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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can Ms Hone also tell us what the sense was among the homeowners she represents in Donegal when figures for a €2.7 billion scheme were being thrown around? That is even though we know that scheme will operate over maybe 20 or even up to 30 years to make right what has happened. There was a portrayal of speaking to the taxpayers across the country, which includes the affected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Concrete Block Levy: Discussion (26 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Something like 13 or 14 counties are potentially affected. God knows how many concrete manufacturers and quarries are involved in this. What was the sense when it was being said that this was going to cost the taxpayers €2.7 billion when this levy came in? The message was that taxpayers would have to pay for this. I know what my thoughts are on this but I want to know from the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The funding for the tie-up scheme comes from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, not from the Exchequer. We have appealed to the Minister to explore both the Exchequer and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund. There are resources in the fund that could be deployed here along with Exchequer funding. A package was announced in the budget to address the cost-of-living crisis and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What I cannot understand is that the Minister has the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund, which is money intended to compensate for the loss of quota. That is to be deployed to assist the industry with that separate issue. He again talked about how using the EMFF would mean using funding that is supposed to be there for other issues, but why is he not talking about Exchequer funding? France,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist the industry with the cost-of-fuel crisis, in the same way that other EU member states have done so. [53262/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister is aware, every single fishing organisation in this State, in an unprecedented way, united together months ago. We have the producer organisations, the inshore sector, the islands fishermen, the aquaculture sector and even the flag organisations. They appealed for an emergency fund to help address the fuel crisis. When is the Minister going to introduce it?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 117. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made, along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and if this matter will be brought to international arbitration. [53098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the documented recovery of the species within the Irish exclusive economic zone over recent years. [53099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to updated advice to lift the prohibition of targeting, retaining on board, transhipping or landing spurdog or picked dogfish in 2023 from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas; if Ireland intends seeking a quota for this species in 2023 subject to a lifting of the prohibition by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: These are paragraphs from a statement issued by Aodh O'Donnell, the chief executive of the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, IFPO: Belgium has a 67k coastline, while the Irish coastline is 4400k, representing 12% of the EU waters. Yet Belgium’s fish processing sector had a turnover of €961m in 2019 compared to just €622m for Ireland,”he says, drawing figures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will not speak further about Rockall. It has been two and a half years and almost three years. It is an outrageous position that the British Government is taking, and I would ask that it would be dealt with. It has to be on the agenda as part of these negotiations. It is extreme bad faith. The next number of questions will address the part of the Minister’s presentation that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I think that covers it. I was going to make a final point about offshore wind. The Minister has talked about Brexit, the issue of quotas and the issue of the fuel subsidy. We agree that offshore wind has a very important role to play in our responsibilities as a State. We need to make sure the fishing communities are consulted. I have seen some really strong contributions in recent days...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are plundering the resources of people who they are doing trade with.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the reduction in public transport costs for students will also be applicable to students who are resident in this State who are travelling to and studying at third level institutions in Northern Ireland. [52605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the reduction in student fees announced in Budget 2023 will be applied to students from this State who are currently studying in the North of Ireland. [52541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the ward at Letterkenny University Hospital that accommodate both haematology and oncology patients; and his plans to add to this number of beds for haematology and oncology patients. [52612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 352. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the capacity of the haematology and oncology day unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. [52613/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will return to a theme the Minister of State has heard me discuss in the past, namely, the scandal of Ireland's share of the fish in our exclusive economic zone. As the Minister of State is aware, we have an exclusive economic zone, as do all coastal countries, of 200 miles. It is estimated that we get approximately 15% to 20% of the fish in the waters of our exclusive economic zone,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have a humanitarian crisis in Donegal and the west of Ireland. Families are living in homes that are crumbling around them. They are in dangerous homes this winter. However, one would not know it in this Government because not only is the Minister not here, he has two Ministers of State in his Department, but not a single one bothered to show up to listen to appeals from three...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Defective Building Materials (18 Oct 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the Minister of State is reading the response from the Department and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, but it is disappointing to hear it. Clearly, whoever wrote this, including the Minister, who signed off on it, does not understand what is happening in the counties we are talking about in the west. Right now, as we speak, people are living...