racing Association (16 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I apologise. I assume the IHRA has had some degree of dialogue with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine since the publication of the report, and I assume it has had a chance to probe through the issue of whether the Department will provide the seed funding. My interpretation of the recommendation is very clear. State seed funding could be provided on a pilot basis and its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Review of Irish Harness Racing Sector: Irish Harness Racing Association (16 Jan 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The money coming from France has to make up 40% of the total amount, which is a good investment, but the IHRA has to co-finance the rest. How will it make up the rest or does that depend on the seed funding?

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to raise the crisis in Letterkenny University Hospital. Letterkenny has the sixth-largest hospital in the State in terms of inpatient numbers, with approximately 23,000 every year. It is a major hospital, not a minor or medium-sized hospital. The funding the hospital has received, compared to other major hospitals in the State, puts it at the bottom of the league. It has clearly...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: A happy Jerry.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (6 Dec 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I concur with Senator Daly that, taking the Irish statistics in isolation, it does not read well that one third of greenhouse gases come from the agriculture sector. One could be inclined to a knee-jerk reaction to that, but it is important to point out that we have never developed an industrial base in this State. In terms of our industrial base versus that of our neighbouring island,...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We had an opportunity to discuss this matter in the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine when I raised my concerns relating to the Irish Harness Racing Association. I acknowledge that the Minister is supportive of what it is trying to do and his comments at the committee, which I appreciate. I know that, because of the part of the country that the Minister comes from, he recognises...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund 2017: Motion (29 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes. They require seed funding to do what the Minister has asked of them. If corporate management and structures were not right, the Opposition would be the first to complain and challenge the Government and the Department, so the Minister must do those things and receive assurances that the money will be spent properly. I have no doubt that the Irish Harness Racing Association wants to do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for his presentation and wish him well in the negotiations. I wish to make a few points, of which the Minister is probably aware as we had a conversation about this issue at the committee not long ago. Approximately 1.2 million tonnes of fish are caught annually in Irish waters. Some 20% of the total catch is allocated to Irish boats, while 80% goes to others from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister for his response. The issue of international transferable quota has emerged in terms of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It may have been mine. The issue of international transferable quotas arises where corporations that own super-trawlers have been able to buy massive quotas, which impacts on our indigenous fishing industry. Is this an issue that has come onto the Minister's desk? Obviously, we have discussed the issue of super-trawlers in this committee and we looked at the challenges of ensuring the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can the Minister comment on the issue of landing and boarding at ports?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is enough of the Blueshirts.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I always like a fight with the Blueshirts.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Senator is one of his followers.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Has the Senator got him on Snapchat too?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What the Senator said last week is on the record of the House.