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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (9 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will release to this Deputy the most recent development plans devised by his Department for a harbour extension at Dunmore East, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54465/21]

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to create additional educational and training opportunities including apprenticeships for young persons to enter the fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant a visitor’s visa in respect of a person (details supplied) to visit with their ill child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53794/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Double the tax on second homes.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not a reaction.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I had the opportunity earlier today to raise again with the Taoiseach the crisis in our fishing industry. What has caused this? If we look at our waters under the jurisdiction of the Common Fisheries Policy, 15% of the fish quota in these waters has been allocated to the Irish fishing fleet every year for years. The other 85% is given to the fishing fleets of other European member states....

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am going to reiterate some of the points I made to the Taoiseach earlier about the reality of what is happening around our coast today. I will put it back on the record. The Irish fishing fleet is allocated 15% of the quota in fish in our own waters under the Common Fisheries Policy. The other 85% is allocated to the fishing fleets of other EU member states. This is under the relative...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are facts. He said I was sloganeering but they are facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Everything I said today was based on facts. They were absolutely 100% facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 7. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee which deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [47859/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach basically said in his reply that there is no specific committee meeting on marine and fishing. We are the only island state, which will hopefully be a nation in the near future, in Europe. There are two junior Ministers in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, neither of whom deals specifically with fisheries and the marine. That indicates the level of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 806. To ask the Minister for Health if the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme in its current model in providing healthcare will extend beyond 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52097/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Areas of Conservation (2 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that public access to Estat Mhic Manusa, the Coillte managed forest at Rossylongan, Donegal Town and its status as a special area of conservation will be reinstated as soon as possible. [52922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (2 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the completion works for the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal; and when the works will be completed. [52939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (2 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Donegal County Council has contacted his office or his Department in relation to the need for urgent investment and urgent improvement works at Rathmullan Pier, County Donegal. [52940/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Iceland, Norway, and the Faroe Islands have not availed of the quota of bluefin tuna allocated to them by ICAAT in recent years; and if he will engage with his European counterparts and these three countries and territories to work towards a reasonable and sustainable quota of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (2 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of fish quota in the Irish EEZ that has been allocated to the fishing fleets of EU member states who joined the EU in the past two decades; and the way this allocation corresponds with the relative stability justification for the huge quota of fish in the Irish EEZ that has been allocated to the fishing fleets of other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will give priority in the forthcoming all-island rail review to a rail link of quality between Derry and Letterkenny, which are centres with a very high commuter interchange, that would enable further potential growth in the future onto the west of Ireland rather than light rail; and if he will make a statement on the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a pity the Taoiseach is leaving the Chamber right now. He might take the opportunity to go out and meet the children who have been waiting for him for the past hour and a half. I am disappointed I did not get the chance to make the following statement before the Taoiseach left the Chamber. The Taoiseach alleged that he was not invited to meet protesters. He was sent an email, as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 108. To ask the Minister for Health if he will deliver a joint diabetes centre of excellence at Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital as called for by diabetes campaigners in the region. [50616/21]