Parliamentary questions

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of central Exchequer funding that he proposes to invest in piers and harbours across the State over the next number of years in addition to that invested from the BAR fund. [26032/22]

Driver Test

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

19. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the pass rate of all driving test centres in County Donegal in tabular form; and the way this compares to all other centres throughout the State. [26853/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

87. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport for a child (details supplied) will issue in time for their intended travel date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26870/22]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

110. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on a ASA application for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26723/22]

State Bodies

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

118. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will seek clarification from the relevant Department that the costs of judicial review by a State agency, that is a statutory consultee in the aquaculture licensing process will be funded by public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26424/22]

Departmental Policies

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

341. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will facilitate representations to his office from MLAs and MPs, on behalf of their constituents in the North of Ireland on Irish passport applications on a similar basis to TDs and Senators in this State, to reflect the reality that they represent Irish citizens also and the high volume of passport applications from Irish citizens in the North of Ireland. [26503/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

483. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that an application for working family payment was disallowed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26398/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

619. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that there is no pay parity between clinical scientists and medical laboratory scientists given that both professions perform the same duties often working side by side in the same laboratory. [25950/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

620. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that a medical laboratory scientist graduate, after studying an intensive course for four years and registering with their professional body (details supplied), has a starting salary of less than a medical laboratory aide who requires a minimum of a leaving certificate. [25951/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

725. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and his Department officials to ensure that a reasonable proportion of the community benefit funds paid by offshore wind energy companies to meet their responsibilities under the renewable electricity support scheme is ring-fenced for the benefit of fishing communities and fishing organisations nearest to those wind energy sites. [26231/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

251. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25456/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

779. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the decommissioning scheme for boats in the Irish fishing industry from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund that was announced almost one year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24874/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

780. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will announce the next tie-up scheme for boats in the Irish fishing industry from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund particularly in view of high fuel costs due to the global energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/22]

Inland Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

167. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the future of snap net fishing on the river Suir following its closure a number of years ago; and if his Department will engage with fishermen in the area who wish to examine options for the future. [23905/22]

Disability Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

343. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment with the children’s disability network team in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24029/22]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

357. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all applications under the current aquaculture licensing system undergoing statutory consultation are subject to fair and due process throughout the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23903/22]

School Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

474. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if a library will be returned to its original location in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23428/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

566. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is flexibility around carer’s allowance means testing for couples who are partners, considering they cannot avail of tax breaks in the same way as married couples. [23353/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

726. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment of needs in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22763/22]

Legislative Measures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

850. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the deadline for the coming into force of the Sea Fisheries Act 2022; and if the deadline set by his Department of 3 May 2022 will be extended for masters and skippers who are Irish citizens to apply for acceptance of their application for registration onto the Irish Fishing Master Register. [22764/22]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

874. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 4 May 2022, if he will reinvest the €9 million, saved to his Department by this announcement back into investing in other piers and harbours in County Donegal or into the further development of Greencastle Harbour [23354/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

167. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering extending the eligibility of the defective concrete block grant scheme to secondary homeowners with the same conditions already indicated by the Government for some, making the property available for the rental market for a defined period of time. [22507/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

89. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that a reasonable proportion of the community benefit funds paid by offshore wind energy companies to meet their responsibilities under the renewable electricity support scheme is ring fenced for the benefit of fishing communities and fishing organisations nearest to those wind energy sites. [22011/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

540. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that County Donegal only received circa 10% of the recent funding approved by the HSE for congregated settings under the capital developments scheme across community healthcare Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo. [22281/22]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

541. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the angiogram service will be retained in the cardiac unit at Letterkenny University Hospital and will be built upon at the hospital working on a cross-Border basis for the persons in counties Donegal, Derry and west County Tyrone. [22282/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

542. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that the cardiac radiology unit that was donated to Letterkenny University Hospital by a group (details supplied) in 2018 has not been commissioned. [22283/22]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

559. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his announcement of €9 million of funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Greencastle Breakwater, County Donegal is the same project that he announced funding for almost a year ago with a €9 million contribution from his Department. [21761/22]

Public Sector Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

574. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to extend the retirement age of workers in Pobal-funded community service programmes across the State. [21713/22]

Airport Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

100. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that his Department's officials urgently engage with their counterparts in the Department of the Taoiseach and the board of the City of Derry Airport to provide financial assistance to the airport utilising the shared island fund. [21017/22]

Employment Rights

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

210. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on abolishing the mandatory retirement age in some sectors of the economy and particularly in the area of community development. [20940/22]

Trade Unions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

541. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with the trade unions that represent healthcare workers regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/22]

Trade Unions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

542. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with trade unions that represent teachers and school staff regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19530/22]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

652. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline which the steering group NSAI Standardisation Programme - Masonry Construction that was established to oversee a review of the standard IS 465 is working to; the deadline for the completion of this review; and the international expertise it will be seeking to assist in its work. [20242/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

744. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20028/22]

Social Welfare Code

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1041. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that carers in receipt of carer’s benefit or carer’s allowance are not also entitled to any illness or sickness benefit like other workers, if they are off work from their part-time work due to illness or sickness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20248/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1042. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are available to parents of children who are off school due to Covid-19 for time off work in this scenario. [20249/22]

Work Permits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1300. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice when her Department will publish the Interdepartmental review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers; if her Department plans to incorporate fishermen into the critical skills permit scheme; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20672/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1458. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of nurses and other healthcare workers having the right to early retirement through a cost neutral early retirement scheme similar to that available to teachers in this State. [19685/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1902. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the landing days and hours for UK and North of Ireland registered fishing vessels landing in designated piers and harbours in this State; and if his attention has been drawn to the danger to small-scale fishermen in particular from limited days and times for landing fish that may force them to fish in poor weather conditions. [20310/22]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1914. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current requests for capital funding for improvement and-or maintenance work at State-owned and local authority-owned harbours and quays across the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20671/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1915. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements he has had with other Departments to examine opportunities for fishermen to allow for transferability of their licences between fishing and non-fishing activities, which, in the instance of offshore wind, would allow skippers to carry out maintenance and remedial works on renewable infrastructure on some days and fish others days; the amount per fisherman such an initiative may cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20673/22]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1916. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made towards adding Dunmore East to the list of designated piers and harbours in the State that can facilitate the landing of fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland considering the presence of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority officials at the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20674/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

288. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue on time for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19073/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

413. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay in processing a passport for a person (details supplied) submitted on 24 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18063/22]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

118. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the serious crisis in the fishing industry due to the huge increase in fuel costs; if he will report on the engagements he has held with the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries on this matter; and if he will make an urgent intervention for fishermen in Ireland similar to the approach of the French Government. [16814/22]

Common Fisheries Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

132. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will argue the case for an economic link to fish quotas under the Common Fisheries Policy as opposed to the current proliferation of fish quota from a wide range of European Union member states into the control of a small number of corporations to the detriment of coastal communities across the European Union. [16791/22]

Common Fisheries Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

174. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in each of the EEZs of other European Union member states under the Common Fisheries Policy. [16790/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

256. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be processed on time for date of travel for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17124/22]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

325. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the very positive impact of a project (details supplied); and if he will ensure that this project can be centrally funded by his Department or the HSE after their current funding runs out in the next six months. [17170/22]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

382. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses per patient in every ward at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the way that these numbers compare to considered safe ratios of nurses to patients. [17168/22]

Primary Care Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

383. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of positions in the community intervention teams for County Donegal that are currently not filled; the titles of those posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17169/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

45. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the relevant officials in his Department will view the recording of the recent European Parliament webinar on the impact on family homes of defective concrete products organised by two affected homeowners from County Donegal and academics (details supplied); and if those officials will act on the international expert findings from that webinar when overseeing the current review of IS 465 of 2018. [17097/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

46. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will identify the experts who are currently reviewing IS 465 of 2018 in conjunction with the National Standards Authority of Ireland; if this review will seek the input of the Irish and international experts who presented at the recent European Parliament webinar, the impact on family homes of defective concrete products organised by two affected homeowners from County Donegal and academics (details supplied). [17098/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

47. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the current review of IS 465 of 2018 by the National Standards Authority of Ireland will widen the scope of the standard and protocol to detect all deleterious minerals including pyrrhotite in the concrete blocks and foundations of affected homes in line with best international practice. [17099/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

351. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15783/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

381. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal before the travel date of 26 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16387/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

605. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15772/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

704. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the way that public sector workers who were seconded from their contracted roles to front-facing roles in vaccination centres will be treated for the purpose of receiving the Covid-19 bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the recent intervention by the French Government of support equivalent to €0.35 per litre between now and the end of July 2022 to allow the French fishing fleet to continue fishing given the unprecedented fuel crisis; if he plans to re-examine supports that can be offered to the Irish fishing sector; the supports that may be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16274/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

869. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the French EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

870. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Spanish EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16276/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

871. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Dutch EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16277/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

872. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the German EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

873. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Danish EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16279/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

874. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Polish EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16280/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

875. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Belgian EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16281/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

876. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Estonian EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16282/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

877. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Latvian EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16283/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

878. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Lithuanian EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16284/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

879. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of quota allocated to the Irish fishing fleet in the Norwegian EEZ under the Common Fisheries Policy, by species, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16286/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

880. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an extension to the already introduced tie-up scheme for fishing vessels will be considered as a supporting measure for vessels that are experiencing hardship at present due to the continually rising fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16287/22]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

881. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any allocations made from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund to capital improvement works at State-owned and local authority-owned piers and harbours nationwide will be separate to already committed or to be committed funding from his Department for improvement works at those same piers and harbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16288/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

241. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15724/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

372. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) from County Donegal will receive an appointment from Galway University Hospital; if the person will be considered for any cancellations that might occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15535/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

78. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15419/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

139. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) was refused the benefit payment for persons over 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15489/22]

Airport Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

177. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he and his Departmental officials will meet a cross-party delegation from Derry, Strabane District and Donegal County Council as soon as possible to discuss the funding of the City of Derry Airport as previously requested [14152/22]

Rockall Island Ownership

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

393. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British Government to restore access to the waters around Rockall for Irish fishermen; his views on whether this is a breach of the spirit of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and if the European Commission has been involved in these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14389/22]

Northern Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

394. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British Government on the legal status of Lough Foyle; if his attention has been drawn to the negative consequences of the failure to reach an agreement on the issue in the years that have passed since the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14390/22]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

714. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the SUSI grant department used the Revenue Commissioners net or gross income figure as part of their income calculations for the purposes of determining the reckonable income of an applicant (details supplied); if the pension contributions was used as part of their income calculations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14196/22]

Hospital Charges

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

885. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if a patient is exempt from hospital bills if they have been admitted into hospital due to Covid-19-related issues. [14212/22]

Hospital Charges

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

886. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) was issued a hospital bill after been admitted into Letterkenny University Hospital due to Covid-19-related health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14213/22]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1141. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek an extension of the existing Irish territorial waters’ zone from 0-6 miles out to 12 miles and the existing 12-mile zone out to 20 miles; the benefits and estimated financial gains for the fishing industry; if this request has been agreed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14388/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1142. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations with the British government to restore access to the waters round Rockall for Irish fishermen; if he considers this to be a breach of the spirit of the European Union and United Kingdom Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and if the European Commission have been involved in these negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14391/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1143. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of negotiations with the British Government on the legal status of Lough Foyle; if his attention has been drawn to the negative consequences of the failure to reach an agreement on the issue in the years that have passed since the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14392/22]

Airport Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

172. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that Government funding to the City of Derry Airport is restored as soon as possible given the high percentage of passengers using the airport from this State. [12384/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

560. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to replace the three eye doctors in the County Donegal ophthalmology service that have vacated their positions in recent times; and if the newly appointed consultants for this service will be based in County Donegal rather than County Sligo to oversee the full ophthalmic teams there in order that they can continue at the very least to deliver the same level of care to an enormous existing service. [12669/22]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

561. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of days in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, that there was more than one ambulance backed up at the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital; and the number of ambulances backed up on each of those days in tabular form. [12670/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

725. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment with an occupational therapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13118/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

175. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will allocate the necessary resources to Donegal County Council as requested by the Council, to enable it to make safe all of the homes in its housing stock across County Donegal; and if he will provide the necessary supports to all of the affected families. [11168/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

184. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the updated defective concrete block grant scheme will amount to 100% redress for the affected families in the west of Ireland; and if he will provide the necessary resources in his Department to expedite the required legislation, regulations and ongoing consultation with the family campaign groups. [11167/22]

Departmental Programmes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

234. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it can be expected that he will announce an operational programme for the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund 2021-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11980/22]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

271. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that aquaculture is taken under the remit of the Maritime Area Regulatory Agency given that it will be essential for the fair and correct development and management of the marine space. [10628/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

358. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE applies dual qualification criteria to the recruitment of therapists that disregard the length of time that a therapist has studied and instead place an emphasis on additional qualifications in the fields of social work, psychology and medicine. [10631/22]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

463. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all applications under the current aquaculture licensing system undergoing statutory consultation are subject to fair and due process throughout the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10626/22]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

464. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek clarification from the relevant Department as to whether the costs of judicial review by a State agency, that is, a statutory consultee in the aquaculture licensing process, will be funded by public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10627/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

105. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the works carried out on homes under the pyrite resolution scheme are up to 2007 building standards as is being proposed by his Department for the updated defective concrete block grant scheme. [10131/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

106. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if second homes that are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board by a particular date are excluded from availing of the pyrite resolution scheme as is proposed for the updated defective concrete block grant scheme. [10132/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

107. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Housing Agency oversees the pyrite resolution scheme process for homeowners from start to finish; and the reason this is not being proposed for the updated defective concrete block grant scheme. [10133/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

176. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that two letters addressed to him on 18 and 19 October 2021 from the chairperson of Donegal Education and Training Board on supports for children affected by the MICA defective block crisis did not receive a response from him. [10139/22]