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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank Ms McSherry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have a few brief questions while I have the opportunity to pick the officials' brains. Who organises the swaps for different quotas? Is there a regular publication of the swaps that take place and when they take place? I will get an answer on those two questions and then I have one more brief question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Ms O'Sullivan can relay that information through the Chair and I can get it, if that is okay. My final question is whether the final quota figures for 2024 been released by the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I appreciate that. I thank Ms O'Sullivan.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline when and if the Government will sign off on the business plan for the TEN-T project in Donegal as submitted by the Donegal National Roads Office. [4066/24]

United Kingdom Import Controls: Statements (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will not be surprised that I am going to concentrate today on the impact of Brexit on the Irish fishing, seafood and aquaculture industries and indeed the import and export of seafood into and out of Ireland. It was well flagged in advance that the Irish fishing and seafood industry was going to be the big casualty of Great Britain’s decision to leave the EU - the big...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the gap is less than ten and as this amendment to specifically say that Israel is responsible for this onslaught has not been accepted, we are calling for a vote by other than electronic means.

Investment Funds Trading in the Residential Property Market: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the gap is ten and the Government has just voted to allow vulture funds to continue to plunder families across this State, I am asking for a vote other than by electronic means under Standing Order 83(3)(b).

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank our guests for their presentation. Those of us who come from coastal communities know the vital importance of the inshore fisheries sector. It is important to hear the presentation from our guests and to get guidance on what needs to be done. Reference has been made to the decision to close off pollock fishery, which was open to gillnet or hook-and-line fishing. My understanding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We in the coastal communities know, as our guests have pointed out, that there is an enormous overreliance on shellfish. Mr. Desmond pointed to the previous Government's decisions around salmon, trout, bass and eel. That leads me to the issue of mackerel and herring. Our guests have dealt with the issue in their presentation but perhaps they would indicate what change needs to happen to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Desmond said Ireland is in contravention of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My next question is the big one. We have seen the shrimp and crab sectors in crisis. Obviously, the European market to a lesser extent and the Chinese market have been impacted. It strikes me that this will be ongoing. Following up on what Deputy Collins said, I think the inshore strategy was an excellent piece of work. It has much less jargon than is normal for these reports. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The voting bloc has not been reached. A vote has been called on the Gas (Amendment) Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, not immediately. I suggest that the committee meeting is suspended because continuing is not fair on Deputies who might want to comment again. One vote has been called but is not the voting bloc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We will back in ten minutes.

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some 24,500 people have been killed in Gaza, 70% of whom were women and children. More than 10,000 children have been murdered. Some 8,000 civilians are buried under the rubble, more than 60,000 have been injured, and 1.9 million or 85% of the population have been displaced. Half of the buildings, housing more than 2 million human beings, have been either damaged or destroyed over a period...

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The truth hurts.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Taoiseach must know, the fishing and seafood industry in Ireland is in serious crisis. In recent days, leaders of the fishing industry have spoken out about their profound concern about how the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, has handled an offer from the Danish Government to transfer thousands of tons of mackerel to the Irish fishing industry. There is also the way the Government is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Misinformation.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the planned improvement works and extension to a school (details supplied) [2349/24]