462. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to speed-up the process of genetic testing for confirmation of TTR genotype, wild-type or hereditary, for transthyretin amyloidosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46721/22]
284. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings for schools (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47337/22]
283. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47336/22]
282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47335/22]
356. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education her views regarding no formal response being issued to this Deputy in relation to school transport in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46007/22]
341. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school transport in Clonmany, Co Donegal. [45752/22]
291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the defective blocks and products issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/22]
632. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes to the Common Fisheries Policy that are anticipated in the time ahead in order to reflect the deeply unfair allocation of fish quotas to the Irish fishing fleet within the Irish exclusive economic zone. [44458/22]
631. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that he plans to introduce for the struggling fish processing and exporting sector in this State, utilising the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. [44457/22]
630. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a subsidy will be provided to fishermen in this State to assist them with the dramatic increases in fuel costs, similar to those introduced by other European Union member states and as called for by the European Parliament. [44456/22]
370. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will allocate additional funding to a school (details supplied) for the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44486/22]
223. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost to the State of implementing the proposal from the affected homeowners for a transfer of eligibility the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme for older persons with no ability to raise additional finance to sell their homes and transfer eligibility to the new homeowners after stage 1 approval. [44686/22]
222. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost to the State of implementing the proposal from the affected homeowners for the penalty-free downsizing of properties that have to be demolished and rebuilt under the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme in order that those homes will cost under the €420,000 cap to rebuild. [44685/22]
211. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and the Minister for Finance have engaged with the banks and financial institutions to ensure that they are entering into reasonable arrangements with families that have to avail of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of the defective concrete blocks scheme.
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210. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income thresholds for persons or families seeking to join the housing waiting list in County Donegal. [44463/22]
209. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the review of IS 465 that is currently being carried out by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and its expert panel will correspond with the opening of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme. [44462/22]
208. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a rent pressure zone in County Donegal in order to reflect the rapid increases in rent in the county. [44461/22]
207. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request an organisation (details supplied) to review the costings for the rebuilding of homes in County Donegal and in the west of Ireland that have to avail of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme given the rapidly changing cost of construction costs since they were last reported. [44460/22]
2075. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for an occupational therapist on the early intervention team in Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44288/22]
2074. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a physiotherapist on the early intervention team in Buncrana, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44287/22]
2063. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) can expect to receive services from the early intervention team in Buncrana; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44243/22]
1904. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to speed up the process of genetic testing for confirmation of wild-type or hereditary TTR genotype for transthyretin amyloidosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43589/22]
1903. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in genetic testing for confirmation of wild-type or hereditary TTR genotype for transthyretin amyloidosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43588/22]
2130. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the recently announced European Commission approved Irish scheme for the aquaculture sector in the context of Brexit will open; when the terms of the scheme will be announced; the person or body that will be responsible for administering the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41088/22]
2129. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be a requirement for boat owners who intend applying to the BAR decommissioning scheme to have their code of practice on their vessel in place; if vessel owners who have their code of practice due to expire shortly must renew this; if funds immediately expended to renew code of practice on vessels will be reimbursed as part of the decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41087/22]
2128. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific office in the European Commission he is awaiting approval from for the number of outstanding seafood taskforce schemes that he has applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41086/22]
2091. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 884 of 5 July 2022, if he will confirm that this response is contrary to the advice provided by the European Commission in a presentation on the Brexit Adjustment Reserve, at a seminar for Member States on 12 July 2021; if so, if he will ensure that the scheme is immediately opened for these non-SME sector fish processors, while the necessary approval is sought from the European Commission. [40643/22]
1506. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the Afghan Admissions Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39849/22]
996. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a passport for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41912/22]
962. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a passport for a child (details supplied) is processed on time for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40404/22]
931. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) to attend their son’s wedding at the end of July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40287/22]
926. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40214/22]
923. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for travel on 18 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40131/22]
909. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39861/22]
878. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application for a person (details supplied) will issue in time for travel on 28 July 2022 for a family wedding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39652/22]
876. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application for a child (details supplied) in Donegal will issue in time for travel on 15 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/22]
374. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of reducing the cost of marine diesel by €0.20 and €0.35 per litre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40655/22]
373. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of litres of marine diesel used by the agriculture sector for each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40654/22]
49. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts that he has personally made in the past six months to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and the estimated financial loss to Irish fishermen over the past 18 months since the British Government blocked access to these grounds. [37844/22]
40. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport to ensure that fishing representatives organisation and fishermen are fully included in the planning process for all offshore wind projects to minimise the impact of these projects on their fishing grounds and livelihoods. [37845/22]
5. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently activate the funding made available by the European Union twinned with Exchequer funding to assist the fishing industry with the energy crisis and the huge increase in fuel costs following the recent call by the seven national fishing and fish producer organisations. [37922/22]
368. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are in place for someone applying for a public service card who cannot attend a centre in person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38585/22]
1061. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled in Beaumont Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38009/22]
930. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of times that Letterkenny University Hospital advertised for a second endocrinologist; if the hospital advertised for a permanent endocrinologist; if not, if the hospital advertised for just a two-year temporary contract; the length of time for the advertisement process; the number who applied; the number who were interviewed; and the number who were successful but chose to work outside the Saolta University Health Care Group area. [37586/22]
929. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists who have been successfully processed through the consultant applications advisory committee system in the past five years; and the way that compares with the overall number of new endocrinologists approved to work in this State through the same period. [37585/22]
195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is no erosion of cardiac care at of Letterkenny University Hospital as a result of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; the engagements that he and his officials have had with the Northern Ireland health authorities on enhancing and basing a cross-Border cardiac care service at Hospital for the people of Derry, Tyrone and Donegal, similar to the North West Cancer Centre based at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. [37217/22]
121. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Donegal branch committee of an organisation (details supplied) when he visits the county along with the CEO of a healthcare group and the manager of Letterkenny University Hospital to listen to their serious concerns about diabetes care services at the Hospital and the urgent need for additional resources to be provided. [37216/22]
163. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 30 June 2022, the names of the members of the panel that designed I.S. 465 for the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and the names of the members of the panel that is now reviewing I.S. 465. [36915/22]
348. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the opening of a decommissioning scheme with terms and conditions for fishing vessels originally suggested by his Department in October 2021 as part of the Report of the Seafood Taskforce that will require agreement with the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36573/22]