314. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant eligibility for the sustainable aquaculture scheme will be revised given the unreasonable delays in the aquaculture licensing system which is impacting aquaculture producers awaiting licensing renewals and wish to make improvements in their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64335/25]
313. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting determination by his Department; the efforts being made to address delays in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64334/25]
312. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting appropriate assessments at the Marine Institute; if there is a prioritisation system to deal with these applications in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64333/25]
311. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will make a decision on the re-opening of the mussel seed fishery in the Long Bank for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64332/25]
1178. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 12 November 2025, the reason for the fall in the student assistance fund provided by his Department from €8,823,432 for the academic year 2023-2024 to €3,812,601 for 2025-2026 to the five technological universities; if he intends to provide additional student assistance funding to the Higher Education Authority for the remainder of the current academic year; and if so, if he can he provide the additional allocations for each of the five technological universities, in tabular form. [63741/25]
1177. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 12 November 2025, if he will provide his Department’s agreed procedures/guidelines provided to the Higher Education Authority relating to the student assistance fund for the academic years 2023-2024 to 2025-2026 inclusive. [63740/25]
985. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when an application under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme, will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62888/25]
425. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school bus is funded to transport school children from the Fanad peninsula and Gaeltacht to a school (details supplied) in Letterkenny to ensure that those children can continue their education through the medium of Irish. [62753/25]
89. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when he will meet with the elected members of the Letterkenny Municipal District, Donegal County Council to discuss the urgent need to fund a number of relief roads and by passes around the town of Letterkenny to address the serious traffic delays at certain times of the day, every day. [63484/25]
77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update with timelines for the restoration of the Derry to Dublin air link. [63485/25]
1161. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of student assistance fund, funding his Department has provided to universities (details supplied) for the academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62200/25]
536. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has read the correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the urgent actions she will take to ensure a safe environment for students, teachers and staff at the school while they await the long delayed new school campus. [61769/25]
173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) due to be discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital to a nursing home for long-term care under the fair deal scheme; if she will ensure that a suitable continued rehabilitation placement will be made available, with St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny being a priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60275/25]
170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on the ongoing calls for the State to recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness in line with other EU member states. [60265/25]
1994. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a medication (details supplied) will be available again here, for prescription for patients of the menopause hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59569/25]
1641. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to CORU psychotherapy regulation. [57832/25]
1434. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the inshore fishing sector to examine the introduction of a financial assistance scheme or basic income scheme similar to that available to farmers and artists, considering the financial challenges they face and their immense importance to the cultural heritage and the economy of our coastal communities. [58708/25]
1433. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Brown Crab Working Group will resume with definite quarterly meetings. [58707/25]
1428. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to conducting a national audit of pier safety and facilities used by Ireland's inshore fishing communities, in light of ongoing reports of hazardous conditions; if he will ensure direct consultation with fishermen community in the allocation and oversight of pier development funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58410/25]
1427. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the development and safety upgrade of Dunmore East Fishery Harbour, in light of ongoing dangerous conditions for vessels and crews during adverse weather conditions; once the planning consent is awarded that the funding for this vital infrastructure is made available and the tendering process is commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58409/25]
1426. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to establishing a dedicated funding for on-island fisheries infrastructure in line with recommendations (details supplied) to ensure that island communities have access to modern facilities and infrastructure necessary for the sustainability of small-scale island fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58408/25]
1048. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage following his recent assertion in a motion passed by Dáil Éireann (details supplied), if he is aware that a submission from the DCB Stakeholder Forum to the NSAI's public consultation on the review of I.S. 465 directly contradicts this assertion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58754/25]
