Parliamentary questions

Hospital Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

740. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the interim arrangements that have been put in place at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service in view of all three physicians having left the facility. [50491/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

741. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a full service will be restored at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service. [50492/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

742. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the protocols that were in place at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service on 24 August 24 2021 when a person (details supplied) requiring urgent care was referred to Sligo University Hospital; the protocols that were in place at Sligo University Hospital ophthalmic service on 24 August 2021 that failed to deal with the patient until 8.30 pm; the reason the patient who had to endure a 200km journey back to north County Donegal on 24 August 2021 due to the fact the phlebotomy department at Sligo University Hospital was closed at 8.30pm; if on the morning of 24 August 2021 there were three physicians on duty at the Letterkenny University Hospital campus, when the patient was advised to travel onwards to Sligo University Hospital due to the fact no physician was available; and the protocols that were in place at Letterkenny University Hospital ophthalmic services that allowed the above patient to be denied access to a physician given that the patient had eye inflammation and was in pain. [50493/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

743. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the level of ophthalmic service is in accordance with best health practice for the community of north County Donegal, where many of the patients are over 200 kilometres from Sligo Hospital. [50494/21]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

937. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the funding required to resource the proposals in the report of the Seafood Task Force that will be allocated from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund as opposed to the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund. [51205/21]

Aquaculture Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

938. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the proposals in the report of the Seafood Task Force will be resourced after the sunset clause for the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund of 31 December 2023 is implemented. [51206/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

939. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional arrangements that will be introduced at piers and harbours around the coast to allow fish landings to be facilitated if a new control plan for fish landings is not approved by the European Commission soon. [51207/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig MacLochlainn

940. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in the absence of a new control plan for fish landings not being approved by the European Commission, if a peri plan or interim arrangements will be introduced in order that fish landings can be facilitated under control and to allow for in-factory weighing. [51208/21]

Hospital Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 633 of 15 September 2021, when a response will issue (details supplied). [50000/21]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be rescheduled for a recently cancelled procedure in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/21]

Departmental Consultations

Pádraig MacLochlainn

54. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of concerned communities regarding the limitations of the consultation being carried out by his Department on the subject of mining; and if he will proactively engage and listen to the representative groups from those concerned communities in which mining licences are currently being considered. [49779/21]

Rail Network

Pádraig MacLochlainn

85. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his vision for the way in which the communities from the south-west area, the west and on to counties Sligo, Donegal and Derry can be connected by rail; and his plans to advance this vision. [49487/21]

Youth Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

300. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the submission from an organisation (details supplied) with its business plan for the reinvigoration of the voluntary clubs network across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48850/21]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

113. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will publish any data his Department obtained on numbers of salmon present in Irish waters over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47820/21]

Tax Reliefs

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce tax reduction measures for the Irish fishing industry that would allow expenses such as harbour fees, ice plant fees and slip off fees for paint and repair to be written off against annual tax returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/21]

Wildlife Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

272. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most recent study that has been carried out by his Department on the seal population in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47819/21]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

273. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans, including timelines, for the establishment of the seafood working group which is planned to be a compensatory body to oversee any disruption caused to fishing livelihoods as a result of the designation of marine protected areas and installation of renewable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47826/21]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

274. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it can be expected that his Department will establish the maritime area regulatory authority that will be an important requirement of the Marine Area Planning Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47827/21]

Consular Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

350. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of the consular assistance that he and his officials have provided to the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48154/21]

Work Permits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

525. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the number of visas that were issued in the past five years including location and country of origin for the fishing industry in tabular form; the engagements her office has had with the fishing industry to determine future requirements for foreign workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/21]