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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not agreed.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The proposal is not agreed.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To be clear, what was agreed was that more time would be provided if Members showed up here. Right now, another hour would suffice to deal with the matter. A vote is scheduled for tonight and a vote should take place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister reported to us in his opening statement that 1,642 vessels under 12 m were on the national register as of the end of December 2023. He also reported that approximately 1,000 of those vessels are actively fishing. That means 642 vessels are not actively engaged in fishing. That appears to leave out a lot of information as to why that is the case, and whether those vessels were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason I ask the questions is that the view of the sector is that there is a very significant decline in that period and we need to be able to measure that. I appreciate the Minister does not have the information but I ask that it be sent on to me so we can measure the scale of the problem that is there. Of course, as the Minister has acknowledged, the prices for crab, lobster and right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In the development of this new strategy, can it, or would it have the permission, to examine this issue of dedicated European funding? Deputy Collins has talked about how, in the agriculture sector, we have a form of subsidy in place over many years through the Common Agricultural Policy. Measurable demands are made of farmers regarding environmental measures and so on. Can this next phase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will know regarding issues such as fuel subsidies that the Government was criticised for not bringing in measures that were brought in in other European member states. Has the Department carried out an examination of the supports available in other member states, both looking back and in recent times? Obviously, there has been profound market disturbance. The Covid pandemic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The difficulty is that the tie-up scheme would not have been available to the inshore sector. It would have been available to offshore fishers. The criticism from the inshore sector was in terms of the overall BAR, about which the Minister has responded in respect of parliamentary questions. There was a significant amount of BAR funding that had to be returned. Their argument is that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a couple of questions here and obviously there has been engagement with the sector in advance. What is the status of the brown crab working group? I am advised it has not been established yet and can that be expedited?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are a couple of representative bodies, such as the SFPA consultative committee and the Celtic Sea herring committee, that the inshore sector is not yet on. As the Minister knows, there are issues with the north-west herring committee. There is conflict there which hopefully can be resolved. We all want to minimise conflict within the fisheries sector and to try to get agreement....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have two final issues and thank the Chairman for his forbearance. I have been asked about a safety grant where money was taken back. I seek clarification on that, if that makes sense. The final question is around the issue of bottom mussel seed. The sector has zero mussel seed available and that means it will have zero sales in the year ahead. If the Minister does not have a ready-made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector Strategy 2019-2023: Discussion (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I might table a parliamentary question to the Minister with more specifics.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (19 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an aquaculture foreshore license application (details supplied) on Lough Swilly; when a final decision will be made on this license application; if every effort is being made to progress the application through the stages by the various State agencies, the Marine Institute, Bord Iascaigh Mhara and others speedily to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On the EU migration and asylum pact, we had asked for as much time as possible and to take whatever time is needed on this. It is a matter of serious concern among the Opposition that, while the Government has granted more time, it will be scheduled to conclude tomorrow. I again ask the Government to consider allowing this to take as much time as possible and to adjourn until Thursday, or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Defective Building Materials (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 46. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans his Department has made to deal with the emergence of the presence of defective blocks in a building (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26028/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Defective Building Materials (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the assistance his Department can provide for a service (details supplied) in County Donegal that faces closure due to the presence of defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek agreement from the European Commission to deploy EMFAF and exchequer funding to financially assist inshore and islands fishermen in Ireland, to compensate them for their serious financial losses over recent times, under EU market disruption criteria. [26244/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 21 May 2024, for a further update on plans to reopen Ard Aoibhinn respite services at Carndonagh, County Donegal; and what efforts are being made to secure a fire certificate for same. [26109/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is still committed to providing the services of a public health nurse in Fahan, County Donegal, following his confirmation that there were no plans to relocate same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26019/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: iCARE, which is based on the Inishowen peninsula in Donegal, has been in existence for 24 years. It provides a vital service to children and young people with disabilities, including intellectual disabilities. Most of iCARE's funding comes from community fundraising. Along with Bluestack Special Needs Foundation in south Donegal, iCARE has campaigned for years for core funding from the...