Results 161-180 of 9,107 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My understanding is that Deputy McDonald wants to move an amendment under the Standing Order.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Whip, I can respond. The Deputy raised the issue under the Standing Order, which she has a right to do

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: An amendment under the Standing Order can be taken at any stage. It is at the discretion of the Ceann Comhairle as to when she decides to take it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to make it clear than on 5 February, a Cheann Comhairle, you took independent legal advice and adjudicated on the right of the Regional Independent Group to form a group in opposition.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, this is my moment. I have 30 seconds, which is all that has been given. That is all the Ceann Comhairle has allowed me and I intend to make my point. At that point the Government could have moved, along with the rest of us, to form Oireachtas committees immediately under the d'Hondt system. We were told repeatedly that the Government was going to change Standing Orders and that is why...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that he has made since assuming office in ensuring that Irish Government funding is reinstated for the Derry to Dublin air link, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 392. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a Parliamentary Question of 5 February, (details supplied), when he will meet with and provide an update to local residents to expedite this vital scheme. [17265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that over seven years since the devastating floods at Burnfoot, County Donegal in August 2017 planning permission has still not been secured for flood defences at the village, even though many families remain displaced from their homes at Páirc an Ghrianáin; and if he will meet a delegation of concerned local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 676. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the half-rate of carer's allowance; the corresponding social welfare payment they are in receipt of further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17111/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (3 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reasons for the destruction of the hedgerow on the walkway to the Beltany Stone Circle, Raphoe, County Donegal, a monument under the care of the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16369/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current utilisation rate of fish by-products in the state, including progress towards achieving higher utilisation comparable to international best practices. [16345/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate the offer to meet. As the Minister of State knows, it is not even just the Donegal fisherman based in Greencastle and Killybegs who would be seriously impacted. I understand that 25% of the value of the fishery for Greencastle has been lost, but it also has an impact down in Castletownbere and the west of Ireland too, so this is an all-of-Ireland issue. I will engage with the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on negotiations with the British Government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to its traditional fishing grounds at Rockall; and the estimated total financial loss to the Irish fishing industry since the blockade has been enforced by the UK authorities. [13670/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am raising the very serious issue of the waters around Rockall, which comprise a traditional fishing ground for Irish fishers. There was no concern prior to Brexit, with reciprocal fishing arrangements between both jurisdictions. However, for four years the British authorities have put a blockade around what is an uninhabited rock. Under international law, it is not permissible to put...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State. I know he is new to his brief and I wish him well. I really do wish him well because if he does well, obviously our fishing communities will do well. There has been a major diplomatic failure in respect of this matter. The British authorities have engaged in a brazen intervention. Rockall is an uninhabited rock. Unfortunately, after Brexit we passed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 282. To ask the Minister for Health the specific supports and treatments available for patients suffering from Fibromyalgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15910/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (2 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 341. To ask the Minister for Health her plans for the regulation of cannabinoid products sold in shops around the State. [16274/25]

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Jesus.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Take note that this is how it is supposed to be done. Remember this.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It should have been put last Tuesday.