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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: ...around this. They are now seeking access. What they are seeking would be in excess of what Ireland already has in its own territorial waters. The population of Republic of Ireland is over 5 million. The population of Iceland is approximately 380,000. It is approximately the population of Belfast. One can see that it would be worrying and unfair if Iceland were to get the access it...

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This year is the 75th anniversary of the 1948 Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe when the Palestinian people lost their homelands and society and 700,000 people, the majority of Palestinians, were permanently displaced, and the world looked the other way. The Tánaiste spoke about the UNRWA and the UN refugee camps. He knows there are 3 million Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Syria and...

Inshore Fishing: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...our exclusive economic zone, and outside in international waters after they have been fattened here. We have not even got one fish. The allocation to the EU of bluefin tuna increased by something like 75% in recent years because the species is doing well again, but we can only catch them on a rod and release them. Imagine the extra wealth that could bring to inshore fishermen. There is...

Seanad: European Investment Fund Agreement Bill 2018: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...happy to support this Bill. I have some questions and would appreciate if the Minister could answer. Will she outline how much is intended to be leveraged by the Government to secure the €300 million scheme and has she set any targets or estimates for the number of businesses that will avail of this scheme? I ask about this because the €300 million Brexit loan scheme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...him well in the negotiations. I wish to make a few points, of which the Minister is probably aware as we had a conversation about this issue at the committee not long ago. Approximately 1.2 million tonnes of fish are caught annually in Irish waters. Some 20% of the total catch is allocated to Irish boats, while 80% goes to others from abroad. Currently, 5% of all fish caught in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...industry and to have that added value. Is there anything we can do to oblige those trawlers which access Irish waters to land their catch in Irish ports? I was able to tell the Minister that 1.2 million tonnes of fish are caught in Irish waters. I assume that, at some point, every one of these trawlers has to report this catch, whether they land in an Irish port, a home port or a port...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of UK Referendum on Membership of the European Union on Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sectors: Discussion (29 Nov 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...of Bord Bia and the assistance it is giving the sector in dealing with the challenges, and I commend it for that. I would like to have elaboration and clarification on a number of points. Page 5 of the presentation states that a significant number of the companies among the 200 Bord Bia client companies were not prepared for the devaluation of sterling. Teagasc came before the...

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...raised eyes because it is decades since Donegal had its rail tracks torn up; we have no rail in the entire county. Worse than that, in the counties of Derry and Donegal with a population of almost 500,000 there is no rail connection, no motorway or dual-carriageway connection and no air link to our capital city. That historical neglect is indefensible. I am sure the Minister has seen...

Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... Despite the increased risk and frequency of flooding in recent years, the Government is not taking it seriously. In the 2016 budget, the Government cut the OPW's risk management programme by 25%, or €15.6 million. Although the Government's PR machine has been out talking about €15 million in flood relief, €10 million of it was already there. Only €5...

Fines (Payment and Recovery) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...those sentenced to fewer than six months, versus imposing community service on them. The results were quite striking. The saving that can be made from this change alone is potentially tens of millions of euro. I would be happy to share that finding with the Minister. The Irish Penal Reform Trust has told us there were 8,304 committals to prison for fines default in 2012, which we can...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (20 Sep 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...who will be relocated will be reskilled if need be? There are concerns around the Minister's estimate of the savings that will be made from barrack closures. The Government has said it is €5 million based on an average wage of €50,000 per annum but the average wage in the Defence Forces is €37,000 per annum. The Minister of State might not be able to give me an...

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...€10 billion and that, magically, this will unlock €180 billion of additional investment. How €10 billion becomes €180 billion is not explained. There is mention of project bonds of €4.5 billion for pilot projects, none of which include Ireland. There is the often repeated story of reallocating Structural Funds. We know by now that this has almost zero impact in Ireland. We...

Commission of Inquiry into Banking Sector: Statements (20 Apr 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... I refer to an interesting statistic, albeit dreadful for Ireland, pertaining to German and French banks. Although such banks hold €10 billion of Ireland's sovereign debt, they hold €74.5 billion of Irish bank debt. If one joins up the dots, this tells one that those vested interests, namely, the German and French states in defence of their banks, are determined to bail out the...

Bank Reorganisation: Statements (Resumed) (6 Apr 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...virtue of being honest with the people. We hear it at every turn. The Government will tell the people how it really is. What did we get from the recent European summit? Was retention of the 12.5% corporation tax not already secured in the protocol to the second Lisbon treaty? Presumably, the people are not expected to remember that. The policies pursued by Fianna Fáil and endorsed in...