21. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the timeline for the long awaited restoration of the Derry to Dublin airlink; and when the tender will be released. [74570/26]
394. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to clarify whether a first-time buyer purchasing a dwelling that was completely demolished due to defective concrete blocks, including the removal of its original foundations, and subsequently reconstructed entirely with new foundations, walls and materials, is eligible for the help to buy scheme; and to outline the way in which Revenue classifies such properties for the purposes of the scheme. [74417/26]
185. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations with the British Government to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds at Rockall; the engagements between her office and the UK authorities over the last number of years; the number of instances it was raised by the Irish government; and if she will go to international mediation or arbitration to resolve this long running injustice, that has cost the fleet millions of euro each year. [73357/26]
567. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review and advise on the case of a person (details supplied). [73117/26]
486. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 32814/26, to make a firm commitment that the necessary funding will be provided by his Department to rebuild the facility (details supplied); and provide the necessary funding. [72820/26]
609. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the report of the independent chair of the Food Vision Seafood Sector Group was received by his Department; whether the report has been circulated to the member organisations of the group; the date on which it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72335/26]
608. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific recommendations of the report of the independent chair of the Food Vision Seafood Sector Group that the additional €20 million provided in Budget 2027 will implement; the schemes through which the funding will be delivered; the proportion intended for vessels under 12 metres and for vessels based on the offshore islands; the expected opening dates; and whether any measure requires State aid notification. [72336/26]
607. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the fishing and aquaculture registered vessel fuel support scheme will be extended for the same further five-month period as the fuel income support scheme for farmers and contractors announced in Budget 2027; the amount paid out under the scheme to date; and the number of vessels under 12 metres that received payment. [72337/26]
74. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the report from the Food Vision Seafood Sector Group (details supplied). [70175/26]
58. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations with the British government to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds at Rockall; and if he will seek international mediation or arbitration to resolve this long running injustice, that has cost our fleet millions of euro each year. [70176/26]
1. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with the representatives of inshore fishermen to introduce an inshore fisheries stabilisation and climate adaptation scheme; and if he has engaged with the European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis, or his office to make the case for such a scheme. [70178/26]
668. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of an application submitted (details supplied) in June for reimbursement under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. [70420/26]
642. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a Friedreich’s ataxia clinic appointment; and the measures being taken to ensure that people living with Friedreich’s ataxia can access timely specialist review and annual multidisciplinary assessments in line with recognised European and international clinical care guidelines. [70247/26]
544. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for a delay of up to nine months for the HSE to reimburse patients availing of the EU cross border directive; the action being taken to help patients who avail of loans in order to access speedy healthcare due to growing waiting lists here and who find themselves considerably out of pocket as a result of the delays in reimbursement; and the reason patients had only to wait six weeks for reimbursement two years ago. [69732/26]
511. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will review HSE guidance and training for adult disability services on the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, particularly how staff should assess and manage foreseeable safety risks when a person wishes to leave a service unaccompanied; how families’ views should be considered, consistent with the person’s rights; and whether she will issue clarification to providers. [70081/26]
493. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal as a pelagic landing port for catches over ten tonnes, considering the safety concerns for those vessels that currently have to land at the next nearest designated harbour in Killybegs. [70458/26]
734. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding for 25 undergraduate medicine places, each year at Queen's University Belfast, has been discontinued in 2027; and if he will urgently review this decision with his Government colleagues, considering the impact this will have on students and the provision of medical professionals to our health service. [70095/26]
618. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns that some people living with Friedreich’s ataxia may face significant delays in accessing skyclarys (omaveloxolone) despite its reimbursement from 1 October 2026 due to capacity constraints at the Combined Ataxia Clinic at Tallaght University Hospital; the estimated timeframe within which all eligible patients will have commenced treatment; whether additional resources will be provided to support treatment initiation and monitoring; the current waiting time for a Friedreich’s ataxia clinic appointment. [70248/26]
369. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to enforce the safety-certification requirements for commercially hired inflatable amusement equipment, including bouncy castles, under the Planning and Development (Fairgrounds and Fairground Equipment) Regulations 2025; the number of inflatable-hire operators inspected since the regulations came into operation; the number found to be non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70439/26]
368. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanism in place for members of the public and legitimate operators to report suspected non-compliance with the safety requirements for commercially hired inflatable amusement equipment under the Planning and Development (Fairgrounds and Fairgrounds Equipment) Regulations 2025; if operators advertising inflatable equipment through social media are proactively identified and subject to compliance checks; and the measures being taken to ensure that legitimate, compliant businesses are not commercially disadvantaged by operators who fail to meet the required safety standards. [70441/26]
233. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the plans that will be advanced for a new school on a site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford, having personally visited a school (details supplied) to view the unacceptable conditions for the children, teachers and staff. [70195/26]
228. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 844 of 9 June 2026, if she can confirm a date by which her officials will have responded to the school’s Stage 2B submission (details supplied). [70193/26]
227. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to advance the delivery of the new school facilities (details supplied). [70194/26]
418. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current reimbursement status of a medication (details supplied) under the drugs payment scheme and general medical services scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that women who develop medically induced menopause as a result of cancer treatment, and who cannot use HRT due to hormone-sensitive cancers, are required to pay for this medication while women accessing HRT for natural menopause can do so free of charge under the HRT scheme; and if she will address this apparent inequity in access to menopause symptom management for cancer patients. [69450/26]
134. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on when a scheme will commence to relocate nine families, living in defective concrete block homes from a location (details supplied); when his Department officials will consult with the homeowners on the design of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68989/26]
181. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views that the defective concrete blocks grant scheme is now in contravention of the scientific evidence on the best way in which to remediate affected homes, in light of the revision of I.S. 465; and if he will ensure that the current review of the scheme allows for public submissions, is completed as soon as possible and that the subsequent amendments to the scheme are drafted and processed though the Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as is practical. [69005/26]
932. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht what plans are in place for the Community Development Programme beyond 2026; whether consideration is being given, in the context of Budget 2027, to providing multi-annual funding and reviewing the level of core funding provided to projects under the programme. [68339/26]
481. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason local authorities with limited resources, that serve economically disadvantaged counties, such as Donegal County Council, are expected to co-fund multi-million capital projects, funded by central Government to the same level as all other local authorities. [68037/26]
332. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will designate the TEN-T Priority Improvement Project Donegal as a critical infrastructure project, as requested by Donegal County Council. [68034/26]
334. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application submitted under the climate action summer works scheme for a school (details supplied); and if the school will be considered for funding in the next phase of the scheme due in October 2026. [67801/26]
202. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the timeline for the long awaited restoration of the Derry to Dublin airlink. [67365/26]
147. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will travel to Donegal and meet with locally elected councillors to learn at firsthand about the serious traffic management crisis in Letterkenny impacting the people of and visitors to Donegal; and the proposed local roads infrastructure projects that can address this crisis. [67363/26]
37. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being considered to support the sustainability of rural pubs, given their important social, cultural and economic role in rural communities and the continued closure of such businesses; and whether he will support the introduction of an on-trade sustainability support scheme to help protect the future viability of rural pubs. [67382/26]
711. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will reconsider the decision not to proceed with the Men’s Sheds Grant for 2025/2026; if interim funding will be provided to support essential running costs until the next grant scheme in 2027. [66960/26]
352. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if an update can be provided for an application (details supplied) submitted in April for reimbursement under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme. [66058/26]
716. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a scheme will commence to relocate nine families, living in defective concrete block homes away from the dangerous flood plain at Elm Park, Buncrana, County Donegal; and when his Department officials will consult with the homeowners on the design of the scheme. [64992/26]
1476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if, 13 months after she awarded a surgical hub to Letterkenny University Hospital, the HSE has identified the precise site on the hospital campus where the hub is to be built; and if not, the reason. [65937/26]
1474. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the design brief for the new surgical hub building at Letterkenny University Hospital incorporates inpatient wards on the upper floors of the building and a link corridor connecting said wards to the main hospital; and if so, if the architectural design brief specifically references the need to isolate the surgical hub from such inpatient wards as may be built on the upper floors of the building. [65930/26]
1298. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when HSE estates will carry out the requisite preparatory work to allow the new ambulance base at Buncrana, County Donegal to proceed; and to provide a timeframe for the completion and opening of the new base. [65006/26]