Parliamentary questions

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

33. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the sustainability of the fishery within the 6 nm limit following the recent decision of the High Court to overturn the ban on vessels of over 18 metres fishing in that area; and the way in which he can ensure fairness to all fishers whether inshore or those historically reliant on fishing within the 6 nm limit. [33175/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

43. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional financial supports he plans to introduce for fishers around the coast from all sectors that have faced financial losses in 2020 due to the global pandemic crisis, following the announcement of the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme; and if he will consider increasing the financial supports under the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme itself. [33176/20]

Hospital Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

92. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny University Hospital had the sixth highest number of inpatients in hospitals across the State in 2019 but only received the 13th highest budget allocation of the hospitals across the State, just 36% of the highest budget allocation to a hospital, the 14th highest allocation of consultants in hospitals and the 12th highest allocation of nurses and midwives in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33172/20]

Tax Code

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

440. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if the objective of the carbon tax is to change consumer behaviour in favour of the environment; and the reason carbon tax is the same on smokeless coal as opposed to smoky coal that is still in use in a large geographical area of the State. [33417/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

552. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of golf clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an organisation (details supplied); and the amount received by each club in tabular form. [33742/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

553. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of boxing clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an association (details supplied); and the amount received by each club in tabular form. [33743/20]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

579. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 13 October 2020, if the schemes that he refers to includes the pyrite remediation scheme; and if not, the reason. [32487/20]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

580. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the separate financial supports available to the large numbers of families in County Donegal reporting that they cannot afford to avail of the defective concrete blocks grant under the 10% contribution requirement; and the role of the banks and financial institutions in this regard. [32488/20]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

581. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if further funding will be available to fund the defective concrete blocks grant should the amounts sought by the affected families exceed that provided for in budget 2021. [32489/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

913. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33232/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

915. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a PPSN for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33248/20]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1534. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Irish fishers are limited to a strict catch and release policy for the bluefin tuna species only for multiple large foreign fishing vessels to catch them in large quantities just outside the Irish EEZ or the 200 nautical mile limit; his plans to address the serious concerns of Irish fishers who have no quota for this lucrative species on conservation grounds but watch helplessly as large foreign vessels make a mockery of these conservation measures for huge financial returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33414/20]

Employment Support Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

423. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for refusal of EURES relocation allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31575/20]

Vaccination Programme

Pádraig MacLochlainn

563. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the consent of a parent or legal guardian of a person over the age of 16 years and diagnosed with autism or another intellectual disability is required for vaccines (details supplied) in secondary schools. [30945/20]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

631. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of clients attending a day centre (details supplied) who are now going to new activities on a weekly basis since the beginning of September 2020; and the exact transport arrangements that have been put in place for the clients. [31282/20]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

632. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of former clients of a centre (details supplied) who are not now engaging with the service barring the daily phone calls they are receiving. [31283/20]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

633. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the amount it is costing clients to avail of the new meal arrangements that were free when they attended a day centre (details supplied) [31284/20]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

634. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his views on claims by some families that their loved ones are not wanted on a campus following the recent loss of a service (details supplied). [31285/20]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

727. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if a guarantee will be given that the mental health services day centre at St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny, County Donegal, will reopen when Covid-19 restrictions are lifted. [31579/20]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig MacLochlainn

741. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the availability of ambulance services in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal on a 24-7 basis. [31624/20]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig MacLochlainn

742. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency calls to date in 2020 from residents of the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal requesting an ambulance that could not be served with an ambulance because none were available or the closest ambulance was too far away at that time. [31625/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig MacLochlainn

124. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with type 1 diabetes are being turned down for life insurance and mortgages due to the Covid-19 crisis; and the steps he will take to assist these affected persons. [30760/20]

Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority

Pádraig MacLochlainn

303. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 8 October 2020, the location of a review (details supplied); and if a copy of the review will be provided. [30783/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Pádraig MacLochlainn

28. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of negotiations to secure a site in Buncrana, County Donegal, for new school campuses for schools (details supplied). [29981/20]

School Transport

Pádraig MacLochlainn

36. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education her views on amending the requirement for Bus Éireann to secure the necessary buses and drivers to get school transport in County Donegal to 50% capacity; and if all parents currently seeking a place on their local school bus for their children will be facilitated first. [29982/20]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

152. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason affected homeowners in County Donegal have to pay 10% of the costs of making their homes safe under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme and cover the full costs of relocation and storage during construction (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the financial barriers for the affected families in County Donegal. [29764/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

310. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a PPS number by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29951/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

596. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital funding allocated and spent and the projects that have been delivered at the harbours under the remit of his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30196/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

597. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital plans for harbours under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30197/20]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

599. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of EMFF allocation in each of the years 2014 to 2019 and to date in 2020, that was spent on control and enforcement (details supplied) here; and the corresponding percentage spends on same in other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30240/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

600. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to each local authority for each of the years 2000 to 2019 and to date in 2020, for investment in piers and harbours in tabular form; and the details of the allocations. [30302/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

601. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revisit the allocation of fishing licences and sustainability measures within the six-mile limit (details supplied). [30303/20]

Covid-19 Tests

Pádraig MacLochlainn

165. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the requirement for members of the Defence Forces from around County Donegal, who are based at Finner Camp, County Donegal, to assist with Covid-19 testing in Dublin and other locations that are long distances from their base; and the number of those members that have tested positive for Covid-19 while carrying out those duties. [29382/20]

Hospital Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

260. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the Saolta group undertakes the urgent implementation of all necessary improvements laid bare by the recent HIQA Your Experience survey (details supplied). [29375/20]

National Maternity Strategy

Pádraig MacLochlainn

261. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the speedy implementation of the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 at Letterkenny University Hospital, including the supported care pathway which specifies provision for home birth. [29376/20]

Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority

Pádraig MacLochlainn

319. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the organisational review of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority that was carried out and his plans to implement the recommendations. [29274/20]

Office of Public Works

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

78. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW has paid a private firm to maintain the gate at Grianan of Aileach Fort, County Donegal. [29222/20]

Aviation Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

234. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the City of Derry Airport is included in the forthcoming regional airports programme to reflect that 40% of the passengers, that is, 200,000 per year, are from County Donegal; if he will restore the PSO for the Derry-Dublin air route to reflect the reality that there is no rail or motorway connecting the north west region of 500,000 persons to the capital city. [28755/20]

Rail Network

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

235. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his vision for the way in which the communities from the south west, the west and on to counties Sligo, Donegal and Derry can be connected by rail and his plans to advance this vision. [28756/20]

Water and Sewerage Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

364. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding required to deliver an integrated constructed wetland as a treatment system for the village of Glen, County Donegal as applied for under the rural water programme in 2019. [28776/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

544. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of applications (details supplied) for PPSNs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28775/20]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

717. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if a vaccine or medical procedure can be administered on a mature minor, that is, over 16 years of age with an intellectual disability without the consent of the parents following the enactment of recent laws. [28666/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

802. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details on any fish and shell fish quota swaps that the State has made with other EU States in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will provide the basis for these swaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28761/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

803. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and value of the full annual catch of fish that has been registered as taken from Irish waters under the Common Fisheries Policy for each of the years 2000 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 including the nationality of the boats landing the catch. [28762/20]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

804. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that none of his predecessors signed off on the equivalent of SI 318 of 2020 this year, before An Taoiseach did so on 26 August 2020. [28763/20]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

805. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria on mileage and usage for vehicles that were used by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and then auctioned by Irish Machinery Auctions; the estimated amount that was raised by the sale of the vehicles and where the funds were allocated. [28783/20]

Fishing Licences

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

190. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria and process for authorising individual charter boats to fish for blue fin tuna in Irish fishing waters under the Control of Sea Angling methods for certain species of fish bye-law No. 981 of 2020.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26894/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

191. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the definition of the type of gear or equipment identified as being capable of use for trolling surface fishing lines for any species of fish in the opinion of Inland Fisheries Ireland under the Control of Sea Angling methods for certain species of fish bye-law No. 981 of 2020.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26896/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to open the tuna chart program to vessels and fishers currently not authorised under the program; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26897/20]

Court Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

321. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the surveys the Office of Public Works have carried out on Carndonagh courthouse, County Donegal; and the works required to allow the building to be reopened for the Courts Service at the earliest opportunity. [26439/20]

Disability Services Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

904. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will financially support Milltown House, Carndonagh, County Donegal to reopen its hydrotherapy pool; if his attention has been drawn to the serious impact the loss of the service and therapy has had on disabled persons in the Inishowen area of the county. [26913/20]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

905. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the upgrade works to Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal. [26914/20]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

906. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion of the upgrade works to Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal. [26915/20]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

907. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of plans by the HSE to commence upgrade works to Lifford Community Hospital, County Donegal, in line with HIQA requirements; and the further status of plans to increase bed capacity at the hospital. [26916/20]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

942. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a second consultant endocrinologist will be appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27078/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

998. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of bluefin tuna that were caught in Irish fishing waters and landed here in the past five years; the monetary value of the fish; the locations where they were landed; the vessels they were caught from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26895/20]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

156. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will move to a compulsory purchase order of land in Buncrana, County Donegal to secure the long delayed sites for new schools and campuses for schools (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the emergency this long delay has created for the teachers, children and students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26202/20]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

157. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26203/20]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

158. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26204/20]

School Accommodation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

159. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the status of the plans for a new building for a school (details supplied). [26205/20]

Fuel Allowance

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

172. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26064/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

219. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with his counterpart in the British Government to cooperate on new legislation that would regulate the proliferation of oyster trestles on the western shore of Lough Foyle. [25735/20]

Foreshore Issues

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

220. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with his counterpart in the Northern Executive to ensure that all aquaculture activity on the shores of Carlingford Lough is licensed and regulated by the Lough’s Agency. [25736/20]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

351. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if her attention has been drawn to the widespread concerns regarding the affordability of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; if he will amend the scheme to make it a 100% State-funded grant as was the case with the pyrite resolution scheme; and the reason the affected families in counties Donegal and Mayo have not been offered the same conditions as families in County Dublin and north Leinster. [25272/20]

Health Services Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

813. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls by persons living with amyloidosis to take actions (details supplied) with reference to the HSE amyloidosis working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25384/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

890. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of the lobster industry here in terms of landings by weight and value to ports and lobster export value in view of the recent announcement on the removal of tariffs on lobster imported from the United States of America; the number of vessels engaged in the fishery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25332/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

891. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to harmonise brown crab export health certificate requirements across Europe for the export of crab to China to ensure a level playing field for fishers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25333/20]

Coast Guard Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

60. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the management structure of the Irish Coast Guard; and the status of employment or secondment of each senior official in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [24516/20]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

80. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if amendments to the existing legislation, Disabled Drivers Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994, will be introduced to widen the eligible criteria as requested by the Office of the Ombudsman in order that more disabled persons can avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24478/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

82. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if the financial assessment of tourism businesses availing of the employment wage subsidy scheme will consider the entirety of income for 2020 rather than recent months; and if a distorted picture of their financial income year to date will be provided. [24509/20]

Sports Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

96. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the amount of financial aid allocated to an association (details supplied) specifically to support community-based boxing clubs with issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic. [24503/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

136. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection when the interdepartmental review of the community employment schemes will be published. [24510/20]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

225. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to carry out a review of the anomalies that presented in the ANC eligibility process in County Donegal; and his further plans to financially assist those farmers that have been affected by the decisions. [24498/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

227. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has decided on the 2020 management arrangements for the Celtic Sea Herring scientific fishery; if so, if he is satisfied that these arrangements will not only meet the sampling requirement to provide data to the Marine Institute but also make the best use of the quota from a socioeconomic perspective; if he is satisfied that the quota is being allocated in line with Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy which allows quota to be allocated on grounds of socioeconomic and environmental impact along with allocation based on historical track record; and if he is confident that the arrangements will maximise the use of the quota to assist the beleaguered inshore fleet that have not been fortunate enough to benefit from the 40% increase in 2020 in the mackerel quota. [24501/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

228. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the advice of the Celtic Sea Herring Management Advisory Committee represents the best use of the quota in terms of meeting the sampling requirement to provide data to the Marine Institute but also make the best use of the quota from a socioeconomic perspective; and if he is satisfied that the advice of the committee reflects the views of all stakeholders in particular those in the inshore sector that make up over 80% of the Irish fleet and are responsible for over 50% of direct employment in the sector. [24502/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

114. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the implementation group of the inshore fisheries sector strategy last met; his plans for future meetings to implement the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23768/20]

Inshore Fisheries

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

136. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the size of the inshore fishing fleet; the number of boats which availed of the tie-up scheme; the way in which such funds were paid out through the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23769/20]

Hospital Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

843. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of cancer screening at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 [24114/20]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

844. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will order an urgent independent review of all departments and specialities at Letterkenny University Hospital following the recent findings of the independent review into the gynaecological department at the hospital [24115/20]

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

898. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the outcome of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, review in County Donegal; the townlands excluded; and the reason each was excluded. [24050/20]

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

911. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, funding for Ireland per year during the current programme since 2014; the amount of unspent moneys returned to the EMFF in each year; the percentage that goes solely to the fishing sector on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/20]

Departmental Bodies

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

912. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current membership of the Celtic Sea herring advisory committee; the representation of the membership of the committee in relation to the proportional size of the fleet; when the committee last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24189/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

913. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an impact study has been carried out to examine the financial implications for Ireland’s fishers of the EU decision to remove tariffs on the imports of US lobster; the supports that can be put in place to mitigate these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24190/20]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

914. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that all stakeholders and partners are consulted and are involved in the process to establish marine protected areas in Irish fishing waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24191/20]

Legislative Measures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

688. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the legislation that results in the registration of babies that have died at birth being recorded privately rather than publicly; and if her attention has been drawn to the hurt caused to parents that do not have the option to record the birth of their child publicly and for the information of future generations. [21634/20]

Bord Iascaigh Mhara

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1452. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the €3 million to BIM that will be required to upgrade ice plants at various harbours nationally. [22216/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1453. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the number of harbours that his Department are responsible for to include Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal. [22217/20]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1454. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for funding from his Department submitted by local authorities for piers and harbours; the locations of the piers and harbours that funding has been sought for; and the amount of funding sought in each case in tabular form. [22218/20]

Wastewater Treatment

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

475. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grant scheme for local authorities in relation to localised sewerage and wastewater treatment plants; the number of local authorities that have applied for the grant; the number that have been successful; and the applications outstanding. [20034/20]

Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme

Pádraig MacLochlainn

283. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding allocated for works to be carried out at the residence of persons (details supplied) under the voluntary homeowners' relocation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18881/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig MacLochlainn

634. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the second tranche of funding will be released to applicants to the Covid-19 stability fund for community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18880/20]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]