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Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
939. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the distress caused to young persons and their families in County Donegal by the long journeys they regularly have to make for appointments in Dublin with a paediatric rheumatology consultant; and if his Department and the HSE can ensure that paediatric rheumatology consultants can hold regular clinics in Letterkenny University Hospital to avoid such distress. [18174/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Hospice Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
940. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will ensure that the delays in delivering the additional and required four new suites at a hospice (details supplied) are resolved and that the amount of matching funding sought from the voluntary committee supporting the hospice is reviewed on a realistic basis. [18175/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Pyrite Remediation Programme
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
304. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the pyrite resolution scheme has been made available to secondary homeowners in addition to primary homeowners; and if so, the reason the scheme does not also apply to the defective concrete blocks scheme being administered by Donegal County Council. [16913/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
305. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the efforts being made to assist home owners with the 10% cost of making their homes safe and the relocation and with storage costs during refurbishment and reconstruction under the defective concrete blocks scheme being administered by Donegal and Mayo county councils. [16914/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
306. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the financial supports that will be made available to Donegal County Council to assist with making the hundreds of homes in its housing stock affected by mica defective blocks safe in view of the fact that the defective concrete blocks scheme being administered by Donegal County Council does not apply to public housing [16915/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Harbours and Piers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
501. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and reverse the decision of his predecessor not to continue with the almost €9 million of public money invested into the breakwater project adjoined to Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal to ensure that this project, abandoned at an incomplete stage, is now taken to fruition. [16643/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Maritime Safety
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
502. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and reverse the decision of his predecessor not to honour the commitment to construct a sea survival centre at the National Fisheries School at Greencastle, County Donegal. [16644/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Motorised Transport Grant
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
628. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16638/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Hospital Funding
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
629. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will honour the commitment by his predecessor to provide the necessary funding to Letterkenny University Hospital to enable it to reopen all the beds in its short-stay ward. [16639/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Disability Services Funding
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
630. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will urgently prioritise the funding of a nurse for a school (details supplied) to support children with profound disabilities at the school. [16640/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Palliative Care Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
631. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will urgently prioritise the reinstatement of a permanent palliative consultant to a hospice (details supplied) [16641/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Hospital Funding
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
668. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [16898/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Hospital Data
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
669. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients cared for by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16899/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
670. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16900/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
671. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants employed by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16901/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
143. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the second round of successful applicants in the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary, charity and social enterprises will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16375/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
155. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for additional autism spectrum support school accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11923/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Court Accommodation
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
303. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the financial resources required to refurbish and maintain Carndonagh courthouse, County Donegal, will be provided in line with the findings of a recent structural report carried out for the Courts Service. [12312/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Garda Stations
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
323. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the commitment to identify a new site and construct a new Garda station for Carndonagh and rural areas of north Inishowen, County Donegal; and if a Garda presence will remain in Carndonagh during construction phase at a location, such as the public service centre of Donegal County Council, which has been utilised by An Garda Síochána in the past. [12131/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Commemorative Events
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
943. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the national Famine commemoration will proceed in Buncrana, County Donegal in 2021; and if so, the consultation that will take place with local stakeholders in the county and the north-west cross-Border region ahead of the event, reflecting the large number that emigrated from Derry port at that time and in the decades that followed. [12095/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Commemorative Events
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
944. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to prepare for the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of St. Colmcille; and if she will liaise with heritage officers in Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council in this regard. [12096/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
640. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the efforts he is making with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that the reopening of businesses such as driver instructors and hairdressers are synchronised across the island to protect businesses in the Border region from being disadvantaged while adhering to public health protection requirements. [11198/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Harbours and Piers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
755. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount invested into the breakwater project adjoined to Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal; the reason this incomplete project was stalled; and when the large investment to date will be justified by the completion of the breakwater. [11192/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Aquaculture Development
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
756. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department and BIM have made to open the Chinese market to the green crab species carcinus maenus fished here. [11193/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Road Projects
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
858. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the commitment to fund the TEN-T priority route improvement project (details supplied) in County Donegal; when it will go to construction; and the status of the commitment to co-fund the long delayed, Derry and Donegal to Dublin A5 upgrade dual carriageway project in order that the north-west region can have the same access and economic opportunities as the rest of the country. [11024/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Road Projects
