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Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Hospital Services
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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 Mac Lochlainn
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]
Tue, 2 Feb 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Pádraig MacLochlainn
566. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when an efibre upgrade will be rolled out at Bridgend in County Donegal, as Bridgend is designated as a second tier town by Donegal County Council, and is strategically well located on the border and on the Derry-Letterkenny gateway, with much potential for economic development and investment. [4151/16]
Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
183. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality given the serious allegations concerning misconduct by An Garda Síochána and inadequacies surrounding a case (details supplied), and given the need for the probity and independence of the Independent Review Mechanism, if she will authorise publication of the report prepared in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3478/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Garda Inspectorate Reports
Pádraig MacLochlainn
2. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the commentary in the Garda Inspectorate's report, Changing Policing in Ireland, that there has been a repeated failure by An Garda Síochána to implement recommendations for change from its previous reports and from other reviews and inquiries; and the actions she is taking to ensure the recommendations in the Changing Policing in Ireland report and previous Garda Síochána Inspectorate reports will be implemented. [3053/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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White Collar Crime
Pádraig MacLochlainn
5. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to strengthen the performance of the criminal justice system in tackling white collar crime. [3044/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Garda Investigations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
13. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to establish an independent inquiry into the actions of all relevant State agencies related to the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if she is aware of the deep distress caused to the family of the person in its experience with the independent review mechanism. [3043/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Communications Surveillance
Pádraig MacLochlainn
16. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure that her proposed review of legislation will ensure the inclusion of independent judicial oversight over applications for data access or for ongoing surveillance by the relevant authorities, given that almost 62,000 applications for access to landline, mobile telephone and Internet data were made to companies providing services to the public by State authorities over a five-year period. [3042/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Migrant Integration
Pádraig MacLochlainn
24. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to ensure the regularisation of undocumented migrants in the State through a fair and pragmatic system as outlined by the Migrant Rights Centre in a presentation to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality in 2015. [3045/16]
Wed, 27 Jan 2016
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
28. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to facilitate an appeals process to the independent review mechanism that has examined allegations of malpractice by An Garda Síochána. [3041/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Garda Operations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
296. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality while understanding the need for the State to have powers of surveillance in combating various types of crime, how many regulations have been made under section 10(3) of the Criminal Justice Surveillance Act 2009 given the important safeguards for the right to privacy recognised by the European Court of Human Rights, particularly in notifying persons who have been subject of surveillance measures as a deterrent to unwarranted surveillance, and in the provision of an effective remedy in the courts to persons in the cases of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3274/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Garda Complaints Procedures
Pádraig MacLochlainn
297. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality why she did not request the exhumation of a deceased person (details supplied); if she will issue an exhumation order; if she will request an independent inquiry into the serious allegations made against An Garda Síochána regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3275/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Hospital Services
Pádraig MacLochlainn
385. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health how much it has cost the Health Service Executive to relocate services from Letterkenny University Hospital to the McGinley Building at Justice Walsh Road in Letterkenny, County Donegal; the type and cost of the lease the HSE has on the building; and if the HSE intends to relocate these services back to Letterkenny University Hospital in the near future [3223/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Northern Ireland Issues
Pádraig MacLochlainn
388. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he has taken, or plans to take, in the context of the international agreement between the Irish and British Governments to ensure that the European Convention on Human Rights remains in force in the North should the British Government withdraw from the British convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3100/16]
Tue, 26 Jan 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Pádraig MacLochlainn
450. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of the site selection and construction of a three-school campus for schools (details supplied) in County Donegal; if provision will be made for a certain school at this campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3122/16]
Wed, 20 Jan 2016
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Garda Misconduct Allegations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
112. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will provide statistical analysis of the outcome of the deliberations by the independent review panel of the hundreds of allegations of Garda Síochána malpractice. [2425/16]
Wed, 20 Jan 2016
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Ambulance Service Provision
Pádraig MacLochlainn
128. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health given a previous reassurance from him that the director would contact this Deputy to facilitate a meeting that this Deputy has repeatedly requested, why this Deputy has yet to hear from the director of the National Ambulance Service; and if it is acceptable for the National Ambulance Service to behave in this fashion. [2426/16]
Wed, 20 Jan 2016
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Gaelscoil Issues
Pádraig MacLochlainn
153. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently address the serious concerns of parents regarding a range of issues at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal including the fact that their children are being taught in the English language for five subjects; if she will urgently instigate an immediate review of the reasons enrolment levels are so low at the school considering there are four Naíscoil and three Gaelscoil in the school's catchment area that are thriving for many years and that evidences the considerable support for the revival of our native language in Inishowen and in Derry city; and if she is aware that the future of this school is under real threat if urgent action is not taken to address the well documented concerns of parents and the wider community. [2450/16]
