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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We know where we stand.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Services (18 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update with timelines for the restoration of the Derry to Dublin air link. [63485/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Services (18 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The announcement by the Government after such a long time that it will restore funding for the Dublin to Derry air link is extremely welcome. The population of the north west of Ireland is about 500,000. The removal of this air link was devastating and continued to devastate us for a long time. We need to get it restored as soon as possible. I want to get timelines for when we will have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Services (18 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some 40% of the passengers who use the City of Derry Airport are from Donegal. The Minister of State understands the geography of Derry and how close it is to Donegal. It serves a region of about 500,000 people. If he gets a map of Ireland out, he will see that, unfortunately, we do not have a motorway connection. Our hearts have been broken with the A5 delays. We do not have a direct...

Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (18 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: All of my life in politics, I have talked to farming families who are asked to adhere to the highest standards possible. That is why we have world-class products when we talk about grass-fed Irish beef, the pride of the world. We are the highest exports in the European Union. Our farmers have been asked to bend over backwards again and again to comply with environmental standards. They...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does this Government learn nothing? We had the absolute farce and spectacle of the Lowry Independents being in government and in opposition and all that led to, and here we are today with Leaders' Questions, Questions on Policy or Legislation and Taoiseach's Questions gone. The Government is absolutely scrapping accountability today. Just at the stroke of pen, it is scrapping...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The defective concrete products scandals have destroyed so many lives across Ireland. The Taoiseach's Government recently extended the pyrite remediation scheme. Almost 3,000 families in Dublin and Leinster have rightly received 100% redress. The State will take responsibility for the remediation of their homes directly. It is a very different scheme in Donegal, Mayo and the west of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has read the correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the urgent actions she will take to ensure a safe environment for students, teachers and staff at the school while they await the long delayed new school campus. [61769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (12 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of student assistance fund, funding his Department has provided to universities (details supplied) for the academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 170. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the ongoing calls for the State to recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness in line with other EU member states. [60265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 173. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) due to be discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital to a nursing home for long-term care under the fair deal scheme; if she will ensure that a suitable continued rehabilitation placement will be made available, with St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny being a priority; and if she will make a...

Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a major wind farm just above my hometown in Buncrana. Recently, I drove up the hill and observed that half of the turbines were actually turned off. When I made inquiries as to why that was the case, apparently the electricity infrastructure just is not there to take the power from them. It is absolutely extraordinary. These wind turbines are there a very long time. I just have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are talking about a person who presents himself as independent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is a totally different matter. It is a matter of an analyst presenting as independent while playing for your team.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: In three successive elections Fianna Fáil engaged and paid for media coaching services provided by broadcaster Ivan Yates. He coached six Fianna Fáil Ministers, including the Taoiseach, yet you failed to disclose this relationship even though there was a clear conflict of interest. You knew Ivan Yates was playing for your team, contributing to Fianna Fáil election strategy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Innovation and Development: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The presentation refers to a 20-year licence. People in the industry have explained to me that when they talk about a 20-year licence they also know there need to be improved regulatory and monitoring systems in place. If one is trying to build a market and one needs to show a pipeline, what would that look like in terms of increased regulation and monitoring? Speaking personally, I think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Innovation and Development: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank everyone for their presentations. Thankfully now we have a focus on fisheries and seafood every week but in a previous committee we only really had a focus on fisheries three or four times a year as part of the agriculture committee. Even within that we had a dedicated session or two, which were eye-opening in terms of aquaculture. I am pretty sure the statistics are still the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Innovation and Development: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that we have a dedicated session in the new year looking at the issue of licensing. I ask that we invite the people here today - BIM, IFA Aquaculture, the Department of the marine, the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board and the Marine Institute - for a dedicated session looking at licensing and how we can resolve this. I want to hear their ideas. I also would like to see a comparison...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Innovation and Development: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The licensing is fairly urgent.