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Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sharing time with Deputies Carthy and Conway-Walsh. The report of the seafood task force is presented as the future of the Irish fishing industry and a blueprint for creating vibrant coastal communities. While there are some good measures in it and, of course, welcome funding, we must face the hard reality. The report, if implemented, will further reduce the Irish fishing fleet and,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I believe there is such a thing as lies, damn lies and statistics. If we look at the stock book from the Marine Institute from 2020 and at the total tonnage taken, and its overall value, it will be seen that the total value of the Irish catch was €251,563,000. That was out of a total catch taken from Irish waters by all the EU fleet of €1.62 billion. This is where this 15%...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I know the Minister engages with the producer organisations and the relevant representative groups. However, I ask if he will sit down with the four main producer organisations, the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, and the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, his Department's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 7. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, under the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, for the Irish fishing fleet; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question seeks to establish definitively the position of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of the percentage of fish from Irish waters allocated to the Irish fishing fleet under the CFP. I refer to the Irish exclusive economic zone. I seek to establish that percentage. As the Minister will know, the fishing industry argues that the percentage is 15%. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his understanding of the full financial loss to the Irish fishing fleet in 2021 arising from the blocking of access to the fleet to its traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; the status of the negotiations with the British Government to resolve this dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60587/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is now almost a year since the British authorities blocked fishermen from Ireland from accessing their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall. It is absolutely outrageous that, after almost a year, this has not been resolved. Will the Minister clarify the financial loss to our fleets, including in Greencastle, Killybegs and Castletownbere, from the outrageous ongoing action taken by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister knows the profound injustice that was delivered on our fleet arising from the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the Brexit agreement. For the British authorities to block fishermen from the North and South of this island from accessing their traditional fishery grounds at the loss of millions of euro is an absolute outrage. I just do not feel the anger from the Government....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Here are the facts: the British have control of more than 75% of the fish in their waters now. We have been given access to 15% of fish in Irish waters, under the Common Fisheries Policy. The British now have 75% of the fish in their waters. How in the hell can it be justified that they would also keep us out of Rockall, an area with traditional fishing grounds for Donegal fishermen and,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement of this State with the European Commission to have Ireland’s control plan for the landing of fish at piers and harbours here reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 327. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that organisations (details supplied) receive the necessary allocation of core funding as requested to allow same to continue to provide a vital service to large numbers of children and young adults with special needs and their families. [60992/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I wish to correct the record. I have just checked and on 1 January 2021, a statement was issued from me in regard to the Brexit negotiations. I do not know where the Minister is getting the two weeks from. There were also a range of parliamentary questions submitted before and after that date to the Minister and to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, including a question on what efforts the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister sounds pretty desperate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In regard to the issue of the percentage catch in our waters, can the Minister tell me whether he would be willing to meet the producer organisations of all sizes, as well as the co-operatives - basically the people who took part in the task force along with the inshore sector - and agree what is the catch? Obviously it has to be based on real data that are agreed as we know the phrase,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sorry, there are questions. I have asked at least two or three questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment and the AGRIFISH Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: At 5.30 p.m. yesterday, the committee engaged with the chief executives of four producer organisations, namely, the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation and the Irish Fish Producers Organisation. I do not know from where the Minister has such a chirpy assessment of his task force...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the social issues that has captured the hearts and minds of our people over the last year has been the plight of families with homes crumbling down around them in the west of Ireland. The Government has taken action in the last week to address this but I have to raise with the Taoiseach again this issue of the sliding scale. I have correspondence from the Minister for Housing, Local...

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is an important motion, and there is a need for urgency on the issue. I wish to speak to the amendment submitted by Sinn Féin to the motion. It is about the need to have the affected fishing communities directly involved in the pre-planning process and to ensure that their livelihoods are protected. There are enough issues facing our inshore and offshore fishing communities in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The submissions make for very sober reading. My view of the task force report, which advocates reducing our fishing fleet over a certain size even further, down to only a percentage of what it was in 2006, is that we have waved the white flag of surrender in relation to our interests. The submission from the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation draws our attention to the stock...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (7 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60071/21]