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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.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Legislative can wait for another few months. I wish Ms Bocquel well in her new role. I had to check - Fáilte Ireland chief executive is a huge role. I wish her the best of luck. On the points made about the Faroe Islands, I accept the coasts are different and the challenges will be different but it does not explain the huge gap in targets, for example. As I understand it, our...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, we had a target of 81,000 tonnes. What is our current tonnage?

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: How much of that 81,000 tonnes was attributable to the bottom mussel industry?

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is 54,000 tonnes so we are substantially below our targets. Those were targets set with eyes wide open to all the challenges we face with licensing and so on. So we are underperforming.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Finally, in fairness to Bord Iascaigh Mhara, a lot of the challenges our seafood sector faces are out of BIM's control. It can only work with what it has. I just want to say to Ms Bocquel as an outgoing chief executive that, in terms of quota, there is the current issue with mackerel and the overfishing that has happened in terms of aquaculture licensing, and there is the need for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has advanced plans for a new school on the new site offered free of charge to the State within the town boundaries of Milford (details supplied). [59714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59715/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (4 Nov 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 945. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a leisure centre (details supplied) which received moneys to progress detailed design in the 2024 round of LSSIF funding will be eligible for consideration for funding from the increase in LSSIF announced as part of budget 2026. [58419/25]