Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

717. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if a vaccine or medical procedure can be administered on a mature minor, that is, over 16 years of age with an intellectual disability without the consent of the parents following the enactment of recent laws. [28666/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

802. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details on any fish and shell fish quota swaps that the State has made with other EU States in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will provide the basis for these swaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28761/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

803. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and value of the full annual catch of fish that has been registered as taken from Irish waters under the Common Fisheries Policy for each of the years 2000 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 including the nationality of the boats landing the catch. [28762/20]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

804. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that none of his predecessors signed off on the equivalent of SI 318 of 2020 this year, before An Taoiseach did so on 26 August 2020. [28763/20]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

805. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria on mileage and usage for vehicles that were used by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and then auctioned by Irish Machinery Auctions; the estimated amount that was raised by the sale of the vehicles and where the funds were allocated. [28783/20]

Fishing Licences

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

190. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria and process for authorising individual charter boats to fish for blue fin tuna in Irish fishing waters under the Control of Sea Angling methods for certain species of fish bye-law No. 981 of 2020.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26894/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

191. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the definition of the type of gear or equipment identified as being capable of use for trolling surface fishing lines for any species of fish in the opinion of Inland Fisheries Ireland under the Control of Sea Angling methods for certain species of fish bye-law No. 981 of 2020.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26896/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to open the tuna chart program to vessels and fishers currently not authorised under the program; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26897/20]

Court Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

321. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the surveys the Office of Public Works have carried out on Carndonagh courthouse, County Donegal; and the works required to allow the building to be reopened for the Courts Service at the earliest opportunity. [26439/20]

Disability Services Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

904. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will financially support Milltown House, Carndonagh, County Donegal to reopen its hydrotherapy pool; if his attention has been drawn to the serious impact the loss of the service and therapy has had on disabled persons in the Inishowen area of the county. [26913/20]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

905. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the upgrade works to Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal. [26914/20]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

906. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the upgrade works to Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal. [26915/20]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

907. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of plans by the HSE to commence upgrade works to Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal, in line with HIQA requirements; and the further status of plans to increase bed capacity at the hospital. [26916/20]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

942. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a second consultant endocrinologist will be appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27078/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

998. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bluefin tuna that were caught in Irish fishing waters and landed here in the past five years; the monetary value of the fish; the locations where they were landed; the vessels they were caught from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

156. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will move to a compulsory purchase order of land in Buncrana, County Donegal to secure the long delayed sites for new schools and campuses for schools (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the emergency this long delay has created for the teachers, children and students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26202/20]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

157. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26203/20]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

158. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26204/20]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

159. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26205/20]

Fuel Allowance

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

172. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26064/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

219. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with his counterpart in the British Government to cooperate on new legislation that would regulate the proliferation of oyster trestles on the western shore of Lough Foyle. [25735/20]

Foreshore Issues

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

220. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with his counterpart in the Northern Executive to ensure that all aquaculture activity on the shores of Carlingford Lough is licensed and regulated by the Lough’s Agency. [25736/20]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

351. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns regarding the affordability of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; if he will amend the scheme to make it a 100% State-funded grant as was the case with the pyrite resolution scheme; and the reason the affected families in counties Donegal and Mayo have not been offered the same conditions as families in County Dublin and north Leinster. [25272/20]

Health Services Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

813. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls by persons living with amyloidosis to take actions (details supplied) with reference to the HSE amyloidosis working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25384/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

890. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the lobster industry here in terms of landings by weight and value to ports and lobster export value in view of the recent announcement on the removal of tariffs on lobster imported from the United States of America; the number of vessels engaged in the fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25332/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

891. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to harmonise brown crab export health certificate requirements across Europe for the export of crab to China to ensure a level playing field for fishers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/20]

Coast Guard Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

60. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the management structure of the Irish Coast Guard; and the status of employment or secondment of each senior official in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [24516/20]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

80. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if amendments to the existing legislation, Disabled Drivers Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994, will be introduced to widen the eligible criteria as requested by the Office of the Ombudsman in order that more disabled persons can avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24478/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

82. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if the financial assessment of tourism businesses availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme will consider the entirety of income for 2020 rather than recent months; and if a distorted picture of their financial income year to date will be provided. [24509/20]

Sports Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

96. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the amount of financial aid allocated to an association (details supplied) specifically to support community-based boxing clubs with issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. [24503/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

136. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection when the interdepartmental review of the community employment schemes will be published. [24510/20]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

225. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out a review of the anomalies that presented in the ANC eligibility process in County Donegal; and his further plans to financially assist those farmers that have been affected by the decisions. [24498/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

227. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has decided on the 2020 management arrangements for the Celtic Sea Herring scientific fishery; if so, if he is satisfied that these arrangements will not only meet the sampling requirement to provide data to the Marine Institute but also make the best use of the quota from a socioeconomic perspective; if he is satisfied that the quota is being allocated in line with Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy which allows quota to be allocated on grounds of socioeconomic and environmental impact along with allocation based on historical track record; and if he is confident that the arrangements will maximise the use of the quota to assist the beleaguered inshore fleet that have not been fortunate enough to benefit from the 40% increase in 2020 in the mackerel quota. [24501/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

228. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the advice of the Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee represents the best use of the quota in terms of meeting the sampling requirement to provide data to the Marine Institute but also make the best use of the quota from a socioeconomic perspective; and if he is satisfied that the advice of the committee reflects the views of all stakeholders in particular those in the inshore sector that make up over 80% of the Irish fleet and are responsible for over 50% of direct employment in the sector. [24502/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

114. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the implementation group of the inshore fisheries sector strategy last met; his plans for future meetings to implement the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23768/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

136. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size of the inshore fishing fleet; the number of boats which availed of the tie-up scheme; the way in which such funds were paid out through the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23769/20]

Hospital Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

843. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of cancer screening at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 [24114/20]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

844. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will order an urgent independent review of all departments and specialities at Letterkenny University Hospital following the recent findings of the independent review into the gynaecological department at the hospital [24115/20]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

898. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the outcome of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review in County Donegal; the townlands excluded; and the reason each was excluded. [24050/20]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

911. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, funding for Ireland per year during the current programme since 2014; the amount of unspent moneys returned to the EMFF in each year; the percentage that goes solely to the fishing sector on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/20]

Departmental Bodies

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

912. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current membership of the Celtic Sea herring advisory committee; the representation of the membership of the committee in relation to the proportional size of the fleet; when the committee last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

913. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact study has been carried out to examine the financial implications for Ireland’s fishers of the EU decision to remove tariffs on the imports of US lobster; the supports that can be put in place to mitigate these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24190/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

914. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that all stakeholders and partners are consulted and are involved in the process to establish marine protected areas in Irish fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24191/20]

Legislative Measures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

688. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the legislation that results in the registration of babies that have died at birth being recorded privately rather than publicly; and if her attention has been drawn to the hurt caused to parents that do not have the option to record the birth of their child publicly and for the information of future generations. [21634/20]

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1452. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the €3 million to BIM that will be required to upgrade ice plants at various harbours nationally. [22216/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1453. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the number of harbours that his Department are responsible for to include Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal. [22217/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1454. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for funding from his Department submitted by local authorities for piers and harbours; the locations of the piers and harbours that funding has been sought for; and the amount of funding sought in each case in tabular form. [22218/20]

Wastewater Treatment

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

475. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grant scheme for local authorities in relation to localised sewerage and wastewater treatment plants; the number of local authorities that have applied for the grant; the number that have been successful; and the applications outstanding. [20034/20]

Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme

Pádraig MacLochlainn

283. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding allocated for works to be carried out at the residence of persons (details supplied) under the voluntary homeowners' relocation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18881/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig MacLochlainn

634. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the second tranche of funding will be released to applicants to the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18880/20]