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Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: We have a little bit of extra time available so I propose we go for another round of questions. Will Deputies indicate if they have questions? I know Deputies Mac Lochlainn and Gallagher and Senator Boyle have already done so. We will take five minutes each. I remind members that this includes both the question and the response. Members should be fair to our witnesses and give them time...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I have a number of questions myself. I will give them to you all at the beginning and if you could answer them sequentially, I would be grateful. The first relates to infrastructure and, although not a core function of BIM, it is something on which it no doubt engages. I am on record as saying to the Minister that his Department's local authority ports and harbours funding scheme is...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Before we wrap up this part of the meeting, I have a comment on the razor clam fishery and the associated issues. Does Ms Bocquel envisage a role for BIM?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: We will now wrap up this part of the meeting. I thank Ms Bocquel for engaging and attending. We will definitely invite her again. Her fisheries report will be out in September. After it is published, it might be worthwhile having a conversation again. We could specifically consider the sea fisheries aspect, having regard to that part of the operation that takes place at sea rather than...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means a witness has a full defence in any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may be directed to cease giving evidence on an issue at the...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I thank Dr. McCarthy. I will now open to questions. I call Deputy Mac Lochlainn. We will keep it to five minutes, given the time we have. That is to include the question and response. There are countdown timers located around the room. We will try to keep within the five minutes.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Thanks Mr. Mulloy. Deputy Cahill is next.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I call Deputy Gallagher.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I call Senator Boyle.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: To respond to that, I also agree with Senator Boyle that it is absolutely shocking that we are looking six-year delays and a backlog of 295. Any industry facing that kind of backlog and slow process and throughput would understandably be under huge pressure. This committee will need to get to grips with it. That includes questions to the Marine Institute, which will be before this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is concerned about the lack of a family resource centre in Dungarvan and that no service is available in west Waterford, south Tipperary or east Cork. [32422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 10 June 2025, when the forthcoming action plan on market diversification, which is being developed jointly by his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, will be published; and if further clarification will be provided on the specific steps that might be taken to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 179. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has authorised the use of social media influencers by the Irish Defence Forces for recruitment and communications; and his views on whether there may be conflicts of interest caused by social media accounts advertising careers in the Defence Forces while simultaneously sharing partisan content related to live conflict situations and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Budgets (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital budget allocation for his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [32567/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Language (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider new projects (details supplied) that include bilingual awareness and promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to a school (details supplied) that have been denied a SNA without any detail on the reason the decision was reached. [32524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department agreed to provide an autism class for a school in 2023 (details supplied) and then refused funding this April; and when the full amount of funding needed will be provided. [32543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) that was granted funding by her Department in December 2024 for additional space needed in September 2025, will finally be contacted by the design team given the school was promised contact in February. [32544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when contact will be made with a school (details supplied) that has been looking for a reply from her Department since January. [32549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional space promised for a school (details supplied) will be open by September 2025. [32550/25]