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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Officials in the Department have put policies in place. What is the overall value of the catch taken from Irish waters, including by supertrawlers from all other nations? What percentage of that catch do we take and what has it been over all the years when we have been members of the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy? The British have asserted their national interests and we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will put my core question to the Minister. Has the Common Fisheries Policy and the division of Irish waters under that policy been a good deal for Ireland? Is the status quoa good deal? The difficulty is that while we say we will try to form a Common Position in Europe to negotiate with Britain on all of this, those in fishing communities around our coast do not believe we ever got a good...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it a fair deal, though?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some 80% of-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I just have a statistic to give the Minister that blows any analysis that this is fair out of the water.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What is the overall catch? It is the total catch of all-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What is the total catch for our own-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to know the entire catch by all nations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What percentage does the Irish fleet have of the overall catch? Is it true that 80% of fish taken from Irish waters is not even landed in Irish ports?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, I need the Minister to clarify this point. He is accompanied by senior departmental officials. Surely, they know what percentage of the entire catch in Irish waters is caught by the Irish fleet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a reference to Irish waters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is a massive point. The Minister's senior officials cannot tell the committee what percentage of all fish caught in our waters is caught by our fleet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not about language. The Minister knows that. It is not a level playing pitch.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: London Fisheries Convention: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I seek clarification. In the context of the London Fisheries Convention announcement, has the Government been in contact with the British Government on the specific issue of Lough Foyle? In fairness, the Government has not made provocative statements about Lough Foyle. The British Government has done so. The whole of Lough Foyle is within the United Kingdom so if the Minister marries that...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (11 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This matter was originally scheduled as the fourth Commencement matter. Obviously, that was rescheduled. I apologise to the Cathaoirleach. These things change quickly in here. The Minister now knows that the report that was recently published was delayed by a year. That is a year in which families in Donegal have had to endure more concern and more alarm as their homes are literally...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The decision of the British Government to withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention has been raised. I urge the Acting Leader to invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the Seanad as soon as possible to address this matter of immense importance to our fishing community around the coast. Some 100,000 tonnes are caught in those waters by our fleet every year, so it is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The difficulty is that due to our failure to confront the British Government, its statement on withdrawing from the London Fisheries Convention means, in practice, that it is claiming the fishing rights of Lough Foyle. We must have urgent clarification from the Minister that the Irish Government will defend the rights of fishermen living on the Inishowen Peninsula to continue their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2017)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The outstanding issues for finding a resolution in the North include an Irish language Act. We should remember there is a Welsh language Act and a Scottish language Act in place. Along with the bill of rights, these are issues outstanding from the Good Friday Agreement that we all speak of but which has not been implemented fully. There is also the matter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and...