Parliamentary questions

Registration of Nurses

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

643. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the nursing registration will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47877/21]

Common Fisheries Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

750. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the Common Fisheries Control programmes under articles 60 and 61 of EU Council regulations that allow non-Irish registered European vessels to land their fishing catches at Irish ports without any checks being carried out by the SFPA and in which responsibility for checks is laid upon their home countries once they return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47817/21]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

751. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences issued by his Department in the past 20 years by location and any transfer of ownerships that have occurred in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47818/21]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

752. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to examine diversification options for inshore fishermen, for example, spur dog which is being reported in increased numbers along the coast; if the Marine Institute will work with inshore fishermen to ascertain to establish those current numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47821/21]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

753. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the rationale and the data available to him that will close the crayfish fishery off the south coast for 2021 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47822/21]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

754. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the allocation of species such as mackerel and herring to inshore fishermen. [47823/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

755. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of prawn catch currently available to the fishing fleet of each member state in the EU in tabular form; if he will seek to negotiate a higher share in future negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47825/21]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

132. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the final submission by persons (details supplied) to the defective blocks working group that he established in June 2021. [46012/21]

National Broadband Plan

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

213. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected percentage of homes in the National Broadband Plan intervention areas that will be connected to fibre broadband under the plan in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form. [45989/21]

National Broadband Plan

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

215. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected percentage of homes in the National Broadband Plan interventions areas that will be connected to fibre broadband under the plan in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form. [46018/21]

National Broadband Plan

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

222. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will meet with a cross party delegation of county councillors and members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Donegal to discuss serious concerns regarding the current timeframe for delivering high speed fibre broadband under the National Broadband Plan to the thousands of homes still not connected in the county; and if his office will liaise with Donegal County Council to confirm such a meeting at the earliest opportunity. [46342/21]

Electric Vehicles

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

259. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the number of public power points for electric vehicles in County Donegal; the locations of same; and his plans to increase this number. [46343/21]

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

534. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will facilitate a meeting with a service (details supplied) and with Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas from County Donegal to discuss serious concerns in relation to the ongoing failure of the Government and State agencies to adequately resource the vital service which has been provided for many years. [46531/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

807. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the costs involved for the use of a hotel (details supplied) by the HSE since the Covid-19 pandemic to date; the services that were provided for those costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46672/21]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

840. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the €3 million urgently required by Donegal County Council to upgrade the pier at Rathmullan, County Donegal. [46001/21]

Maritime Safety

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

841. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the new sea survival centre at the National Fisheries School, Greencastle, County Donegal; and when this will be delivered. [46002/21]

Tax Code

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

203. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the plans he has to change the restrictive tax rules which can inflict a double tax on cross-Border workers who are based in Ireland, particularly when the temporary Covid-19 waiver on these rules ends in January 2022, in order to ensure that thousands of cross-Border workers do not face a financial penalty by seeking to work from home. [45767/21]

Healthcare Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

314. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the Sláintecare project on the development of a national diabetes register will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45757/21]

Healthcare Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

315. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on the need for a national diabetes register; the reason there is no current register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45758/21]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

388. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when the decision on the appeal for SNA allocation for a school (details supplied) will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45148/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

300. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to issue Irish citizens who are resident in Northern Ireland and who have been fully vaccinated for Covid-19 by the NHS with an EU Digital COVID Certificate. [44361/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

633. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate ophthalmic services at Letterkenny University Hospital to complement the community ophthalmic services in County Donegal. [43480/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

634. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty at Letterkenny University Hospital from 10pm to 7am, seven days a week in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [43481/21]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

635. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of women currently awaiting a cervical screening test or smear test in County Donegal. [43482/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

636. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recommendation by a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that in the Critical Care Strategic Plan 2020 and HSE National Service Plan 2021 there was no mention of development in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will ask for a review of these plans given the plan increases critical care beds from 255 to 446 an increase of 191 beds in Dublin, Limerick and Cork and not one for the northwest. [43483/21]

Tax Code

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

220. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out research to examine the revenue raised by other states from the issuing of personalised number plates and vehicle registration plates; and if he has plans to introduce such a system here. [43054/21]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

254. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the overall amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Ireland; the percentage of this to be allocated to the seafood sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42827/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

480. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to the waters around Rockall. [43162/21]

