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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]

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 17 January 2024, if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital buildings programme. [3098/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Meetings (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will convene a meeting of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Bord Bia, BIM, the fishing producer organisations and co-ops (details supplied) at the earliest opportunity to plot a course for the urgent rejuvenation of the seafood industry in Ireland following the stark findings of the recent Bord Bia report...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (23 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Ireland will ratify the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [2380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the Housing Agency is adequately resourced to service the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme and to ensure that the backlog of applications is worked through as swiftly as possible. [2263/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she can confirm that provision for a new school campus (details supplied) on a new greenfield site will be included in the school capital buildings programme, with a clear timeline for delivery. [1038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme to allow for the testing of concrete foundations, following the findings of scientific studies undertaken on behalf of the National Standards Authority of Ireland. [56556/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will provide clarification to local authorities on how to proceed with applications under the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme from homeowners who requested a change of circumstance, considering the ongoing review of IS 465 by the NSAI and the uncertainty and lack of confidence with IS 465....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Donegal County Council recently tendered for the repair of a tranche of social houses damaged by defective concrete blocks and insisted on full adherence to the current building regulations, or any subsequent revision of the regulations, while grants issued to private homeowners accessing the enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Jan 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of reported/recorded lost fishing pots; the number of recovered fishing pots that had been reported/recorded lost on the Irish coast and in Ireland's waters overall for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1723/24]