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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...that it was estimated that hundreds of trees including ash, sycamore, birch, whitebeam and willow, had been destroyed and miles of hedgerows torn out on this farm. The matter has been raised with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and with the National Parks and Wildlife Service. This massive estate borders an internationally renowned bird and wildlife sanctuary. Right...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...together throughout this country and make their fortunes while giving two fingers to the people. After lengthy prosecutions instigated by local authorities or the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, which are very technical difficult cases to bring to court, the perpetrators just get a slap on the wrist. The legal system is a disaster and has failed. I ask the Government to learn from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...that 60% of all seafood consumed in Europe is imported. There is, therefore, significant potential to increase prosperity and jobs across the west. How does it tally that, on the one hand, the Department and other agencies funded by the State talk about the need to develop the agrifood sector and set targets and that officials accompany the Minister on visits to markets across the world...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Partnership Agreements: Motions (18 Nov 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...down the road of these agreements which are outside the framework of the WTO. They go further than the WTO would want. What is the Minister of State's response? Has he read this document? Who benefits from the EPA between the EU and west Africa? Has he read this, as the Minister of State with responsibility in the area? If he has, what is his rebuttal of the points that are made?...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Framework Directive (19 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the identification of the outer limits of estuaries here was subject of a report by the Environmental Protection Agency to his Department of in 1995 when UK guidelines were accepted in defining Lough Foyle as coastal waters; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that in the UK this sea classification for...