1046. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of concerns amongst homeowners that have received emails from the Housing Agency, confirming that a third party chartered engineering consultancy services provider (details supplied) which was engaged by the Housing Agency, experienced a cyber incident affecting its IT systems; if he is aware the technical reports prepared for their application to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, as well as their personal data for contact purposes may have been impacted; and if he will urgently seek absolute assurance from the Housing Agency that no data has been lost or compromised that will be subject to examination or investigation by the Independent Appeals Panel or the Office of the Information Commissioner as part of the appeals or complaints processes undertaken by homeowners that have had the recommendations of their State appointed engineers overturned by the Housing Agency. [58677/25]
945. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a leisure centre (details supplied) which received moneys to progress detailed design in the 2024 round of LSSIF funding will be eligible for consideration for funding from the increase in LSSIF announced as part of budget 2026. [58419/25]
827. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59340/25]
75. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59715/25]
35. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has advanced plans for a new school on the new site offered free of charge to the State within the town boundaries of Milford (details supplied). [59714/25]
923. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider introducing a pilot scheme for community development volunteers similar to the basic income for the arts pilot scheme. [57046/25]
922. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is aware that funding to purchase a dedicated, fully accessible vehicle that would allow an organisation (details supplied) to safely transport disabled persons to educational programmes, recreational activities, social events, and other enriching opportunities, was recently refused, due to the failure to extend the areas designated under CLÁR in Donegal; and his plans in this regard. [57044/25]
869. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department is progressing work to make the second busiest level 3 hospital here, Letterkenny University Hospital a level 4 hospital, in view of the hospitals geographical and roads/ rail infrastructure isolation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57394/25]
821. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the designation and delivery of centres of excellence for diabetes care in hospitals across the State; and the criteria they adhere to. [57125/25]
721. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will advocate for the HSE to provide funding under Section 39 to an organisation (details supplied) to support weekly therapeutic exercise and yoga classes for people living with Parkinson's Disease in Donegal, specifically in Buncrana, Donegal Town, and Letterkenny; if she will ensure that the application is given full and fair consideration by the health and wellbeing team in the HSE, given the critical role these services play in disease management and reducing pressure on acute services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56507/25]
672. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 736 of 14 October 2025, if he will clarify the statement “As these operators have access to alternative sources of mussel, it is difficult at present to fully assess the degree to which the incomes of those who fish mussel seed have been affected” given mussel fishermen are reporting that there are no alternative sources of mussels available with the entire east coast closed to them for a variety of reasons, pushing them into bankruptcy; and if he will ask BIM and his Department officials to examine a financial compensation and aid package for the affected fishermen. [57406/25]
493. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that his relevant Department officials participate in the Multi- Stakeholder Working Group including representative groups (details supplied) established to address the range of problems affecting victims of the defective concrete block crisis, given the need to restore a normal and functioning housing market in the affected counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57235/25]
483. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and the NMSO is satisfied that the NMSO will prevent any more new builds from having defective concrete going forward. [57078/25]
482. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the NMSO is satisfied that their staff in local authorities are competent to carry out MSO activities with regard to concrete construction products. [57077/25]
481. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that the NMSO was facing a national emergency according to two newspaper articles (details supplied) if the NMSO is now satisfied that they have sufficient staff to carry out their duties properly in the national office. [57076/25]
480. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the staff working for the NMSO and the NBCO who work for both offices, that is, the number of staff simultaneously working for both offices. [57075/25]
479. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of construction product types the NMSO and NBCO are responsible for. [57074/25]
478. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff are currently working for the National Building Control Office. [57073/25]
477. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff currently working in the National Market Surveillance Office. [57072/25]
476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 60 positions for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, announced by the previous Minister on 4 May 2022 for the Strategic Action Plan, that have been filled. [57071/25]
459. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend the eligibility to avail of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to homeowners who purchased their primary home in late 2020 and past the current cut-off point of January 2020. [56568/25]
454. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the 20 year claw back requirement for owners of rental properties that avail of remediation under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [56505/25]
346. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the lengthy delay in the OPW sourcing a suitable site for a new Garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57043/25]
245. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to ensure that the regulations for the number of skippers aboard a fishing vessel and the qualifications of the skippers are aligned to the designation by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of all fishing vessels under 18 metres as “inshore”. [56602/25]
192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a birth and baptismal certificate for a person born in Ireland in March 1923 is acceptable evidence for their grandchild, when applying for Irish citizenship and an Irish passport. [57033/25]