Parliamentary questions

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

663. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline how he can assure the affected homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and other counties that the Housing Agency will have the necessary resources in terms of staffing and administration to meet its responsibilities under the forthcoming remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme [27240/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

664. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the regulations pertaining to quarry blasting; and the precautions that are in place to ensure that quarry blasting in counties Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and other counties does not further destabilise homes affected by defective concrete blocks. [27241/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

765. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Government is not ensuring the installation of solar panels on local authority homes that are undergoing retrofit works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28134/23]

Regulatory Bodies

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

943. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the reports in the latest edition of 'The Skipper' of the alleged actions of SFPA officials, while encouraging fishing skippers to agree to install remote electronic monitoring (REM) cameras on board their fishing vessels; and if he will order an independent review of these serious allegations. [27369/23]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1037. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when River Walk House, Carndonagh, County Donegal will reopen to offer respite services to families in Inishowen, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27506/23]

Hospital Admissions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1281. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment from Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28342/23]

Technological Universities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1366. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he can provide an update with regard to the Technological University Development Fund, the proposed successor to the Technological University Transformation (TUT) Fund; if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUT Fund on 31 August 2023, specifically in relation to the position of IR facilitators, who are employed on a seconded basis under this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27838/23]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig MacLochlainn

29. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will review the funding and resourcing ofLetterkenny University Hospital to reflect the fact that the hospital is the sixth largest in the State with reference to the number of inpatients each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26392/23]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig MacLochlainn

75. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in Letterkenny University Hospital with the recent loss of consultant endocrinologists, and the impact this will have on the already unacceptable waiting lists for diabetes patients in County Donegal; and if he will urgently intervene to ensure that these positions are replaced as soon as possible and that overall diabetes care services at the hospital are reviewed and resourced to the standard required. [26391/23]

Passport Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

144. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application will issue for a child (details supplied) who is travelling on 1 June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26815/23]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig MacLochlainn

170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department is negotiating with European Union officials to extend timelines and funding under the Brexit adjustment reserve fund into 2024, conscious that the current deadline is set for 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26861/23]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig MacLochlainn

273. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent, by scheme, in the Brexit adjustment reserve fund since its establishment; the outstanding moneys awaiting allocation in the fund, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26862/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

274. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish a full breakdown of funding provided to all fish producer organisations, including recently established, for the years 2015 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26864/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

275. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he intends taking and the funding he intends applying for in the context of climate action measures to move the Irish fishing fleet away from dependence on fossil fuels for operating their vessels and towards electric and renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

276. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital improvement funding that his Department is committing to this year and in future years to improve onshore infrastructure for small-scale vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26866/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

277. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined introducing a subsidised scheme for the introduction of an automatic identification system or vessel monitoring system for the Irish inshore fishing fleet; the estimated cost of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26867/23]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig MacLochlainn

278. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the most recent professional drawn and Department-initiated plans for an extension of the current harbour facilities at Dunmore East harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26868/23]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig MacLochlainn

279. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on major development projects in in Castletownbere, Howth and Killybegs, as outlined in the National Development Plan 2021 - 2030; if he will outline, and provide costings for, any planned works in Dunmore East, Ros an Mhíl and Killybegs in this current budget term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26869/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all moneys from the EMFF programme 2014-2020 were spent; if any monies unused were returned to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26870/23]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig MacLochlainn

281. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new developments his Department intends commencing by 2025 at Department-owned harbours around the country as per the National Development Plan 2021-2030; the capital costs required for these developments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26871/23]

Harbours and Piers

Pádraig MacLochlainn

282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline any requests he has received from local authority-owned fisheries harbours for funding for capital improvement works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26872/23]

State Bodies

Pádraig MacLochlainn

283. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current annual budget for the Marine Institute in Ireland; the estimated cost of increasing this budget by 10% and 20%, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26873/23]

Departmental Policies

Pádraig MacLochlainn

284. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he and his Department have taken and will take to prioritise traditional coastal communities, as per a commitment in the most recent election manifesto of a political party (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26874/23]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

285. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken during this Government's term to introduce a fit-for-purpose functioning aquaculture licensing system in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/23]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

286. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of implementing all of the recommendations of the Aquaculture Independent Licensing review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26876/23]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

287. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a plan to consolidate all current aquaculture legislation on the statute books into a single Bill that will allow for the aquaculture industry to sustainably develop in the years ahead; if he will provide any cost that would be required to carry out this piece of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/23]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig MacLochlainn

288. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department has taken to explore a more flexible approach to the inspection of fishing vessels by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, as committed to in the most recent general election manifesto of a political party (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26878/23]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig MacLochlainn

289. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide all fisheries local area group (FLAG) funding, by county and project, for each of the years 2015 to 2023, in tabular form; if any unspent funds were returned during these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26879/23]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig MacLochlainn

290. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the continued European Commission contingency supports and market disturbance funding that he has sought to mitigate the ongoing problems in the fishing industry caused by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26880/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategic investments his Government has made during this Government's term to attract increased landings into Ireland of sustainably caught fish in Irish waters and promote the development of the seafood processing sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26881/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

292. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish by-catch figures in Irish waters by fish species for each of the years 2015 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26882/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

293. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the volume of fish discards, by species in each of the years 2015 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26883/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

294. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the value and volume of fish by species landed in Ireland; if he will provide a breakdown, separately, of the value and volume of that same fish processed in Ireland for each of the years 2015 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26884/23]

EU Regulations

Pádraig MacLochlainn

295. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on current negotiations and his Department's approach to negotiations with the EU institutions on The Fisheries Control Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26885/23]

Passport Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

6. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application will issue for a child (details supplied) who is travelling in early June; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26643/23]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

113. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time online passport application will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who is travelling in early June for a family wedding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25614/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

668. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive appointment for an MRI scan in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25709/23]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

152. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a first-time passport application will issue for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal who is travelling next week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24773/23]

Dental Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

889. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive orthodontic treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24902/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

131. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the remediation of dwellings affected by the use of defective concrete blocks legislation to ensure 100% redress for the victims of the defective concrete block scandal. [23557/23]

School Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

72. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the serious financial crisis caused to a school (details supplied) by the failure of her Department to allocate the normal financial assistance to them for the 52 children (a one third increase) currently attending their school who are Ukrainian refugees or from asylum seeker families based locally; and if she will intervene to ensure that the school are urgently provided with the necessary financial assistance that they require. [22595/23]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

80. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that, due to the lack of an ASD room at a school (details supplied), children are having to be separated from siblings in the school system; if there are plans to provide the school with the much-needed ASD room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22552/23]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

154. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if passports will issue in time for two children (details supplied) in County Donegal who are travelling for a family wedding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22989/23]

Heritage Sites

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has plans to construct public toilets and additional information signage in the vicinity of the car park at Grianán of Aileach, County Donegal, as well as interpretative signage at the fort. [22514/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

461. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection what assessable property was used by a deciding officer in County Donegal to carry out a means assessment for a jobseeker's allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22833/23]

Healthcare Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

606. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to get reimbursed from the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/23]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

54. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to clarify the exact amount of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund that has been reallocated from expenditure on fisheries and the marine to other Government Departments. [18287/23]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

131. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if two passports will issue in time for two children (details supplied) in County Donegal who are travelling next week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21312/23]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

620. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive full payment from the Northern Ireland health care scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21567/23]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

652. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the plans of the HSE to replace the three eye doctors in the County Donegal ophthalmology service that have vacated their positions in recent times; and if the newly appointed consultants for this service will be based in County Donegal rather than County Sligo to oversee the full ophthalmic teams there, in order that they can continue, at the very least, to deliver the same level of care to an enormous existing service and to reduce the growing waiting lists in County Donegal. [21740/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

711. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when an application for the pandemic special recognition payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21844/23]

Bus Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

23. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when the Government will reinstate funding for the Derry to Dublin airlink in a partnership between his Department and the shared island unit. [20746/23]

Consular Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

38. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance being provided to the family of a person (details supplied) who was murdered in India on March 14, 2017; if he is aware of the acute distress and trauma for the family as a result of the prolonged murder trial in India; and if he will meet with the family to directly discuss their concerns. [20521/23]

School Transport

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

162. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if school transport can be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20393/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

209. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the legislation or regulations that limit the reconstruction of homes with defective blocks to the same footprint as the original house, in order that some homeowners have the option of building on their adjacent land holding and remaining in the existing home while their new home is being constructed; and if he appreciates that families with a person with a disability will struggle to find suitable temporary alternative accommodation and that this may be a workable option in some instances. [20313/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

444. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20560/23]

Energy Conservation

Pádraig MacLochlainn

34. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will extend eligibility for the warmer homes scheme to homeowners with traditional stone walls in their dwelling, given that many of the families/persons living in homes of this type are families/persons of limited financial means. [19658/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

81. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the current system of allocating the Irish public quota of fish species such as mackerel, herring and spurdog to the Irish fishing fleet is compliant with the principles of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will outline his future plans in this regard. [18343/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

129. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the latest negotiations with the UK and Scottish governments on reinstating access for the Irish fishing to their traditional fishing grounds at Rockall. [18286/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

242. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in County Donegal in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and planned number to be delivered in 2023 with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18677/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

271. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18748/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

272. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project Tosaigh in County Clare for each of the years 2016 to 2022; and the number planned to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size, in tabular form. [18749/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig MacLochlainn

75. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered in County Donegal for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18525/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig MacLochlainn

76. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable rental units delivered in County Donegal for the years, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18526/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig MacLochlainn

77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units delivered in County Donegal for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [18527/23]

Transport Policy

Pádraig MacLochlainn

265. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will set out the current system for surveying and registering of Irish charter vessels and the conditions that they can operate under once receiving the necessary accreditation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16707/23]

