Results 1-20 of 58 for cork speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...they certainly cannot cannot afford to pay more than €300,000 or €350,000 for a basic home in the county. This crisis we watch from Donegal started in the cities. It started in Dublin and worked its way to Cork and Galway. Yet now, in every part of this State, there is a situation where young families are told that if they work hard, there is a social contract so they will...

Sustainable Fisheries Sector and Coastal Communities: Statements, Questions and Answers (15 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...are happening as we speak between the European Commission and Iceland. Iceland is a country with a population of 380,000 people. I think that is around the same population as that of the city of Cork. If what has been suggested goes ahead, Iceland would have almost equal access to blue whiting as our entire industry and, of course, our population is 5.2 million in this State, 7 million...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Where did Fianna Fáil come from? What happened in Cork in the 1920s?

Seafood Taskforce Final Report: Statements (9 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Is that fair? Something has to give, things have to change and the Minister and his Department must lead that. This year, when the flotilla of fishing boats sailed up to the River Lee and into Cork city, and then up the River Liffey and into Dublin city, it marked a sea change. The fishing industry had united in protest and opposition to the disastrous policies of the Minister's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...their fleets because of the abundance of stock they have under the Common Fisheries Policy. I just do not see the strategy. I can see the unification of the fishing industry and the protests in Cork and Dublin were good for the heart. I appeal to all of the groups here today to stay united. Of course, they have differences and there are matters of division but they should stay united...

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... We have said this for many years. This motion is so important because we in the west and north west of Ireland do not have a motorway or rail connection joining up the west of Ireland. Cork, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Derry and that huge mass of population in the west has no motorway connectivity for nearly all of it and no rail connectivity for a big part of it. That has to be the...

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...perspective on it. In a response to me recently, she talked about the context of the New Decade, New Approach agreement and indicated she would carry out reviews of the potential of the Belfast-Cork and Derry-Dublin routes. I thank her for those responses and the proposed reviews. I am sure she understands, as a woman from the regions, that it is unthinkable and unacceptable for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will ask for a review of these plans given the plan increases critical care beds from 255 to 446 an increase of 191 beds in Dublin, Limerick and Cork and not one for the northwest. [43483/21]

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...of Donegal. We then learned there would be two vaccination centres in Kerry, which has a similar population, in Tipperary, in Westmeath and in the Minister's own county of Wicklow, and five in Cork. When I questioned this, I was told that GPs and pharmacists will be delivering this. Why is just one vaccination centre in Letterkenny enough for the entire county of Donegal when there are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Further and Higher Education Sectors: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...for all that they do. As both witnesses know, when one looks at the whole picture of the island of Ireland, one can clearly see that all of the universities are located in the cities of Belfast, Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick. Consequently, there is historic frustration and anger because a region with approximately half a million people does not have a dedicated university. I say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach (12 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...crucial objective for us is to have improvement in rail, road and air infrastructure in the region. My concern about comments that have been made about rail is that the talk is about the Belfast-Dublin-Cork connections. The difficulty is, where does that connect to Sligo, Donegal and Derry? With the focus on climate change and all those challenges, rail has come back onto the agenda...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...time for statements on the winter plan for Thursday and note that has been agreed. The announcement from Bus Éireann that it will close its intercity Expressway services to Galway, Limerick, Cork and Belfast is an extremely disturbing development. I ask that time be made available this week to discuss this issue and try to arrive at a solution that allows those vital services to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...at the National Fisheries College at Greencastle. The centre would have a deep 15 m pool where weather conditions found at sea could be simulated. The only other pool of this kind on the island is in Cork, so there would be one at the top of the island in Greencastle on the Inishowen Peninsula and one at the bottom in Cork. Fishermen and others involved in life-saving would be trained,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...Minister referred to people from Donegal. I am a former member of this committee and my two colleagues are current members. The coastal communities down the west coast of Ireland from Donegal to Cork have been let down, despite the potential this has. It is estimated that the loss as a result of all this will be over €1 billion within a year or two. That is the estimated loss in...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: How many Protestants were killed in Jerry Buttimer's home county of Cork? Hundreds.

Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...it has been happening for years in wetter parts of the State such as in the west and the north west. I put it to the Minister of State that the Minister should not have waited until the crisis hit Cork before paying attention. The hard lessons from this fodder crisis must be learned by the Government. The drive towards huge expansion in agriculture as outlined in Food Wise 2025 - the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...failure to give real commitments with regard to funding the A5, which is a vital dual carriageway linking the north west to Dublin. Added to that are the issues raised in this Chamber, namely, the Cork-Limerick road, the gridlock on the M50 and the threat of the loss of Iarnród Éireann routes. These are all really serious issues of concern relating to transport. I have raised...

Seanad: Judicial Council: Motion (19 Oct 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...consulted about what is appropriate, a range of sentencing has been put in place and it has been ensured that the judiciary is accountable. If a decision is made in the Circuit Court in Donegal, Cork or Waterford, there must be a commonality in sentencing in order that people can have more confidence in the system. A sentencing council should be established. I published legislation on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...the same around the Border. There was a 50:50 policy of regional development with the Industrial Development Authority Ireland, IDA Ireland, which was scrapped and there is now a focus on Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. I would like to get a sense of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland’s focus on rebalancing that, particularly for the Border counties which are most affected by this.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Oct 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... It is totally disconnected. If you get out the map of Ireland out, you will see motorways and rail and air links to Belfast, and rightly so. You will also see such links to Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford. There is a complete blank spot. Could the Leader raise this issue with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross? When we talk about Brexit and a strategy...