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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
955. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgeries performed in University Hospital Galway, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Dún Laoghaire and Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [54362/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
954. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries performed in University Hospital Galway, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Dún Laoghaire and Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [54361/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 26 October 2022, in relation to the convenyancing process, the measures her Department can take to protect second-hand homebuyers from purchasing homes with defective concrete blocks, given the growing number of homes and counties affected across the State; if her Department has engaged with the legal, engineering and estate agent representative bodies on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54923/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
649. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exemption can be provided to a person with a disability who is receiving a birth negligence case settlement award, to enable an application for the winter fuel payment and the household benefit package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54614/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
627. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if a child (details supplied), who is currently eligible for school transport, can be accommodated on the 2pm school transport service being provided from their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55587/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
394. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that he has not tasked the Housing Agency to assist families availing of the defective blocks scheme to relocate to temporary alternative accommodation as is the case with the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will visit the homes of families in County Donegal and other affected counties to learn the reason that they are appealing for urgent assistance this winter. [54925/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance his plans to apply the 'fresh start’ principle to the help-to-buy scheme, similar to the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55342/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2022
87. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current names of the members of National Standards Authority of Ireland committee that are now reviewing I.S. 465 and details on the international experts that they have consulted with or plan to consult with; when will the committee conclude its work and make recommendations to the Government. [55197/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
190. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning corruption in Donegal; and the actions that he plans to take arising from this report. [54068/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
189. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the legislation or regulations that limit the reconstruction of homes with defective blocks to the same footprint as the original house, in order that some homeowners have the option of building on their adjacent land holding and remaining in the existing home while their new home is being constructed; and if he appreciates that families with a person with a disability will struggle to find suitable temporary alternative accommodation and that this may be a workable option in some instances. [54060/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the Irish Government is still committed to co-funding the upgrade of the A5 road in the North of Ireland, as stipulated in the St. Andrew's Agreement, and pending the go-ahead for the project. [54049/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2022
168. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the review his Department have undertaken on restoring Irish Government funding for the City of Derry Airport and the Derry to Dublin airlink to reflect the fact that 40% of the passengers using the airport are from County Donegal; and if he will confirm the dialogue that has taken place between his Department officials and officials in An Taoiseach's Department to examine financial investment in the airport under the shared island unit. [54048/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
33rd Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
186. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53759/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022
87. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that he can take to protect second-hand homebuyers from purchasing homes with defective concrete blocks, given the growing number of homes and counties affected across the State; and if he has engaged with the legal, engineering and estate-agent representative bodies on this issue. [53715/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
764. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to updated advice to lift the prohibition of targeting, retaining on board, transhipping or landing spurdog or picked dogfish in 2023 from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas; if Ireland intends seeking a quota for this species in 2023 subject to a lifting of the prohibition by the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53216/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
141. 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 over recent years. [53099/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
117. 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. [53098/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022
69. 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 the industry with the cost-of-fuel crisis, in the same way that other EU member states have done so. [53262/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
352. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the capacity of the haematology and oncology day unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. [52613/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
351. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in the ward at Letterkenny University Hospital that accommodate both haematology and oncology patients; and his plans to add to this number of beds for haematology and oncology patients. [52612/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
295. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the reduction in student fees announced in Budget 2023 will be applied to students from this State who are currently studying in the North of Ireland. [52541/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2022
198. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the reduction in public transport costs for students will also be applicable to students who are resident in this State who are travelling to and studying at third level institutions in Northern Ireland. [52605/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2022
471. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his negotiations with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Agency in designating Dunmore East Harbour as a landing port for fishing vessels from third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50772/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2022
353. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if measures are in place with his Department to allow employers to advance pay the frontline workers Covid-19 bonus to those staff still awaiting payment and reclaim it from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50771/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2022
352. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of eligible frontline workers that have received payment and are outstanding payment of the Covid-19 bonus payment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50770/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 October 2022
347. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice when it can be expected that she will begin announcing the outcome of applications to the Afghan admissions programme and specifically a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50968/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2022
81. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to correspondence that she has received from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will ensure that additional land is sourced for adequate outdoor green field sports amenities for the 1,000 students that are projected to attend the new three school campus for the town that incorporates the college. [50407/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2022
304. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in County Donegal whereby families who have to move out of their homes in the county for safety reasons due to the impact of defective concrete blocks cannot source temporary alternative accommodation; and if he will urgently task the Housing Agency with assisting these families with temporary housing, either modular or in the private sector across the county. [50198/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2022
403. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a clear timeframe on when the area around his Department owned Syncro lift in Dunmore East County Waterford will be dredged to remove silt that will then allow all sizes of fishing and other vessels to be lifted from the waters for maintenance and repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49244/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2022
345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist general practitioner practices and others across County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48971/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2022
404. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 1012 of 14 June 2022, the reason no update on the plans for new school buildings and no indication of the need to reapply for planning permission was confirmed to this Deputy, as it has been in the recent response in Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 27 September 2022, despite the changes to the planning Acts being introduced in September 2021 and a period of nine months having elapsed with no action taken that has now led to at least a one-year delay in the project. [48590/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2022
324. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure all homeowners who are currently stuck in stage 1 of their application to the defective concrete block grant scheme, including those who applied after February 2022, will have the 90% of their engineer’s fee reimbursed while they are awaiting a decision. [48602/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2022
278. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum and maximum livestock unit values per hectare and the values per individual type of livestock for the organic farming scheme, areas of natural constraint scheme and the ACRES scheme in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47746/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2022
262. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the supports the HSE is putting in place to assist general practitioner practices in County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47802/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2022
203. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the organic farming scheme was not included in the expanded list of schemes as of June 2022 that are assessed differently concerning the disregard within farm assist; the estimated cost of including the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47745/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2022
189. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide the necessary funding for a mica defective block schools programme, an educational and well-being programme for second level students, as submitted to Donegal Education and Training Board by affected homeowners in the county. [47758/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport is processed on time for a school trip for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47521/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
31. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in County Donegal who are stuck in stage 1, awaiting the outcome of the review of IS 465 by the National Standards Authority of Ireland. [47328/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2022
21. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme will be operational and accepting applications. [47329/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
33rd Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
600. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a flexibility mechanism is built into the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund that will allow persons to secure funding and order equipment that has a processing and delivery date post-31 December 2023, which is the current final drawdown date for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47231/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
599. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of jobs that are expected to be lost in the Irish fishing industry as a result of the impending Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund voluntary decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47230/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
598. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 934 of 21 June 2022, the amount that currently remains unspent in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-2020 for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
597. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention and that of his Department has been drawn to the fact that Irish fishing boats that have landed in France and Spain, during this current global fuel crisis have been able to avail of the fuel subsidy in those European Union member states; if he plans to introduce a similar measure in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
596. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the issues arising from Brexit for which funding from the European Union has been provided through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund are entirely separate from the fuel crisis currently being experienced by the Irish fishing; the plans and resources that he intends undertaking and allocating to address this specific crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47227/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
544. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE mental health clinical staff in County Donegal that have not been provided with appropriate accommodation in the county to meet their clients. [47129/22]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2022
533. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the day care services will resume to five days per week at a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47078/22]