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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are not agreed. Every week when the Business Committee meets, I have raised the issue of defective concrete blocks. A year ago, the Government stated that it would extend the increase in the cap to everybody going through the scheme. How on earth has it not produced the legislation to date? It is cruel. People are struggling to find tens of thousands of euro. I met someone the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The people in the west of Ireland have been treated with utter contempt by the Government when it comes to this scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it a fair assessment to say that the inshore sector and the inshore fisheries all around our coast are heavily reliant on fishing for shellfish which are non-quota species? There are concerns about the long-term viability of all of that, in any event. The sector is heavily reliant on shellfish and just does not have access, in any real way, to other fisheries. Is that a fair statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a national asset. It is important that is understood. In terms of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, the witnesses met with the EU Commissioner for fisheries, Mr Costas Kadis, earlier this year. What did he have to say about Article 17, which refers to a fair and accountable allocation of quota?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It strikes me that when we look at the fishing industry and people at sea, there is concern about how the SFPA implements Common Fisheries Policy law, yet Article 17 does not seem to have any effect in Ireland. In terms of north-west herring and mackerel, quota management and all of the apparatus through which fishermen are supposed to engage, the witnesses have outlined their concerns about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask the witnesses to keep us updated on their meeting with the Minister of State. If these concerns are not addressed, I ask them to correspond with the committee and ask it to play an active role in assisting the process. My understanding of the position of the National Inshore Fishermen's Association is that it supports the Irish fishing industry being given a fair allocation of fish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The next area I want to look at is financial supports. There were a number of points made in the presentation. The witnesses rightly compared the financial subsidies available in other areas of the Irish economy and society. The one I always think about is farmers. They get single farm payment assistance under the Common Agricultural Policy, and rightly so. I can never understand why...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I widen that proposal? I suggest we invite the Department in to respond to the issues around allocation of mackerel, herring and pollock quota. Basically, all of the issues raised today. They are easily summarised. We would invite them in and the Minister or perhaps the Department. I want to get guidance from the delegation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister and his senior officials should be invited to respond to the issues raised. It is a public quota. It belongs to the people. Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy is the framework around how we deal with that. He needs to explain how they are adhering to Article 17, and how they are mediating between the fisheries organisations on this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is the situation. Will the witnesses confirm that in the case of our quota that is allocated for our quota species, that is a public quota that belongs to the Irish people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I just want to know if it is agreed that we will bring in the Minister and his officials to respond to the concerns about the allocation of quota.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it that they would be consulted around the current availability of stocks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Just to be clear, the species that we are talking about are quota species. The actual quota that is allocated is based on existing Marine Institute evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sorry; I did not hear what the Deputy said.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 559. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to allocate funding in Budget 2026, for a team for the north-west in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to complete the nationwide rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams. [49965/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to re-open the long-term leasing initiative, which was closed to new applications from 31 December 2021. [50266/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Defective Building Materials (18 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections a building contractor has under the defective concrete block grant scheme, if the homeowner has not paid them for certified and completed works, and then changes their building contractor at a point in the process. [49358/25]

National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My colleagues have summarised the situation well. Plans are well and good, but we need to see fundamental change on the ground. I will share a few personal stories from Donegal where, unfortunately, the failure to recruit a range of professionals has led to appalling outcomes for children with disabilities and their parents. Right now, for children who require psychiatric assistance and...