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Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Driver Test
Pádraig MacLochlainn
549. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the recommencement of the driver test system nationwide. [9792/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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National Monuments
Pádraig MacLochlainn
726. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will make contact with the Spanish Government to offer assistance to Valladolid City Council and the team undertaking works to locate the resting place of Red Hugh O’Donnell (details supplied); and if she will pursue the objective of returning the remains back to County Donegal. [9787/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Pádraig MacLochlainn
562. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if mental health workers in the public, private and community sectors returning to work are being prioritised for Covid-19 testing; and if not, the reason therefor. [8575/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Medicinal Products
Pádraig MacLochlainn
563. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing campaign by families of persons with amyloidosis here to be provided with the drug patisiran as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1166. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current and long-standing issue of the recruitment and retention crisis within the fire and rescue services nationally and that the last meaningful engagement with significant improvement for retained firefighters was the composite agreement which took place in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1167. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the mass exodus of fully trained and experienced firefighters from the fire and rescue service over the past number of years well before retirement age due to their inability to have a work-life balance and the 50% drop in calls nationally that in turn makes it not financially viable to stay in the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8437/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1168. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fire calls are being vetted by fire service management (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that fire service call charges differ from county to county not only in amounts charged to the public and that some counties have call charges and others do not; and the reason persons have to pay for availing of this front-line service but no other front-line service such as An Garda Síochána or the ambulance services. [8438/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the fire and rescue service is the best geographically placed organisation to deliver on the co-responder project which would help in reducing the death toll in cardiac arrest and respiratory emergencies in rural areas; and if he will work with the Minister for Health to complete the memorandum of understanding commenced by his predecessors and enable the fire and rescue service to be deployed to respond to these emergency situations. [8439/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fire Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) that stated that the retained fire service was not fit for purpose; and his plans to ensure that the proposals will now be implemented. [8440/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
568. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the locations of antenatal and maternity clinics in County Donegal in each of the years 2000 to 2020, in tabular form. [7696/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
569. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will reinstate antenatal and maternity services and clinics to Inishowen, County Donegal. [7697/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pádraig MacLochlainn
570. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE advice on the wearing of masks changed for health workers caring for older persons over recent months. [7698/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Foreshore Issues
Pádraig MacLochlainn
662. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the construction of a road approximately 400 metres in length along the foreshore of Lough Foyle at Clar, Redcastle, County Donegal without planning or consultation; and if his Department can co-operate with the Loughs Agency to protect the foreshore of Lough Foyle on the Inishowen side. [7605/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pádraig MacLochlainn
663. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the level of financial support being offered to owners of fishing vessels to support them through the Covid-19 crisis compares favourably with the financial supports being offered by other EU states and the UK Government. [7606/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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School Accommodation Provision
Pádraig MacLochlainn
213. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays being experienced in progressing a project to provide additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the impact the stalemate has been having on the ability of the school to meet the accommodation and the educational needs of students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5999/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pádraig MacLochlainn
214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to find a suitable site to house new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [6000/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pádraig MacLochlainn
215. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to find a suitable site to house new school buildings for a school (details supplied). [6001/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pádraig MacLochlainn
216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for a new school building at a school (details supplied). [6002/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pádraig MacLochlainn
217. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of plans for a new school building for a school (details supplied). [6003/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Childcare Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1123. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if pharmacists will be included in the proposed childcare scheme for front-line essential healthcare workers in view of the fact the HSE and the Department of Health have accepted and confirmed that pharmacists are essential front-line healthcare staff. [6006/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Court Accommodation Refurbishment
Pádraig MacLochlainn
128. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is in ownership of Carndonagh courthouse, County Donegal; and if so, the plans of the OPW to provide the necessary funding to refurbish the building in order that the court sittings can be reinstated for Carndonagh and north Inishowen. [4319/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Mica Redress Scheme
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1238. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the necessary guidelines will be issued to allow Donegal County Council to proceed with the Mica redress scheme. [4323/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Mica Redress Scheme
Pádraig MacLochlainn
1241. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Mica redress scheme will be amended to provide for funding to local authorities to make the homes in their housing stock safe. [4388/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Pádraig MacLochlainn
586. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the necessary staff will be appointed to allow the acute stroke unit to be opened at Letterkenny University Hospital. [2835/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
587. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the remaining nine beds in the short-stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital will be permanently reopened; and when the necessary staff will be appointed. [2836/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Pádraig MacLochlainn
588. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when construction and refurbishment works will commence at Buncrana Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if additional bed capacity can be incorporated into the plans at this stage. [2837/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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HSE Funding
Pádraig MacLochlainn
589. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if additional HSE funding will be allocated to organisations (details supplied) in addition to the core funding of €36,000 allocated to them in recent years. [2838/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Hospital Procedures
Pádraig MacLochlainn
590. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if Letterkenny University Hospital will continue to support and facilitate a person (details supplied) to carry out gastric bypass procedures at the hospital. [2841/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Disease Management
Pádraig MacLochlainn
631. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the approach of his Department and the HSE to requests for persons suffering with Lyme disease or chronic Lyme disease to be properly supported by the health authorities here; and the reason there is no joint approach between health authorities and local authorities that have erected signage warning of the dangers of ticks. [2989/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Autism Support Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
634. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the autism therapist post has been filled to support families in the Inishowen area of County Donegal (details supplied). [2996/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Departmental Funding
Pádraig MacLochlainn
927. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to reverse funding for a facility (details supplied) will be reviewed. [2839/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Harbours and Piers Development
Pádraig MacLochlainn
928. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal, has been allowed to lie half-completed for several years; and if his Department funded and oversaw these works during the earlier construction phase. [2840/20]