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Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Public Transport
Pádraig MacLochlainn
166. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will give priority in the forthcoming all-island rail review to a rail link of quality between Derry and Letterkenny, which are centres with a very high commuter interchange, that would enable further potential growth in the future onto the west of Ireland rather than light rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51841/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Facilities
Pádraig MacLochlainn
108. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will deliver a joint diabetes centre of excellence at Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital as called for by diabetes campaigners in the region. [50616/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
145. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on whether the budget allocated to Letterkenny University Hospital, the 13th highest in the State, does not reflect on the fact that the hospital is the sixth largest in the State based on inpatient numbers; and the action he plans to take to address this imbalance. [50617/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig MacLochlainn
241. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the State organisation that assumed responsibility for ensuring the quality of concrete blocks from the Institute for Industrial Research and Standards after it was merged with the National Board for Science and Technology to form Eolas in 1988 and then Forbairt in 1993. [50457/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig MacLochlainn
735. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors and nurses working in the community ophthalmology service in County Donegal in each of the years 2001 to 2021, in tabular form. [50486/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig MacLochlainn
736. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors and nurses working in the ophthalmology service at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2001 to 2021, in tabular form. [50487/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Staff
Pádraig MacLochlainn
737. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of administrative and secretarial staff working in the ophthalmology service at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2001 to 2021, in tabular form. [50488/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
738. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the numbers of patients in County Donegal on the waiting list for the community ophthalmology service. [50489/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Pádraig MacLochlainn
739. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in County Donegal on the waiting list for the ophthalmology service at Letterkenny University Hospital. [50490/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
740. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the interim arrangements that have been put in place at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service in view of all three physicians having left the facility. [50491/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
741. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a full service will be restored at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service. [50492/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
742. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the protocols that were in place at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service on 24 August 24 2021 when a person (details supplied) requiring urgent care was referred to Sligo University Hospital; the protocols that were in place at Sligo University Hospital ophthalmic service on 24 August 2021 that failed to deal with the patient until 8.30 pm; the reason the patient who had to endure a 200km journey back to north County Donegal on 24 August 2021 due to the fact the phlebotomy department at Sligo University Hospital was closed at 8.30pm; if on the morning of 24 August 2021 there were three physicians on duty at the Letterkenny University Hospital campus, when the patient was advised to travel onwards to Sligo University Hospital due to the fact no physician was available; and the protocols that were in place at Letterkenny University Hospital ophthalmic services that allowed the above patient to be denied access to a physician given that the patient had eye inflammation and was in pain. [50493/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
743. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the level of ophthalmic service is in accordance with best health practice for the community of north County Donegal, where many of the patients are over 200 kilometres from Sligo Hospital. [50494/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Aquaculture Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
937. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the funding required to resource the proposals in the report of the Seafood Task Force that will be allocated from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund as opposed to the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. [51205/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Aquaculture Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
938. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the proposals in the report of the Seafood Task Force will be resourced after the sunset clause for the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund of 31 December 2023 is implemented. [51206/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
939. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional arrangements that will be introduced at piers and harbours around the coast to allow fish landings to be facilitated if a new control plan for fish landings is not approved by the European Commission soon. [51207/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig MacLochlainn
940. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the absence of a new control plan for fish landings not being approved by the European Commission, if a peri plan or interim arrangements will be introduced in order that fish landings can be facilitated under control and to allow for in-factory weighing. [51208/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 15 September 2021, when a response will issue (details supplied). [50000/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pádraig MacLochlainn
216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be rescheduled for a recently cancelled procedure in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Departmental Consultations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
54. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of concerned communities regarding the limitations of the consultation being carried out by his Department on the subject of mining; and if he will proactively engage and listen to the representative groups from those concerned communities in which mining licences are currently being considered. [49779/21]