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Tue, 22 Feb 2022
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International Agreements
Pádraig MacLochlainn
196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [9649/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Housing Schemes
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
368. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the maximum grant allowed for housing aid for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8094/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Fisheries Protection
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
977. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next industry briefing from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8253/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
978. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the recently agreed European Union Control Plan for fish landings in piers and harbours across the State is published in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8254/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
979. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider opening a public consultation on the distribution and allocation of the mackerel and herring quota in this State. [8255/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Fishing Communities
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
980. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consultation that he has undertaken with inshore and island fishermen around the coast on the sustainability of the crab species; and if this includes a ban on the use of crab meat for whelk bait. [8256/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Rockall Island Ownership
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
103. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Government continues to tolerate the actions of the British Government in blocking access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and the estimated financial costs of this action to Irish fishermen in 2021. [6887/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
156. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that Ireland has not secured any of the substantial increases in Atlantic bluefin tuna quota allocated to the European Union fishing fleets over recent years; and if he will publish all correspondence from his Department to the relevant European Union authorities over recent years aimed at securing such quota for Ireland. [6869/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Harbours and Piers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
181. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement the recommendations of the Sea Food Sector Taskforce report as it pertains to investment in piers and harbours across the State and supplement the Brexit Adjustment Reserve investment with central Exchequer funding; and if he will remove the recently announced limit of expenditure on individual piers and harbours under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve investment funds. [6870/22]
Wed, 9 Feb 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
181. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the huge increase in the running cost for fishermen in relation to the cost of their fishing vessels over the past year; and the financial supports or interventions he plans to make to address this. [7102/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
343. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Standards Authority of Ireland has been asked to review IS 465 to include testing for pyrrhotite and other deleterious minerals in concrete blocks and foundations, in addition to pyrite and MICA; and if this is the reason his Department is not agreeing to the demolition and rebuilding of homes in County Donegal under the defective concrete block grant scheme at this time. [6731/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
344. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the updated MICA and pyrite redress scheme does not have one full-time employee working on the scheme in his Department; and the details of the persons who will serve on the proposed implementation group for the updated scheme. [6732/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the homeowners affected by MICA and pyrite defective blocks at the lack of detail in the information supplied to homeowners in relation to the scheme; and if he will re-establish a working group of officials who can liaise with families in counties Donegal and Mayo to address the information gaps in relation to the scheme. [6733/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
165. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the reason the plans for the new three-school campus at Buncrana (details supplied) do not include sporting grounds and facilities, considering the lengthy delays that that this school build project has faced; the number of other new school build projects across the State, delivered in recent years that have included sporting grounds and facilities; and if she will request that her Department secure additional land adjacent to this site at Buncrana for this purpose. [4594/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Harbours and Piers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
320. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he can take with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to address the large-scale bureaucracy required to be completed by local authorities when they are looking to carry out necessary dredging works at piers and harbours under their control. [4403/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Water Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2022-2024 will open for applications. [3808/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Sports Organisations
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
266. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support that her Department can provide to a club (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the significant financial cost for the club associated with participating in the European club championships. [3062/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Waterways Ireland
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the board for Waterways Ireland will be fully reinstated. [3034/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
522. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant endocrinologists for adults who are based in Letterkenny University Hospital. [2883/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
523. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for review appointments for diabetes patents at Letterkenny University Hospital. [2884/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
524. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if care for adult diabetes patients at Letterkenny University Hospital has evolved to include insulin pump starts; the number of adult diabetes patients with pumps that are attending the hospital; and the frequency with which they get review appointments. [2885/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
525. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of the paediatric diabetes shared centre of excellence between Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital. [2886/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
526. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who are currently on the diabetes pro-wellness team at Letterkenny University Hospital; the person who is the lead staff member; and the number of staff who have been relocated to Covid-19 care in recent times. [2887/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Mining Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
130. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated financial contribution of zinc and lead ore royalties to the State from a company (details supplied). [1041/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Mining Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
152. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the local community in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal at plans for gold mining in the area; and if he will provide an update on the current licence application for his decision. [1956/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Tax Yield
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
316. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated financial contribution from tax revenue to the State from a company (details supplied). [1041/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
514. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the clarification sought by Donegal County Council from his Department in relation to proposed remedial works in the context of test results, geologist reports and engineer's reports will be forthcoming to allow stage 1 applications under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to proceed. [1190/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
520. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently increase the housing assistance payment rent limits for County Donegal to reflect the real cost of rent across the county and the impact of the mica defective blocks crisis on housing in the county. [1397/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
521. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assistance that his Department can provide to Donegal County Council to assist it with an emergency housing plan to address the crisis presented by mica defective blocks over the time ahead particularly in the northern half of the county. [1398/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Departmental Budgets
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
1076. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget in his Department for the Traveller and Roma communities and the Traveller unit and considering the scale of the challenges across the country for the Traveller and Roma communities; the way his Department made the decision to allocate only a 3% increase; and the percentage increase in funding that had been requested. [63283/21]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
1286. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice her plans to implement a recommendation (details supplied) from the 2018 report, The Future of Policing in Ireland. [1970/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Ambulance Service
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
1507. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures he and the HSE can take to improve the difficulties that paramedics encounter when they are looking to transfer from the ambulance service in Northern Ireland or Britain over to the National Ambulance Service in this State. [63456/21]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
1583. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the North-West Regional Centre for Neurology at Sligo University Hospital will have a full complement of seven neurology nurse specialists in line with international best practice to service patients across the region. [1028/22]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Tax Reliefs
Pádraig MacLochlainn
229. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated with full details of the extension following his recent announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver on transborder workers' relief will be extended. [61890/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Tax Reliefs
Pádraig MacLochlainn
230. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue updated guidance to transborder workers' relief following his announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver would be extended. [61891/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Tax Reliefs
Pádraig MacLochlainn
231. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated on his recently announced extension to the temporary Covid-19 waiver on transborder workers' relief and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61892/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Rental Sector
Pádraig MacLochlainn
264. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases in rent in some areas of the county and the knock-on impact of the mica defective concrete block crisis. [61373/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig MacLochlainn
265. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Housing Agency is not being given responsibility for the delivery of the mica and pyrite defective block redress scheme in the west of Ireland from start to finish as it has been with the pyrite remediation scheme. [61374/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Naval Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
373. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence if the Naval Service made similar requests in relation to compliance with the European Union Common Fisheries Policy to the skippers of fishing vessels of other European Union member states that were fishing in the same area off the south coast of Ireland as an Irish registered fishing vessel (details supplied) when they were requested to return to harbour by the Naval Service on 30 November 2021; and if not, the reason. [61348/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Disability Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
587. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the prioritisation of persons with learning disabilities regarding access to day services in Buncrana, County Donegal; the criteria for this prioritisation; the person or body that decides the priority list; and the location in which it is published in order that service users and carers can read and understand the prioritisation of the service user. [61350/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Common Fisheries Policy
Pádraig MacLochlainn
769. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to establish the proposed stakeholders forum to review the Common Fisheries Policy from an Irish perspective; the number of members he plans to place on the forum; the criteria that will be set in place to become a member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61333/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
786. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP for the Irish fishing fleet on a species basis in tabular form; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the fishing fleet of all other EU member states on a member basis. [61668/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
807. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the hours of landing at the designated piers and harbours in the State for fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland to weekends. [61911/21]
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not added Dunmore East to the list of designated piers and harbours in the State that can facilitate the landing of fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland considering the presence of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority officials at the harbour. [61912/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
5. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his understanding of the full financial loss to the Irish fishing fleet in 2021 arising from the blocking of access to the fleet to its traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; the status of the negotiations with the British Government to resolve this dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60587/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Common Fisheries Policy
Pádraig MacLochlainn
7. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, under the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, for the Irish fishing fleet; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the fishing fleet of each of the other European Union member states by species in tabular form. [60426/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
52. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement of this State with the European Commission to have Ireland’s control plan for the landing of fish at piers and harbours here reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60425/21]
Thu, 9 Dec 2021
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Departmental Funding
Pádraig MacLochlainn
327. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that organisations (details supplied) receive the necessary allocation of core funding as requested to allow same to continue to provide a vital service to large numbers of children and young adults with special needs and their families. [60992/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Family Reunification
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
436. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the current status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60071/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Traveller Community
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
454. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the salaries of the staff that make up the Traveller primary health teams across the country have been frozen since 2008 with no increments; the reason the HSE social inclusion team is not working with the Traveller health units to address the issue as a matter of urgency; and if he will ensure that Traveller health and the staff are treated with respect, dignity and fairness. [60174/21]