Parliamentary questions

International Agreements

Pádraig MacLochlainn

196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [9649/22]

Housing Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

368. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the maximum grant allowed for housing aid for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8094/22]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

977. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the next industry briefing from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8253/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

978. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the recently agreed European Union Control Plan for fish landings in piers and harbours across the State is published in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8254/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

979. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider opening a public consultation on the distribution and allocation of the mackerel and herring quota in this State. [8255/22]

Fishing Communities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

980. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consultation that he has undertaken with inshore and island fishermen around the coast on the sustainability of the crab species; and if this includes a ban on the use of crab meat for whelk bait. [8256/22]

Rockall Island Ownership

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

103. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Government continues to tolerate the actions of the British Government in blocking access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and the estimated financial costs of this action to Irish fishermen in 2021. [6887/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

156. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that Ireland has not secured any of the substantial increases in Atlantic bluefin tuna quota allocated to the European Union fishing fleets over recent years; and if he will publish all correspondence from his Department to the relevant European Union authorities over recent years aimed at securing such quota for Ireland. [6869/22]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

181. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement the recommendations of the Sea Food Sector Taskforce report as it pertains to investment in piers and harbours across the State and supplement the Brexit Adjustment Reserve investment with central Exchequer funding; and if he will remove the recently announced limit of expenditure on individual piers and harbours under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve investment funds. [6870/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

181. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the huge increase in the running cost for fishermen in relation to the cost of their fishing vessels over the past year; and the financial supports or interventions he plans to make to address this. [7102/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

343. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Standards Authority of Ireland has been asked to review IS 465 to include testing for pyrrhotite and other deleterious minerals in concrete blocks and foundations, in addition to pyrite and MICA; and if this is the reason his Department is not agreeing to the demolition and rebuilding of homes in County Donegal under the defective concrete block grant scheme at this time. [6731/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

344. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the updated MICA and pyrite redress scheme does not have one full-time employee working on the scheme in his Department; and the details of the persons who will serve on the proposed implementation group for the updated scheme. [6732/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the homeowners affected by MICA and pyrite defective blocks at the lack of detail in the information supplied to homeowners in relation to the scheme; and if he will re-establish a working group of officials who can liaise with families in counties Donegal and Mayo to address the information gaps in relation to the scheme. [6733/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

165. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the reason the plans for the new three-school campus at Buncrana (details supplied) do not include sporting grounds and facilities, considering the lengthy delays that that this school build project has faced; the number of other new school build projects across the State, delivered in recent years that have included sporting grounds and facilities; and if she will request that her Department secure additional land adjacent to this site at Buncrana for this purpose. [4594/22]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

320. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he can take with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to address the large-scale bureaucracy required to be completed by local authorities when they are looking to carry out necessary dredging works at piers and harbours under their control. [4403/22]

Water Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2022-2024 will open for applications. [3808/22]

Sports Organisations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

266. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support that her Department can provide to a club (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the significant financial cost for the club associated with participating in the European club championships. [3062/22]

Waterways Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the board for Waterways Ireland will be fully reinstated. [3034/22]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

522. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant endocrinologists for adults who are based in Letterkenny University Hospital. [2883/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

523. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for review appointments for diabetes patents at Letterkenny University Hospital. [2884/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

524. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if care for adult diabetes patients at Letterkenny University Hospital has evolved to include insulin pump starts; the number of adult diabetes patients with pumps that are attending the hospital; and the frequency with which they get review appointments. [2885/22]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

525. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of the paediatric diabetes shared centre of excellence between Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital. [2886/22]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

526. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who are currently on the diabetes pro-wellness team at Letterkenny University Hospital; the person who is the lead staff member; and the number of staff who have been relocated to Covid-19 care in recent times. [2887/22]

Mining Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

130. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated financial contribution of zinc and lead ore royalties to the State from a company (details supplied). [1041/22]

Mining Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

152. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the local community in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal at plans for gold mining in the area; and if he will provide an update on the current licence application for his decision. [1956/22]

Tax Yield

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

316. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the estimated financial contribution from tax revenue to the State from a company (details supplied). [1041/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

514. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the clarification sought by Donegal County Council from his Department in relation to proposed remedial works in the context of test results, geologist reports and engineer's reports will be forthcoming to allow stage 1 applications under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to proceed. [1190/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

520. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently increase the housing assistance payment rent limits for County Donegal to reflect the real cost of rent across the county and the impact of the mica defective blocks crisis on housing in the county. [1397/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

521. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assistance that his Department can provide to Donegal County Council to assist it with an emergency housing plan to address the crisis presented by mica defective blocks over the time ahead particularly in the northern half of the county. [1398/22]

Departmental Budgets

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1076. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget in his Department for the Traveller and Roma communities and the Traveller unit and considering the scale of the challenges across the country for the Traveller and Roma communities; the way his Department made the decision to allocate only a 3% increase; and the percentage increase in funding that had been requested. [63283/21]