Transport Policy

Pádraig MacLochlainn

266. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the current Irish vessel charter system and give consideration following Brexit to allowing third country and, especially, previously British registered sea charter vessels registered in Ireland, for use in European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16708/23]

Disability Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

724. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what financial, personal assistant, administrative or other supports are available for persons with disabilities before, during and after an election campaign, and perhaps elected office at local Government level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16704/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that the current regulatory oversight and testing of quarries across this State is adequately resourced and sufficiently rigorous to prevent more defective concrete blocks being manufactured and further distress caused to victims. [17399/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

809. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that it is not satisfactory for one semi-detached home with defective concrete blocks to be demolished while the adjoining semi-detached home remains standing due to the eligibility criteria of the Government remediation schemes; and if he and his Department are seeking to prevent this approach. [17400/23]

Immigration Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

956. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the application status of a person (details supplied) to the Afghan admission programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16703/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pádraig MacLochlainn

961. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the engagements he or any Ministers of State in his Department have had with the Garda Commissioner in relation to delivering a new Garda station for Carndonagh, County Donegal. [16799/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1142. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the response of his Department to the submission on Herring 6A South Quota to them by Donegal County Council Fisheries Committee; and if he will consider implementing the recommendations that they have made. [17714/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1150. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his response to the correspondence that he has received from two organisations (details supplied) seeking a review of the national hook and line mackerel policy and a substantial increase in mackerel quota to be allocated to the inshore fishing fleet. [17933/23]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in assessing a child (details supplied) in County Donegal for speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16651/23]

Patient Transfers

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1372. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will get transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital, LUH, to Galway University Hospital, GUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16439/23]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1670. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the cath lab and full array of diagnostic cardiac services are now fully operational at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will outline his plans to further develop cardiac services at Letterkenny University Hospital. [17674/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1761. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied) in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18182/23]

Medical Register

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1770. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a registration will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18233/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1780. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when applications for the special recognition pandemic payment award will be processed for private ambulance staff who worked through and supported the NAS during the Covid pandemic. [18268/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what engagements he has had with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine education and training schemes for fishermen to allow for transferability of skipper licenses for use between the fishing and wind energy industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16705/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1809. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what examinations education bodies in the State have carried out to introduce training and upskilling courses that would allow transferability of fishing skipper licences for use in the offshore wind energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16706/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

332. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15997/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

333. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will expect to receive a date for an operation at St James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15998/23]

Bus Éireann

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

72. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the numerous breakdowns on 20 March 2023 on the Bus Éireann route 32 from Dublin to Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15598/23]

Swimming Pools

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

263. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be provided for the replacement of equipment at a leisure centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15234/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

279. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a scientific paper (details supplied) published in the number-one internationally ranked journal for building and construction; if he will outline what implications this paper has for the IS 465 that he and the Government have based a multi-billion remediation scheme on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/23]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

423. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will reverse the recent late decision to delay the commencement of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal that comprises entirely of temporary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15347/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

753. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a written statement with an update on his plans to ban fishing vessels of a certain size from fishing within the Irish 6nm limit. [14653/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

754. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the following super trawlers (details supplied) all owned by the Dutch corporation, have recently been fishing in the Irish EEZ with quota allocated under the Common Fisheries Policy; the amount of pelagic quota that these vessels have been allocated both within the Irish EEZ and throughout the waters across Europe, under the jurisdiction of the Common Fisheries Policy. [14654/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will agree to Donegal County Council's request for more families in County Donegal to be able to avail of the ancillary grants (details supplied) in advance of the commencement of the enhanced scheme on humanitarian grounds. [14408/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

217. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and his Department will urgently find a solution to a serious problem (details supplied) that has arisen for some homeowners who have commenced the demolition and rebuild of their homes under the existing defective concrete block grant scheme. [14409/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

275. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if an earlier appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

276. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment from either Temple Street or Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14372/23]

Haulage Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

298. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his views on the standards of services for lorry drivers that are required at service stations on motorways and national roads around Ireland; if he agrees that lorry drivers play a key role in our economy and deserve to have acceptable services at various locations on key transport routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13940/23]

Haulage Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

299. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his views on the standards of services for lorry drivers that are required at service stations on motorways and national roads around Ireland; if he agrees that lorry drivers play a key role in our economy and deserve to have acceptable services at various locations on key transport routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/23]

Tax Exemptions

Pádraig MacLochlainn

332. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to increase income tax exemption limits for persons aged over 65 years in the time ahead. [13444/23]

Northern Ireland

Pádraig MacLochlainn

551. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with the British Government on the very negative impact of the UK Nationality and Borders Bill for tourism on the island of Ireland, and the serious concerns of the tourism industry in Ireland particularly, the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13694/23]

Departmental Data

Pádraig MacLochlainn

978. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of personnel that have left their employment with Tusla in County Donegal since January 2021; the efforts that Tusla has made to fill those vacancies; how successful it has been; the number of current vacancies within Tusla in County Donegal; and the specialities and fields they cover.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13606/23]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing CAMHS and CDNT services for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12445/23]