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Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Inshore Fisheries
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
15. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the immediate financial support measures he can put in place for the Irish inshore fishing sector to address the deepening crisis in the industry that is threatening the livelihoods of inshore fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55722/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Public Parks
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
237. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason the monument at An Grianán of Aileach, County Donegal has been closed to visitors for the past three weeks. [55926/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Hospital Transfers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
505. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56127/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
510. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway can expect to receive an appointment from Cappagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56205/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Driver Test
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
223. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if an Irish citizen who passed a driving test in Ireland, held an Irish driver's licence, subsequently moved to the USA and held a licence there, before returning to Ireland, can renew the Irish licence without having to re-sit the test. [55102/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
509. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person is in receipt of carer's allowance and works part-time and is paid monthly, how her Department determines a person's weekly hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55309/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Agriculture Supports
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
597. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the BISS payment being made to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54452/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Disability Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
710. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if urgent respite can be provided for a person (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55265/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
34. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish written confirmation from the Banking and Payments Federation that homes remediated or rebuilt under the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme will be mortgageable or remortgageable once completed. [54172/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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Defective Building Materials
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
60. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline why defective concrete block homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare and Limerick have been offered support through another limited grant scheme rather than an actual redress scheme similar to the pyrite remediation scheme. [54171/23]
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
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School Transport
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will increase the rate of pay for school transport escorts to a level commensurate with special needs assistants; and the reason school transport escorts continue to have to sign on for unemployment benefits when schools are on holidays. [54246/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
436. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish, in tabular form, the number of registered inshore and offshore fishing vessels in the ranges under 10, 10 to 12, 12 to 15 and over 15 metres licensed to catch fish for commercial reasons in Ireland for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53417/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
437. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the nature of the business relationship between Fexco and Bord Iascaigh Mhara in administering funding schemes for the fisheries sector; if there are direct employees of BIM available to answer queries the applicants may have on these schemes and particularly the application and drawdown of funding process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53418/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Fishing Industry
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
438. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department officials have considered introducing a market disruption fund for shellfish fishermen from EMFAF funding streams due to significant market disturbance in the last while; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53419/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Fisheries Protection
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
439. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the basis and rationale for any proposed cut to the total allowable catch for pollock; if there are any scientific studies behind that proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53420/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Departmental Data
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
521. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide the following information in modular form the percentage of inpatients (excluding day cases) who were discharged after one day in hospital, for each Model 3 and Model 4 hospital, in each of the calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [53281/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Departmental Data
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
522. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide, in modular form, the average length of inpatient stay (for all inpatients) for each Model 3 and Model 4 hospital, in each of the calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [53282/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Medicinal Products
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
585. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the drug phesgo can be administered by general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53579/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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School Transport
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
359. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the number of school transport escorts that are employed by schools across the State in each of the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [53106/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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School Transport
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
360. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the total amount of grants provided to schools for the employment of school transport escorts in each of the years 2016 to 2023, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53107/23]