Departmental Reviews

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1286. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice her plans to implement a recommendation (details supplied) from the 2018 report, The Future of Policing in Ireland. [1970/22]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1507. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures he and the HSE can take to improve the difficulties that paramedics encounter when they are looking to transfer from the ambulance service in Northern Ireland or Britain over to the National Ambulance Service in this State. [63456/21]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1583. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the North-West Regional Centre for Neurology at Sligo University Hospital will have a full complement of seven neurology nurse specialists in line with international best practice to service patients across the region. [1028/22]

Tax Reliefs

Pádraig MacLochlainn

229. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated with full details of the extension following his recent announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver on transborder workers' relief will be extended. [61890/21]

Tax Reliefs

Pádraig MacLochlainn

230. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will issue updated guidance to transborder workers' relief following his announcement that the temporary Covid-19 waiver would be extended. [61891/21]

Tax Reliefs

Pádraig MacLochlainn

231. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance when Dáil Éireann will be updated on his recently announced extension to the temporary Covid-19 waiver on transborder workers' relief and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61892/21]

Rental Sector

Pádraig MacLochlainn

264. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases in rent in some areas of the county and the knock-on impact of the mica defective concrete block crisis. [61373/21]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

265. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Housing Agency is not being given responsibility for the delivery of the mica and pyrite defective block redress scheme in the west of Ireland from start to finish as it has been with the pyrite remediation scheme. [61374/21]

Naval Service

Pádraig MacLochlainn

373. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence if the Naval Service made similar requests in relation to compliance with the European Union Common Fisheries Policy to the skippers of fishing vessels of other European Union member states that were fishing in the same area off the south coast of Ireland as an Irish registered fishing vessel (details supplied) when they were requested to return to harbour by the Naval Service on 30 November 2021; and if not, the reason. [61348/21]

Disability Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

587. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the prioritisation of persons with learning disabilities regarding access to day services in Buncrana, County Donegal; the criteria for this prioritisation; the person or body that decides the priority list; and the location in which it is published in order that service users and carers can read and understand the prioritisation of the service user. [61350/21]

Common Fisheries Policy

Pádraig MacLochlainn

769. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to establish the proposed stakeholders forum to review the Common Fisheries Policy from an Irish perspective; the number of members he plans to place on the forum; the criteria that will be set in place to become a member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61333/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

786. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP for the Irish fishing fleet on a species basis in tabular form; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the fishing fleet of all other EU member states on a member basis. [61668/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

807. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the hours of landing at the designated piers and harbours in the State for fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland to weekends. [61911/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has not added 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. [61912/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

5. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his understanding of the full financial loss to the Irish fishing fleet in 2021 arising from the blocking of access to the fleet to its traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; the status of the negotiations with the British Government to resolve this dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60587/21]

Common Fisheries Policy

Pádraig MacLochlainn

7. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of the fish quota in the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, under the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, for the Irish fishing fleet; the overall share or percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the Irish fishing fleet; and the overall share and percentage of the fish quota in the Irish EEZ under the CFP allocated to the fishing fleet of each of the other European Union member states by species in tabular form. [60426/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

52. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement of this State with the European Commission to have Ireland’s control plan for the landing of fish at piers and harbours here reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60425/21]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig MacLochlainn

327. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that organisations (details supplied) receive the necessary allocation of core funding as requested to allow same to continue to provide a vital service to large numbers of children and young adults with special needs and their families. [60992/21]

Family Reunification

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

436. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the current status of a family reunification application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60071/21]

Traveller Community

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

454. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the salaries of the staff that make up the Traveller primary health teams across the country have been frozen since 2008 with no increments; the reason the HSE social inclusion team is not working with the Traveller health units to address the issue as a matter of urgency; and if he will ensure that Traveller health and the staff are treated with respect, dignity and fairness. [60174/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

500. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason some hospitals across the State do not provide a post-mortem service at weekends and bank holidays; and if his attention has been drawn to the distress that this practice can cause to bereaved families and the serious challenges for some families in terms of adherence to their religion and faith. [59888/21]

National Treatment Purchase Fund

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

570. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the funding that is available to citizens of Ireland who travelled to the United States of America for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60230/21]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

622. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on the fire service being deployed as a first responder back-up service to the National Ambulance Service; if he will seek to advance the matter in cooperation with the National Ambulance Service and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60458/21]

Disability Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

45. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that iCare in Buncrana and an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal receive the necessary allocation of core funding as requested to allow same to continue to provide a vital service to large numbers of children and young adults with special needs and their families. [58569/21]

Local Authorities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

262. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all local authorities are required to employ climate officers; the number of local authorities that have climate officers employed; the funding available for climate officers in local authorities to employ local climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58966/21]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

332. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the way her Department and Donegal Education and Training Board, ETB, are progressing the new school buildings for a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for when tenders will be issued. [58703/21]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

333. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the way her Department is progressing the new works at a school (details supplied). [58704/21]

Child and Family Agency

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

427. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding Tusla will be allocating to domestic violence services in 2022. [58696/21]

Domestic Violence

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

428. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service (details supplied) in County Donegal will be resourced in 2022 by central Government to respond to the increasing demand on its service over recent years. [58697/21]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

594. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE did not ensure the roof of Lifford hospital, County Donegal was repaired at by January 2021 as required by HIQA; when the hospital will reopen; and the long-term plan of the HSE for services at Lifford hospital. [58718/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

595. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58719/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

596. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58720/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

597. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58721/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

598. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Falcarragh Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58722/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

599. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58723/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

600. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at St Joseph’s Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58724/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

601. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58725/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

602. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds at Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58726/21]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

603. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58727/21]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

604. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58728/21]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

605. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Ramelton Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58729/21]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

606. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Falcarragh Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58730/21]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

607. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58731/21]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

608. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at St Joseph’s Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58732/21]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

609. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58733/21]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

610. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses based at Killybegs Community Hospital, County Donegal in each of the years 2004 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [58734/21]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

611. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the current working hours of the ambulance service based at Buncrana, County Donegal; when the new ambulance base will be fully operative; and the hours that will be worked. [58735/21]

Hospital Overcrowding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

700. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase bed capacity and address the overcrowding crisis in the Saolta Hospital Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58999/21]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

701. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of capital funding requests submitted to his Department from Letterkenny University Hospital specifically to address the issue of bed capacity over the past three years; the amount requested; the amount provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59000/21]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

702. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of new acute beds that have been provided to Letterkenny University Hospital in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59001/21]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

703. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical staff vacancies by staff grade currently for Letterkenny University Hospital; the length of time of each vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59002/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

704. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds that will be made operational in Letterkenny University Hospital under the winter plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59003/21]

General Practitioner Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

705. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recent data provided by the Irish College of General Practitioners (details supplied); the measures he plans to take to ensure sufficient general practitioner capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59004/21]

Hospital Procedures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

706. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of planned surgeries that have been cancelled in Letterkenny University Hospital over each of the past six months as a result of bed capacity issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59005/21]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

707. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to each hospital in the state over each of the past five years; if additional current funding has been requested for any individual hospital or hospital group; the reason for the additional funding request; the response of his Department to each request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59006/21]

Home Care Packages

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

708. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the total number of home care hours applied for in the HSE CHO1 area of County Donegal; the total number granted in tabular form over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59007/21]

Primary Care Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

709. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the primary care plans for the HSE CHO1 area of County Donegal; the progress to date on each project; the timeframe for delivery of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59008/21]

Home Care Packages

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

710. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for approval of a home care application; the level of delayed discharges from Letterkenny University Hospital while waiting on a home care package or community bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59009/21]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

711. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in County Donegal available to patients on discharge from acute hospitals; if he plans to increase community bed capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59010/21]

School Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

259. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she has plans to address the problems faced by primary schools in securing temporary cover for teachers who may be unable to attend the classroom due to illness, close contacts to Covid-19 cases or for other reasons. [58148/21]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

260. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if the three school campuses in Buncrana, County Donegal would be suitable for an accelerated build programme in view of the long delay in securing a suitable site and the very urgent need to relocate pupils from schools (details supplied) in County Donegal. [58149/21]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

153. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish the scientific basis for the proposal that is to be put to him to introduce a conservation by law prohibiting a person from taking, or attempting to take, an arctic char salvelinus alpinus by means of a fishery engine or rod and line from the waters of the State and to prohibit killing, retention or possession of arctic char. [55700/21]

Traveller Community

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

410. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will restore the budget for a group (details supplied). [55704/21]

Cancer Research

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

606. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out investigations as to the cause of the high number of deaths from cancer over recent years in Newtowncunningham, County Donegal and Cloontagh, Clonmany, County Donegal; and if not, if the HSE is planning to do an investigation. [55924/21]

Disability Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

607. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal for adults with disabilities; and if the HSE plans to increase the bed numbers. [55925/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

619. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 742 of 19 October 2021, when the referred response will issue from the HSE. [55978/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

670. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish vessels in the polyvalent, general trawl and seine net segments; and the gross tonnages and kilowatts for the separate categories of vessels of 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and 24 to 40 metres, respectively in tabular form. [55693/21]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

87. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to implement the motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 15 June 2021, calling on the Government to deliver 100% redress for the families that have been devastated by mica and pyrite in the concrete blocks in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54431/21]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

88. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the communication he has had or meetings he has held with retail banks and insurance companies with respect to contributions through levies or otherwise to a 100% redress scheme for homes affected by defective concrete blocks as a result of MICA and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54424/21]

Disability Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

635. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the disability respite services that are currently available in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54533/21]