612. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s allowance as reckonable income, and particularly in cases where one parent is engaged in seasonal employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/25]
611. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s allowance as reckonable income, and particularly in cases where one parent is engaged in seasonal employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/25]
593. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if a redress payment from the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in the North of Ireland to a person who is resident in the Republic of Ireland would impact on their State benefits; if a bilateral agreement is in place to avoid this as was the case for previous redress schemes on both sides of the border. [7563/25]
486. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, in light of his recent correspondence to an organisation (details supplied) and local authorities, including Donegal County Council, on total sulphur test methods for aggregates, the reason homeowners in Donegal are still having their homes assessed under the existing standard, I.S. 465, when seeking remediation under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7124/25]
448. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the assistance, supports and remedies available from her Department for schools with buildings that are affected by the use of defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8065/25]
447. 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 details of the number of schools and the locations of schools that have reported or raised concerns in relation to the presence of defective concrete blocks in their school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8064/25]
446. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education for an update on when a school (details supplied) will be included in the school capital buildings programme, considering their seriously inadequate school facilities and amenities in a land locked site and the dangerous location of the school from a road safety perspective. [8042/25]
264. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if there is a full-time driving tester based in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal; and, if not, if one is due to be appointed. [7717/25]
263. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who have applied for a driving test in Buncrana, County Donegal awaiting the test; and the average waiting time for a driving test in Buncrana, County Donegal, in tabular form. [7716/25]
381. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if her Department officials will work with their counterparts in the North of Ireland to examine the potential to deliver a thrombectomy service in the north west for stroke patients on both sides of the border, similar to the radiotherapy services provided at the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. [7093/25]
249. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staff in receipt of the advanced paramedic allowance in the National Ambulance Service, region by region, and by grade code from the National Director down. [6754/25]
78. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the application from the residents of Elm Park, Buncrana to be relocated from the flood plain alongside the Crana river and compensated to do so under the defective concrete block grant scheme; if he will work with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to find a solution that can give the residents peace of mind, fair compensation, and potentially saving the State a substantial amount of money. [6749/25]
54. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to detail the grants in place to support service stations across Donegal to provide electric charging points. [6762/25]
585. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the significant delays in the Donegal court system; if plans have been made to address this problem; if he has considered appointing an additional judge for Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6420/25]
374. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been granted funding for a rubber surface play area but have since been directed that they must use a hard tarmacadam surface which would be less safe for the pupils, if she will permit the funding to be used for a soft surface as originally approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6220/25]
251. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when funding will be provided to reinstate the Derry to Dublin airlink as committed to in the Programme for Government. [6391/25]
291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the long waiting lists for dermatology patients in the north west, serviced by Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital; and when the necessary number of consultants and their support teams will be allocated to those hospitals. [5237/25]
200. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to advertise the transboundary consultation on the proposed goldmine in the Sperrins area of outstanding natural beauty, County Tyrone. [5367/25]
594. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the amount of the annual training grant awarded by the National Doctors Training Programme to education institutions (details supplied) from 2019 to 2024 in tabular form; and to provide a copy of the memorandum of understanding documents, if the apply to these grants. [4105/25]
355. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Housing Agency continues to downgrade the recommendations of engineers acting for homeowners under the defective concrete block grant scheme, applying the I.S. 465 when that standard is soon to be significantly amended by the NSAI. [4107/25]
354. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will commence a review of the defective concrete block grant scheme. [4106/25]
1278. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to progress a surgical hub at Letterkenny, County Donegal to reduce waiting lists for patients in the county and to attract and retain quality consultant surgeons and their support teams to serve those patients. [3313/25]
1277. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date list of the full range of respite services available in County Donegal for children and adults with disabilities and their families. [3312/25]
1137. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on reports in a newspaper (details supplied) on 26 January 2025, that a dentist who is currently under inquiry by the UK’s General Dental Council is also currently providing clinical leadership to dozens of dentists, unimpeded and without supervision in the State. [2578/25]
1100. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to keep the births, deaths and marriages office in Buncrana operational into the future should any staff there retire. [2395/25]
808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if he will implement measures in the first 100 days of Government as requested by an organisation (details supplied). [2579/25]
626. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the review of the existing suite of engineering qualifications in the local government sector commenced by the previous Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage in April 2024 has concluded; and when he will publish the outcome and act on any recommendations made within. [3311/25]
602. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners who have availed of financial support from the State under the pyrite remediation scheme from the commencement of the scheme to date in 2025; the average amount granted to each of the homeowners under the scheme; and the average level of matching financial contribution by each of the homeowners who have been supported under the scheme, in tabular form. [2781/25]
601. 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. [2780/25]
550. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will carry out an urgent review of the decision by his Department late in 2024 not to provide funding to a centre (details supplied) under the large-scale sports infrastructure fund, examining all options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3425/25]
529. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the projects that received funding from the recent tranche of the large-scale sports infrastructure fund which were not the identified by the relevant local authority as the number one priority for their county. [2445/25]
355. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that over seven years since the devastating floods at Burnfoot, County Donegal, in August 2017 planning permission has still not been secured for flood defences at the village, even though many families remain displaced from their homes at Páirc an Ghrianáin; and if he will meet a delegation of concerned local residents to be updated on their plight and to make every effort to expedite this vital scheme. [3420/25]
30. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make urgent representations to the Indian Prime Minister to convey the serious concern of the Irish people at the ongoing delays in concluding the murder trial of the person accused of murdering an Irish citizen (details supplied) in March 2017. [2576/25]
1172. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approved the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Code of Practice on the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/24]
1171. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has undertaken a formal review of the operation of section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; if so, the outcome of the review; and the actions he has taken to address the low rate of compliance by public bodies with the requirements of the Public Sector Equality and Human Rights Duty as set out in section 42(2) of the 2014 Act. [46652/24]
693. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a centre (details supplied) was not allocated funding in the most recent tranche of the Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund. [1046/25]
692. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any projects received funding from the recent tranche of the Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund which were not identified by the relevant local authority as the number one priority for their county. [1045/25]
691. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the scoring criteria applied when allocating funding in the most recent tranche of the Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund. [1044/25]
448. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staff in receipt of the advanced paramedic allowance in the National Ambulance Service, by grade code from the National Director down. [45667/24]
409. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for an operation in Galway University Hospital vascular clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45499/24]
394. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current breakdown of staff in place, by grade code as of 1 November 2024, in each County Donegal CDNT area, Donegal east, Donegal south west, Donegal north and Donegal Inishowen. [45982/24]
360. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an accurate number of overdue assessment of needs in County Donegal, as of 1 November 2024. [45675/24]
359. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to what is the turnover rate of staff, by grade code, in each Donegal CDNT area Donegal east, Donegal south west, Donegal north and Donegal Inishowen, in the past 12 months. [45674/24]
358. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the number of applicants are within the recruitment process at present for the individual Donegal CDNT areas Donegal east, Donegal South west, Donegal north and Donegal Inishowen. [45673/24]
357. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of vacancies, by grade code, in each of the County Donegal CDNT areas, Donegal east, Donegal south west, Donegal north and Donegal Inishowen. [45672/24]
356. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the numbers of children removed from the CDNT in Donegal east since 1 January 2024; and a breakdown of what services these numbers were transferred to (i.e. primary care or discharged from all HSE teams). [45670/24]
355. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria for the removal of a service user from the CDNT in County Donegal to another team, that is, primary care; and the decision makers involved in this process. [45669/24]