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
859. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide the necessary funding to allow local authorities to reinstate the EU co-funded roads projects. [11025/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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National Car Test
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
870. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person availing of a NCT later in 2020 that has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis will be covered from the new date or the originally scheduled date. [11197/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Carer's Allowance
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
1010. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person caring for two persons can claim a higher level of carer’s allowance than a person caring for one person; and if not, the reason. [11196/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Schools Building Projects
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
117. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on advancing to the construction phase of the new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [9782/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Student Grant Scheme
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
118. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional income provided to students that were working part-time and are now in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will be factored into their income eligibility for student grants under SUSI in 2021. [9783/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Proposed Legislation
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
232. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the proposed draft legislation to replace sworn affidavits with statements of truth; and the difference between the proposed statement of truth and a sworn affidavit in practical and operational terms and in terms of legal consequence and validity. [10092/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Health and Safety Inspections
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
265. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the necessary health and safety inspections by the HSA of workplaces will commence; and if the HSA has been resourced with the requisite number of staff to meet these responsibilities. [9786/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Enterprise Support Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
274. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will encourage the employment agencies of the State to proactively engage with the private and community enterprises across County Donegal in textile and other sectors to develop their potential to continue to manufacture personal protective equipment, hospital scrubs and other health service garments and to sustain this supply chain into the future. [9784/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Sports Events
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
471. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assurances will be provided to the organisers of pigeon racing that birds from Northern Ireland can be transported here for the purposes of racing; and the point of contact in his Department for queries on this matter. [9966/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
548. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to facilitate the return to work of driving instructors; the timeframe for same; and if he will work with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure the return to work for the sector is at the same time across the island of Ireland in order to not disenfranchise driving instructors based in Border counties. [9791/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Driver Test
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
549. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the recommencement of the driver test system nationwide. [9792/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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National Monuments
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
726. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make contact with the Spanish Government to offer assistance to Valladolid City Council and the team undertaking works to locate the resting place of Red Hugh O’Donnell (details supplied); and if she will pursue the objective of returning the remains back to County Donegal. [9787/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Pádraig MacLochlainn
562. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if mental health workers in the public, private and community sectors returning to work are being prioritised for Covid-19 testing; and if not, the reason therefor. [8575/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Pádraig MacLochlainn
563. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign by families of persons with amyloidosis here to be provided with the drug patisiran as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1166. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current and long-standing issue of the recruitment and retention crisis within the fire and rescue services nationally and that the last meaningful engagement with significant improvement for retained firefighters was the composite agreement which took place in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1167. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mass exodus of fully trained and experienced firefighters from the fire and rescue service over the past number of years well before retirement age due to their inability to have a work-life balance and the 50% drop in calls nationally that in turn makes it not financially viable to stay in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8437/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1168. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fire calls are being vetted by fire service management (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that fire service call charges differ from county to county not only in amounts charged to the public and that some counties have call charges and others do not; and the reason persons have to pay for availing of this front-line service but no other front-line service such as An Garda Síochána or the ambulance services. [8438/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the fire and rescue service is the best geographically placed organisation to deliver on the co-responder project which would help in reducing the death toll in cardiac arrest and respiratory emergencies in rural areas; and if he will work with the Minister for Health to complete the memorandum of understanding commenced by his predecessors and enable the fire and rescue service to be deployed to respond to these emergency situations. [8439/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that stated that the retained fire service was not fit for purpose; and his plans to ensure that the proposals will now be implemented. [8440/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
568. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the locations of antenatal and maternity clinics in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2020, in tabular form. [7696/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
569. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will reinstate antenatal and maternity services and clinics to Inishowen, County Donegal. [7697/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
570. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE advice on the wearing of masks changed for health workers caring for older persons over recent months. [7698/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Foreshore Issues
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
662. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the construction of a road approximately 400 metres in length along the foreshore of Lough Foyle at Clar, Redcastle, County Donegal without planning or consultation; and if his Department can co-operate with the Loughs Agency to protect the foreshore of Lough Foyle on the Inishowen side. [7605/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
663. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the level of financial support being offered to owners of fishing vessels to support them through the Covid-19 crisis compares favourably with the financial supports being offered by other EU states and the UK Government. [7606/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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School Accommodation Provision
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
213. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays being experienced in progressing a project to provide additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the impact the stalemate has been having on the ability of the school to meet the accommodation and the educational needs of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5999/20]