Tue, 19 Jan 2016
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Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
Pádraig MacLochlainn
273. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date when Forensic Service Ireland will provide its new facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1855/16]
Tue, 19 Jan 2016
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Garda Data
Pádraig MacLochlainn
295. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in each Garda Síochána station and each Garda Síochána district in each of the years 2007 to 2015. [2226/16]
Tue, 19 Jan 2016
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
490. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the grievance within some rural communities that responsibility for sporting and leisure activities such as dog trials, shooting and game hunting in bogs and other State owned lands passed from the Land Commission to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2000 without any consultation; and if she will ensure that the concerns of those rural communities are heard and acted upon. [2230/16]
Thu, 14 Jan 2016
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Household Benefits Scheme
Pádraig MacLochlainn
40. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is acceptable that a person (details supplied), who depends on full-time support has lost a living alone allowance and a fuel allowance and that this person and a sibling should be financially penalised for saving the State a considerable amount by ensuring that the person is cared for at home. [1596/16]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Defence Forces Personnel
Pádraig MacLochlainn
434. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence if he will proceed with the Defence Forces operational service medal to be awarded for service on missions not governed by the United Nations, the European Union or similar mandates; and when the sailors on Operation Pontus and the members of the Defence Forces on the ebola medical mission in Sierra Leone will be paraded to receive the medal. [46649/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Defence Forces Allowances
Pádraig MacLochlainn
435. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence the date on which the adjudicator will sit in 2016 to decide on the provision of the armed overseas peace support allowance, given the overwhelming evidence of all the military authorities. [46650/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Easter Rising Commemorations
Pádraig MacLochlainn
436. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence if he will issue a 1916 centenary medal to all serving members of Óglaigh na hÉireann who participate in the commemoration in 2016 and who have a minimum of three years of service. [46651/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Defence Forces
Pádraig MacLochlainn
437. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence if he will convene a medal and awards review board comprising of a wide cross-section of the Defence Forces to examine the reinstatement of the good conduct medal under new conditions and criteria; and if all officers and enlisted personnel with ten years exemplary service as recorded on the electronic personal management system will be awarded this medal. [46652/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Naval Service
Pádraig MacLochlainn
438. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence if he will direct a review board to consider a maritime deployment medal in recognition of the deployment of sailors on board Irish naval vessels who complete a two-year rotation at sea. [46653/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Family Reunification Applications
Pádraig MacLochlainn
470. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a carer’s allowance and a domiciliary carer’s allowance will be taken into consideration for the purpose of calculating a sponsor’s income for an application for a visa pursuant to the policy document on non-European economic area family reunification. [46641/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Asylum Applications
Pádraig MacLochlainn
475. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons of Iraqi origin or claiming to be of Iraqi origin who were refused leave to land at various points of entry; the reason in each case, by age, by gender, by country to which they were returned, in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46682/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Asylum Applications
Pádraig MacLochlainn
486. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of those persons refused leave to land in 2015 from Syria, Eritrea, Iran, and Afghanistan, and as outlined by her in response to previous parliamentary questions raised, how many of the persons were subsequently permitted to enter the State and to claim asylum. [46842/15]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Deportation Orders
Pádraig MacLochlainn
493. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that this State rescinds the deportation of a person (details supplied) from Ireland. [1139/16]
Wed, 13 Jan 2016
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
511. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded assaults on prison officers and prisoners by other prisoners, by prison, and place of detention, in 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1476/16]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Family Reunification Applications
Pádraig MacLochlainn
373. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a carer's allowance and a domiciliary carer's allowance will be taken into consideration for the purposes of calculating a sponsor's income for an application for a visa pursuant to the policy document on non-European Economic Area family reunification. [46376/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
374. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male prisoner-on-prisoner assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46377/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
375. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of female prisoner-on-prisoner assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46378/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
376. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 18 to 20 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46379/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
377. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by female prisoners aged 18 to 20 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46380/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
378. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 21 to 25 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46381/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
379. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by female prisoners aged 21 to 25 years on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46382/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
380. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 25 years plus on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46383/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
381. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by female prisoners aged 25 years plus on other prisoners in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46384/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
382. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male prisoner-on-staff assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46385/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
383. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of female prisoner-on-staff assaults in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46386/15]
Thu, 17 Dec 2015
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Prisoner Discipline
Pádraig MacLochlainn
384. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults committed by male prisoners aged 18 to 20 years on prison staff in each of the years 2012 to 2014. [46387/15]