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Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
192. 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 it with the cost of fuel crisis, similar to the supports brought in by other EU member states. [60559/22]
Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Banking Sector
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that has been paid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61472/22]
Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Banking Sector
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
215. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of capital that has been repaid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61473/22]
Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Health Services Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
335. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a senior occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal; when the position is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61540/22]
Thu, 8 Dec 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
369. 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, EEZ, in recent years. [60540/22]
Tue, 6 Dec 2022
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
644. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal; and the services to be provided there. [60707/22]
Tue, 6 Dec 2022
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
723. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding schemes that he plans to introduce in 2023 to support the Irish fishing fleet and the wider seafood sector and that have been developed in line with the recommendations of the “Report of the Seafood Task Force - Navigating Change”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60709/22]
Thu, 1 Dec 2022
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Passport Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
241. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure two passports will be processed on time for date of travel for siblings (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60099/22]
Wed, 30 Nov 2022
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Brexit Supports
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will intervene with Bord Iascaigh Mhara in the case of a person (details supplied) to have funding released following a successful application to the Brexit tie-up scheme for funding. [59675/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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International Agreements
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
207. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [59222/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
275. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will initiate a campaign of awareness for homebuyers, solicitors and estate agents on the need for a structural test of second-hand homes that come on to the market for sale given the growing number of properties across the State with defective concrete blocks. [59068/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
277. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the immediate testing of foundations of homes (details supplied) in County Donegal to provide reassurance and certainty to affected homeowners that the remediation work is being carried out on fit-for-purpose foundations and that public funds are not at the risk of being wasted should the foundations degrade, post-remediation. [59181/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Consular Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
306. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of the consular assistance that he and his officials have provided to the family of a person (details supplied); the representations or assurances that his consular officials have made or sought with their Indian counterparts, following the decision of the Indian courts to release the person accused of the person's murder on bail, to attend their father's funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58854/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Ukraine War
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
506. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payment will issue to a company (details supplied) that has been providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees since August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59167/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Health Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
692. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist GP practices and others across County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59223/22]
Thu, 24 Nov 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision by her Department not to secure additional adjacent land in Buncrana, County Donegal, for adequate outdoor green field sports amenities for the 1,000 students that are projected to attend the new three school campuses for the town; and if any new school builds over the past five years have included adjacent outdoor green field sports amenities. [58169/22]
Thu, 24 Nov 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
144. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the deep anger amongst parents and teachers at a school (details supplied) at the failure of her Department to commence its new school buildings in the timelines laid down by the planning authorities; and if her Department will fast-track these works should planning permission be granted again. [58170/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
49. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it would be completely unethical and unacceptable to have any representatives of or advisors to companies that have been formally implicated in supplying defective concrete products, to be part of the NSAI TC63 IS465 review committee; and if he will give a commitment that if this is the case, he will request these representatives or advisors be removed from that committee. [58309/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
50. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request that the NSAI publishes a list of all the international peer reviewed scientific journal publications in the area of defective concrete products that the current committee members of the NSAI TC63 IS465 committee have published on a member-by-member basis. [58310/22]
Wed, 23 Nov 2022
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Education and Training Boards
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
114. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when her Department will progress the applications by Donegal ETB (details supplied). [58312/22]