481. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the State will reimburse 90% of the engineering costs to the family of an applicant who has passed away before the completion of stage 1 under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [63537/22]
369. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the documented recovery of the species within the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, in recent years. [60540/22]
335. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a senior occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal; when the position is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61540/22]
215. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of capital that has been repaid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61473/22]
214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that has been paid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61472/22]
192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist it with the cost of fuel crisis, similar to the supports brought in by other EU member states. [60559/22]
169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and if this matter will be brought to international arbitration. [60539/22]
723. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding schemes that he plans to introduce in 2023 to support the Irish fishing fleet and the wider seafood sector and that have been developed in line with the recommendations of the “Report of the Seafood Task Force - Navigating Change”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60709/22]
644. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal; and the services to be provided there. [60707/22]
241. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure two passports will be processed on time for date of travel for siblings (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60099/22]
195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will intervene with Bord Iascaigh Mhara in the case of a person (details supplied) to have funding released following a successful application to the Brexit tie-up scheme for funding. [59675/22]
692. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist GP practices and others across County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59223/22]
506. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payment will issue to a company (details supplied) that has been providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees since August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59167/22]
306. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of the consular assistance that he and his officials have provided to the family of a person (details supplied); the representations or assurances that his consular officials have made or sought with their Indian counterparts, following the decision of the Indian courts to release the person accused of the person's murder on bail, to attend their father's funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58854/22]
277. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the immediate testing of foundations of homes (details supplied) in County Donegal to provide reassurance and certainty to affected homeowners that the remediation work is being carried out on fit-for-purpose foundations and that public funds are not at the risk of being wasted should the foundations degrade, post-remediation. [59181/22]
275. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will initiate a campaign of awareness for homebuyers, solicitors and estate agents on the need for a structural test of second-hand homes that come on to the market for sale given the growing number of properties across the State with defective concrete blocks. [59068/22]
207. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [59222/22]
144. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the deep anger amongst parents and teachers at a school (details supplied) at the failure of her Department to commence its new school buildings in the timelines laid down by the planning authorities; and if her Department will fast-track these works should planning permission be granted again. [58170/22]
77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision by her Department not to secure additional adjacent land in Buncrana, County Donegal, for adequate outdoor green field sports amenities for the 1,000 students that are projected to attend the new three school campuses for the town; and if any new school builds over the past five years have included adjacent outdoor green field sports amenities. [58169/22]
120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will engage with the ETB sector fully and commit to progressing the required review of the organisation structures of the sector in relation to organisation design, phase II. [58318/22]
119. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will establish a digital support fund in order that Ukrainian students can complete their exams as per the Ukrainian curriculum; and if these students will be provided with adequate broadband connection and appropriate digital devices such as laptops or iPads in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58317/22]
118. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if the National Educational Psychological Service will be expanded to include therapeutic including trauma support for schools on site to enable them to support displaced Ukrainian students and for existing students in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58316/22]
117. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will make translators and interpreters available to schools, who have received targeted training in advance to include translating challenging and sensitive conversations in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58315/22]
116. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when her Department will respond to Donegal ETB in relation to funding the ferry cost for Ukrainian students enrolled in a school (details supplied). [58314/22]
115. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the reason that her Department has not substantively responded to the submission and supported the funding application from Donegal ETB on the effects of the MICA issue on students enrolled in Donegal ETB schools and staff employed by Donegal ETB, first submitted in July 2021. [58313/22]
114. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when her Department will progress the applications by Donegal ETB (details supplied). [58312/22]
50. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request that the NSAI publishes a list of all the international peer reviewed scientific journal publications in the area of defective concrete products that the current committee members of the NSAI TC63 IS465 committee have published on a member-by-member basis. [58310/22]
49. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it would be completely unethical and unacceptable to have any representatives of or advisors to companies that have been formally implicated in supplying defective concrete products, to be part of the NSAI TC63 IS465 review committee; and if he will give a commitment that if this is the case, he will request these representatives or advisors be removed from that committee. [58309/22]
753. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a bed will be made available in Galway University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58088/22]
323. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the British Government to ensure that persons travelling across Ireland will not be subject to visa requirements as a result of UK Nationality and Borders Act. [57392/22]
316. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency funding that may be available to help alleviate the current energy bills crisis for companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors given that they are excluded from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57080/22]
186. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the outcome of the audit on quarries that he ordered arising from the defective blocks scandal. [57105/22]
130. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors have been excluded from applying for funding from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to assist with unprecedented high energy bills; if he will reconsider their exclusion or identify alternative supportive funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57081/22]
321. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when an application for school transport will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56197/22]
313. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by Letterkenny University Hospital who are eligible for the pandemic recognition payment; and the number who have received it to date. [55998/22]
80. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Government refused to financially support the City of Derry Airport for over ten years, even though 40% of the passengers that use the airport are from County Donegal; and if he is aware of the serious additional financial strain placed on the rate payers of Derry city and Strabane District Council due to this ongoing refusal. [55768/22]
65. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will issue a policy direction to the National Transport Authority to ensure students from County Donegal and other Borders counties in the State travelling to their third level education in the North of Ireland can avail of the same price reductions for the use of public transport as all other students. [55769/22]
121. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if an MRI scan can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55701/22]
120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he can ensure that a bed can be provided in Letterkenny University Hospital psychiatric unit for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55699/22]
84. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection when the community employment ex-gratia payment for supervisors and assistant supervisors will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55530/22]
65. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55659/22]
1286. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct diplomatic representations that have been made by the Irish Government to the governments of Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland in relation to the serious concerns in the Irish fishing industry regarding the huge quota in migratory pelagic species that these countries have allocated, in their territorial waters, to their fishing industries, without reference to the need to fish these species based on the available scientific surveys and sustainable practices and without an agreed approach with Ireland and other EU Member States that these species spawn in or migrate through. [55067/22]
1216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist GP practices and others across County Donegal to support Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55454/22]
1055. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the emergency department in Letterkenny University Hospital giving the results of a chest X-ray to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54731/22]
983. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be scheduled for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54459/22]
958. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he accepts the recommendations of the "Health Technology Assessment of Metabolic Surgery" contained in the report by HIQA in July 2022 to fund a programme of metabolic surgery in 2023. [54365/22]
957. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that will be allocated funding for obesity surgery in 2023; and the number of such procedures to be funded. [54364/22]
956. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Plan for 2023 will include funding for obesity surgery; and the number of such procedures to be funded. [54363/22]