Northern Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

481. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British government on the jurisdiction of Lough Foyle; and if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental impact to the management of this key resource caused by the ongoing jurisdictional dispute over Lough Foyle which is still unresolved 23 years after the Good Friday Agreement. [43163/21]

Dental Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1434. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card scheme does not cover the cost of dental care for 12 to 16-year-olds; and if he has plans to change same. [43053/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1591. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of financial support or revenue compensating package that the State will provide to the fish processing sector in Ireland to compensate for the serious loss of business and revenue due to Brexit; and the way this financial support compares to other affected EU Member States; and the financial supports provided to their fish processing sectors. [42828/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1592. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the fish swaps carried out by vessels or EU member states that includes fish species and fish quota taken from the Irish EEZ in each of the years 2000 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [42829/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1602. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide an estimate in cooperation with the relevant fishermen and fishermen’s co-ops as to the estimated financial loss to the Irish fishing fleet to date in 2021 as a result of the ongoing blockage of Irish fishing vessels from the waters around Rockall. [43159/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1603. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the dispute between the EU Member States Commission, Norway and the Faroe Islands over mackerel quotas; and the way that dispute is reflected in reciprocal access to harbours by vessels from the relevant fleets in dispute. [43160/21]

Citizenship Applications

Pádraig MacLochlainn

840. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Foreign Births Registration Office will recommence the assessment of applications such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40196/21]

Vaccination Programme

Pádraig MacLochlainn

2182. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the way County Donegal compares to other counties in the speed of the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines. [28315/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig MacLochlainn

2610. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place by his Department to ensure that cross-Border workers who availed of the Covid-19 vaccine in the Northern Ireland will be included in the roll-out of the EU Digital COVID Certificate in this State. [38363/21]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pádraig MacLochlainn

2827. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for a decision to be made on a primary medical certificate in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39311/21]

Land Issues

Pádraig MacLochlainn

135. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a number of instances across north County Donegal in which landowners have come into conflict with their neighbouring landowners arising from discrepancies between their original folio Land Registry maps and the maps that have emerged from the digitisation of the mapping system by the Property Registration Authority of Ireland; if he will request that an independent review of these discrepancies will be carried out; and the reason that such discrepancies occurred. [38396/21]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig MacLochlainn

431. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to support the use of the drug zolgensma that replaces the SMN1 gene for children living with spinal muscular atrophy type 1. [31562/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

194. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the request from some inshore fishermen in Ireland that they would co-operate with the Marine Institute and other relevant authorities in conducting surveys on the abundance of wild salmon around the coast (details supplied). [37638/21]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

324. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if under the European Union (Construction Products) Regulations 2013 (SI No.225 of 2013) each of the building control authorities have been designated by the State as the principal market surveillance authorities for construction products that fall within the scope of the CPR within their administrative areas; and the efforts that have been made by his Department over the past eight years to ensure that all local authorities receiving reports of mica or pyrite defective products were investigating the relevant quarries under their jurisdiction and that they were adequately resourced to meet their investigative and market surveillance responsibilities. [37192/21]

Animal Culls

Pádraig MacLochlainn

357. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there were any circumstances in which the culling of seals has been permitted by his Department in Irish waters and the EEZ over recent years. [37640/21]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

358. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the process for disposing of the rubble from homes that are demolished due to mica or pyrite in their concrete blocks; and if he will provide an assurance that no quarry that manufactured these blocks will be used for this purpose. [37644/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

627. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the request from some inshore fishermen in Ireland that they would cooperate with the Marine Institute and other relevant authorities in conducting surveys on the abundance of spurdog or piked dogfish squalus acanthias around the coast (details supplied). [37637/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

628. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department and the relevant authorities are making to minimise either the illegal catch or bycatch of spurdog or piked dogfish squalus acanthias in Irish waters and the EEZ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37639/21]

Food Safety

Pádraig MacLochlainn

629. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all EU states are subject to the same food safety regime when it comes to exporting brown crab to the Chinese market. [37641/21]

Coast Guard Service

Pádraig MacLochlainn

44. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, the Irish Coast Guard and the Naval Service and search and rescue services in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36672/21]

Vaccination Programme

Pádraig MacLochlainn

131. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided on the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccine for those in cohort 7 such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and the way patients are referred for allocated slots for the vaccine. [30440/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Pádraig MacLochlainn

212. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected capital spend for marine projects for 2021; the projects that will be completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36665/21]