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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (26 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of central Exchequer funding that he proposes to invest in piers and harbours across the State over the next number of years in addition to that invested from the BAR fund. [26032/22]

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (25 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Today is the 31st anniversary of the assassination of Councillor Eddie Fullerton. The Minister will be aware I have made a number of speeches in his presence about that case and the Minister is familiar with it. I will focus on the case of Councillor Eddie Fullerton again here today to illustrate what I believe is the serious bad faith by the British Government and the British state and how...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is praise indeed.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pass rate of all driving test centres in County Donegal in tabular form; and the way this compares to all other centres throughout the State. [26853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for a child (details supplied) will issue in time for their intended travel date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a ASA application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26723/22]

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The response of the Israeli state after the murder of Shireen Abu Akleh was consistent with its response to all sorts of similar events over the years. We have seen the imagery of the young man in the white t-shirt showing heroism under gunfire from Israeli snipers in rescuing her body. Those images do not lie and it is very clear what happened here. There must be an independent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will seek clarification from the relevant Department that the costs of judicial review by a State agency, that is a statutory consultee in the aquaculture licensing process will be funded by public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26424/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will facilitate representations to his office from MLAs and MPs, on behalf of their constituents in the North of Ireland on Irish passport applications on a similar basis to TDs and Senators in this State, to reflect the reality that they represent Irish citizens also and the high volume of passport applications from Irish citizens...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that an application for working family payment was disallowed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26398/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that there is no pay parity between clinical scientists and medical laboratory scientists given that both professions perform the same duties often working side by side in the same laboratory. [25950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a medical laboratory scientist graduate, after studying an intensive course for four years and registering with their professional body (details supplied), has a starting salary of less than a medical laboratory aide who requires a minimum of a leaving certificate. [25951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wind Energy Generation (24 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and his Department officials to ensure that a reasonable proportion of the community benefit funds paid by offshore wind energy companies to meet their responsibilities under the renewable electricity support scheme is ring-fenced for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/22]

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to outline to the Minister of State why the Minister, his party leader, is so deeply unpopular in rural Ireland and why he is so out of touch with rural Ireland. I want to describe to him the practical realities for people in Donegal. We have a situation whereby two thirds of homeowners in Donegal rely on home heating oil to heat their homes. Even more rely on solid fuel. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of clarification, Mr. Hayes has just made a serious statement. This is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Hayes must clarify what he meant by his last sentence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, Mr. Hayes cannot impugn the reputation of people outside the House in this committee. I ask Mr. Hayes to clarify his last sentence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The statement that has just been made is very serious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, I am asking the Chair to deliberate on this point. If the Chair does not mind, I will read that sentence. Mr. Hayes said: "We ask the members of the committee to consider carefully the array of potential motivations of operators choosing to decry the need to weigh...". What does the phrase "the array of potential motivations" mean? Is this questioning the motivation or the...