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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 81. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the current system of allocating the Irish public quota of fish species such as mackerel, herring and spurdog to the Irish fishing fleet is compliant with the principles of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will outline his future plans in this regard. [18343/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask the Minister to meet his responsibilities under Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP. There are representations to the Minister from the National Inshore Fishermen's Association, the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation and environmental organisations asking him to examine how quotas, which are a public resource in Ireland, are allocated and how he is going to pull all...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have two points. The inshore sector has been denied access to traditional salmon fisheries for quite a while and has been asked to make a living almost entirely from crab and lobster fisheries. It has been struggling. There is talk that a quota may be introduced around the area of crab. I am aware that studies by the Marine Institute are ongoing. The inshore sector needs a reasonable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (20 Apr 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister may be surprised to hear that I welcome the change in approach on the part of some of his Department officials and his efforts to work with the industry around the blue whiting issue. The industry united and put in a tremendous effort. It was constantly out in Europe making the case for more fish and for fairness. I went to some of those meetings; it is asking for fairness....

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The area of vacant homes is a shocking failure by the Government. I want to share with the Minister the situation in Donegal just to illustrate the madness of the way the Government approaches housing. We have well over 7,000 vacant homes in Donegal. Those are not holiday homes but vacant homes and this is at a time when we have a profound housing crisis. There are 2,500 families on the...

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will give a number of examples from Donegal in which the decision to refer these projects to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform has caused real anger and genuine concern. The Minister for Education will be aware that a range of schools across Donegal have waited for many years for badly needed improvements and new school projects. I will...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On both sides.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Could the Leas-Cheann Comhairle ask both sides that, in fairness?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach might have to fight as well.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Rockall is a traditional fishing ground for Irish fishermen, in particular Donegal fishermen. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has assessed the loss to be in the millions of euro. In the case of the likes of Greencastle, as much as 25% to 30% of the income could be lost. It is outrageous and has no basis in international law. Two years later, what is the Government is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is outrageous. There is no basis in international law for putting a nautical mile limit around an uninhabited rock. There is no basis for this under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, UNCLOS. It is absolute nonsense. How on earth is the Government tolerating this? How is it not being taken to international arbitration? Why did the Government sign off on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Under Brexit, the British Government and fishermen around the coast of Britain regained 70% of what are now territorial waters. We lost about 15% of the overall value. In areas like pelagic fishing, nephrops and prawns, we were badly walloped. This industry in Ireland is currently being decommissioned. The whitefish sector in Ireland is about a third of what it was 15 years ago. This is...

High Energy Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Because of the seriousness of the issue and the fact that the gap is less than ten, we are asking for a vote other than by electronic means.

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Chief Medical Officer, in recent days, has talked about older people getting back to normal after the pandemic to regain their lives and part of that is this issue of being able to pay with cash. Not everybody is able to go online and operate like that with credit cards. There is a section of people who will be excluded if this is the way we proceed. I am glad that Deputy Gould...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the things I am most concerned about is TEN-T funding at European level. As the Minister knows, the Government has not submitted a proposal for reconnecting the west of Ireland through rail. I know the Minister has made some positive soundings and they have been welcomed in the west, but we can only describe this as sheer neglect. When we take out the map of rail infrastructure in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will publish the all-Ireland rail review. [10008/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The question is self-explanatory. When will the Government publish the all-Ireland rail review? There is a particular interest in the west. If we look at the map we see an historic failure and neglect to connect the west. Our vision is to have a connection from Derry through Donegal, Sligo and Mayo to Galway. The dream is to have a rail connection established from Derry in the north-west...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on his response to the calls from the north west of Ireland for the Government to reinstate financial support to the City of Derry Airport to reflect the fact that 40% of its passengers come from County Donegal. [10009/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The issue here is in the question. Some 40% of passengers who use the City of Derry Airport are from Donegal. This airport has been held up by the ratepayers of Derry City and Strabane District Council for many years. There used to be a direct air route from Derry to Dublin. I ask the Government to step up and pay a fair share of the running costs of this airport, which is very important...