442. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the commencement of a multi-stakeholder group (details supplied) on 27 March 2025 to address the range of problems affecting victims of the defective concrete block crisis is a welcome development and that it is important that his senior Department of housing officials accept the invitation to attend and participate, given the need to restore a normal and functioning housing market in the affected areas. [13412/25]
441. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the strategy of his Department in tackling the growth of rhododendron ponticum, working with concerned landowners; and if his Department has prosecuted landowners who reject assistance and allow this invasive species to impact on adjoining land holdings. [13411/25]
480. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health whether there were any assessment of needs applications that were closed without receiving an assessment of needs in County Donegal in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13201/25]
438. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the supports and services currently available on a State-wide basis for people suffering with fibromyalgia; the details of the specific provisions in the north west, including any planned expansions or improvements to service delivery in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12967/25]
387. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in local authority-controlled piers and harbours across the State over the forthcoming Government term; and if he will confirm that central Exchequer investment in these piers and harbours will not cease as the Brexit adjustment reserve fund concludes. [13142/25]
35. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commence a survey to establish the number of defective concrete block homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Limerick who cannot avail of the defective concrete block grant scheme for financial or other reasons; if he will commence a parallel survey to establish the number of defective concrete block homes in the housing stock of local authorities and approved housing bodies in counties Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Limerick. [11849/25]
34. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will commence the delivery of affordable housing projects across County Donegal. [11848/25]
1846. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her approach to the growing concerns regarding the impact on the health of young people of vapes sold by vape shops in towns and cities across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12393/25]
1685. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with a Donegal postcode who have been treated in Galway following colon screening detection of cancer, in tabular form. [11627/25]
1684. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with a postcode in Donegal who have been recalled to the breast assessment clinic in Galway and who subsequently have had a diagnosis of breast cancer, between 2020 and the end of 2024, in tabular form. [11626/25]
1679. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health how she will address the serious concerns of officers in the National Ambulance Service on the impact of Revenue’s approach to benefit-in-kind taxation towards their marked and fully equipped blue-light response vehicles; if she is aware of the negative impact this will have in many communities across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11597/25]
1472. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be urgently taken at Letterkenny University Hospital to reduce waiting times for chemotherapy patients. [10589/25]
1463. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to outline the level of service required in each GP practice across the State as part of their public service contract; and to make a statement on the effectiveness of this for persons seeking medical assistance in a primary care setting in Donegal and across the State. [10565/25]
1462. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide the current wait times for a first chemotherapy appointment from the time of decision or consent to treat on a hospital by hospital basis, across the State, in tabular form. [10564/25]
1436. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if approval has been given on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission code of practice on the public sector equality and human rights duty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12383/25]
1297. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work on a framework for State assistance, for those in the aquaculture industry who endure serious financial loss, in circumstances beyond their control, similar to those in place in the wider food and agrifood sectors. [12837/25]
1296. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the necessary resources will be provided to the Marine Institute in order that appropriate assessments for aquaculture licence applications can be completed in a reasonable timeframe. [12836/25]
1295. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the necessary resources will be provided to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board in order that decisions can be made in a reasonable timeframe. [12835/25]
1294. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason delays in issuing payments are occurring under the schemes funded through the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund ( EMFAF) ; as the EMFAF scheme launched in June 2024, to give the reason why applicants are waiting for their grant aid; for confirmation that no funding issue exists, assure the sector that the scheme is fit for purpose and fully funded in the period to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12773/25]
1259. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the approach to the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017; if the Bill will be allowed to progress in 2025, if re-introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11128/25]
1115. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will return to publishing figures on its website on the number of Gardaí assigned to each divisional roads policing unit, with updates on a monthly basis, in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11230/25]
1110. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí attached to the roads policing unit in Donegal in February 2025; and the number of those Gardaí who are active members, in tabular form. [11026/25]
1109. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in Roads Policing Units, by division, in January and February 2025; the number of additional gardaí that were assigned to Roads Policing Units, by Garda division in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11024/25]
918. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support and resources provided by both his Department and from central Government to local authorities across the State to help them implement the WRC agreement reached between a trade union (details supplied) the Government, an organisation and on the pay and working conditions of retained firefighters. [11892/25]
893. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce a legislative amendment to clear the way for the Housing Agency to conduct technical reviews and issue second appropriate remediation option determination to the local authority under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [11611/25]
880. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a motion passed by Donegal County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11434/25]
737. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education how her Department can further financially assist schools that are enthusiastically implementing the Green School Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12387/25]
727. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 September 2024, if the analysis of the survey relating to school caretakers’ work pattern, terms and conditions has been completed and reviewed by her Department; if she or her officials have or intend to engage with the relevant union representing school caretakers on foot of the survey; the indicative timeframe for such engagement; if a report of the survey responses will be published by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12305/25]
716. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the plans she has in place to build an extension with additional classrooms at a school (details supplied), so that they can facilitate the growing numbers of pupils at the school. [12104/25]
704. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education to provide an update from her Department’s officials on what action they propose to take to remediate the extension to a school (details supplied). [12005/25]
576. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [10877/25]
362. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that in recent days, there are approximately 70 large third country pelagic trawlers, from Norway, Iceland, Faroes, Russia, and the UK, fishing for blue whiting both inside EU waters and just outside the Irish 200-mile EEZ in international waters; if he will outline the level of monitoring and inspections of these vessels that has taken place and the landings made by these vessels both inside and outside EU waters, including bycatch. [10529/25]
175. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health for an update on the timelines for the construction of the new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal. [9895/25]
461. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will respond to correspondence from residents of an estate (details supplied) on their concerns in relation to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme and their homes that were built on a flood plain. [9819/25]
460. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring forward an amendment to the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, allowing the increase in the cap to be applied retrospectively to homeowners already participating in the defective concrete block grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/25]
339. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deliver balanced regional development and economic growth in the northwest cross-Border region, working in cooperation and partnership with his Ministerial counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9265/25]
338. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work underway to create a skills network across the northwest cross-Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9264/25]
337. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work of the IDA in the northwest from 2016 to date, including its cooperation with Invest NI to promote investment and job creation in the cross-Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9263/25]
336. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work he is engaging in to support the growth of the Letterkenny-Derry economic corridor; his plans for economic cooperation in the northwest over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9262/25]
218. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has been informed by the Department of Infrastructure in the North of Ireland of two discharge consent applications by a company (details supplied); if he has been informed of two water abstraction licences from the same company that would abstract half a million gallons of water per day from peatland, every day, for the next 25 years; and if he will make a formal response to these applications due to the transboundary implications of them. [9467/25]
271. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will release the necessary funding to local authorities in Donegal and other affected counties to remediate their housing stock that are the homes of hundreds of families affected by defective concrete blocks. [8705/25]
237. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education her plans to teach the history of Ireland’s Traveller community through the school curriculum to build on this State’s recognition of traveller ethnicity in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8706/25]
71. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the extent to which defective concrete blocks were used in the construction of school buildings across the State; the impact of the use of same on schools; the number of schools and the locations of schools which have reported or raised concerns about the presence of defective concrete blocks in their school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8589/25]
48. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be included in the school capital buildings programme, considering its seriously inadequate school facilities and amenities in a landlocked site, as well as the dangerous location of the school from a road-safety perspective. [8590/25]
980. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a person from Donegal (details supplied), who is an 84-year-old, must travel a ten-hour round trip to Galway for short appointments with a vascular doctor; her views on whether this should not be the case and that the person be assessed closer to home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8141/25]
949. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of violent incidents directed towards staff at Sligo University Hospital, for each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [7962/25]
948. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of violent incidents directed towards staff at Letterkenny University Hospital, for each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [7961/25]
947. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time security staff currently employed at Sligo University Hospital; the number of full-time security staff on each shift at Sligo University Hospital; and the number of full-time security staff currently off on leave at Sligo University Hospital, in tabular form. [7960/25]
946. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time security staff currently employed at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of full-time security staff on each shift at Letterkenny University Hospital; and the number of full-time security staff currently off on leave at Letterkenny University Hospital, in tabular form. [7959/25]
720. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new fisherman scheme will commence; and when financial assistance will start to be released under the scheme. [8083/25]