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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In its presentation, the IFA dealt with the fact that it is dealing with so many European directives. There was that missed opportunity in terms of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill. We will now see the establishment of the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA - "mara" being the Irish word for the sea. I would like to get a flavour of why it is so essential for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry: Discussion (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Unfortunately, the vote will go directly into the voting block and that means it will be between 40 and 45 minutes before we can resume.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the defective blocks and products issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school transport in Clonmany, Co Donegal. [45752/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding no formal response being issued to this Deputy in relation to school transport in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46007/22]

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The response of the Government to this energy crisis has been dithering, dithering and dithering again. If one looks at the league table of European countries and what they have provided to their people as a percentage of GDP, Ireland is right there at the bottom of the list. Only Denmark is worse. This is just a shameful response to an unprecedented energy crisis that our people face, be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request an organisation (details supplied) to review the costings for the rebuilding of homes in County Donegal and in the west of Ireland that have to avail of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme given the rapidly changing cost of construction costs since they were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a rent pressure zone in County Donegal in order to reflect the rapid increases in rent in the county. [44461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the review of IS 465 that is currently being carried out by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and its expert panel will correspond with the opening of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme. [44462/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the income thresholds for persons or families seeking to join the housing waiting list in County Donegal. [44463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and the Minister for Finance have engaged with the banks and financial institutions to ensure that they are entering into reasonable arrangements with families that have to avail of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of the defective concrete blocks scheme. [44464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the State of implementing the proposal from the affected homeowners for the penalty-free downsizing of properties that have to be demolished and rebuilt under the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme in order that those homes will cost under the €420,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to the State of implementing the proposal from the affected homeowners for a transfer of eligibility the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme for older persons with no ability to raise additional finance to sell their homes and transfer eligibility to the new...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 370. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allocate additional funding to a school (details supplied) for the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44486/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 630. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a subsidy will be provided to fishermen in this State to assist them with the dramatic increases in fuel costs, similar to those introduced by other European Union member states and as called for by the European Parliament. [44456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 631. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that he plans to introduce for the struggling fish processing and exporting sector in this State, utilising the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. [44457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes to the Common Fisheries Policy that are anticipated in the time ahead in order to reflect the deeply unfair allocation of fish quotas to the Irish fishing fleet within the Irish exclusive economic zone. [44458/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently activate the funding made available by the European Union twinned with Exchequer funding to assist the fishing industry with the energy crisis and the huge increase in fuel costs following the recent call by the seven national fishing and fish producer organisations. [37922/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister met representatives of a range of fishing organisations, which have made an unprecedented statement, as he will be aware. All the national voices of our fishing community have united to appeal to the Government to put together a fuel package to deal with the profound crisis threatening the entire sector. When is he going to introduce such a package?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister will be aware, it was agreed in Europe that there would be a financial aid package from last March but the Government did not avail of it. Another one has been voted for and announced in recent days and the Government needs to avail of it. The Minister referred to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund earlier and a tie-up scheme to compensate for the decommissioning of our...