Parliamentary questions

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig MacLochlainn

1437. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

59. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts of the Government to secure a quota in bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet from Ireland’s own EEZ. [8427/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

359. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts of the Government to secure a fair allocation of fishing quota across the range of species, for the Irish fishing industry, within the Irish EEZ, under the current review of the Common Fisheries Policy. [8628/23]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

372. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to introduce regulations on limiting the number of pots under each licence held by inshore fishermen around the coast. [12171/23]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

373. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he and his Department are ensuring the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12172/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when a discharge book will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11378/23]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

554. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the funding for a treatment centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; the provision the Government has put in place to support this essential service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10971/23]

Airport Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

6. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his response to the calls from the north west of Ireland for the Government to reinstate financial support to the City of Derry Airport to reflect the fact that 40% of its passengers come from County Donegal. [10009/23]

Rail Network

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

15. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the all-Ireland rail review. [10008/23]

National Broadband Plan

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

137. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30 mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the roll-out phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/23]

Tax Credits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

60. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if the rental tax credits introduced by the Government apply to parents of a student from this State but now renting and studying in a recognised third level course in the North of Ireland. [10463/23]

Tax Code

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

216. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance if increases in the tax bands introduced in Budget 2023 are also available to retired persons over the age of 65 years when availing of their pension funds. [9630/23]

Rental Sector

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

272. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases in rent in some areas of the county and the knock-on impact of the defective concrete block crisis. [9623/23]

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

309. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on proceeding with the defective concrete block grant scheme and the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, that are based on IS465, a standard that is currently under review and that emerging scientific evidence demonstrates is deficient. [10195/23]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

355. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when his Department will complete their review of the Tender Assessment Report by Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB) so that the new school building project for a school (details supplied) can move to Stage 4 construction. [9883/23]

Dental Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

579. 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. [9648/23]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

581. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing problems for patients availing of the cross-Border healthcare directive or the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme, in that the codes for the procedures do not match up between the private health care providers in the Northern Ireland and the HSE, with the consequence of those patients then being left with very significant additional costs; and if he will ensure that the private health care providers in the North of Ireland and the HSE urgently align their coding systems to prevent further reoccurrences. [9681/23]

Legislative Process

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

693. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will correspond with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine having reviewed the Island Heritage Bill 2017; when it can be expected that Committee Stage of this Bill will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9685/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

164. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when his Department will provide clarity to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and affected defective concrete block homeowners on the level of SEAI grant funding and the criteria for accessing that funding that will be available in conjunction with the defective concrete block grant scheme and the forthcoming enhanced scheme to ensure an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly home, in line with modern building regulations. [9409/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

215. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when an application for the special recognition pandemic payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8983/23]

Rural Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

753. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when consideration of the review of CLÁR areas nationally, undertaken in 2021 using the 2016 Census of Population data, will be concluded and additional areas added; and if additional areas across County Donegal are being considered. [8806/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

417. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the serious concerns in the fishing industry regarding the limitations of the voluntary permanent cessation scheme; and if he will urgently establish the amount of unspent money within the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Ireland and seek permission from the European Commission to reallocate this to persons who have lost their livelihoods as part of a fair and reasonable decommissioning scheme. [7808/23]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Pádraig MacLochlainn

40. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the members of the National Standards Authority of Ireland panel who drafted IS-398:2013; and the members of the National Standards Authority of Ireland panel who drafted IS-398:2017. [7640/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Pádraig MacLochlainn

49. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the rollout of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the rollout phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7698/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Pádraig MacLochlainn

50. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeframe for the rollout of at least 30mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the rollout phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7699/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig MacLochlainn

93. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will task the Housing Agency and or Donegal County Council to engage with holiday homeowners in Donegal and Mayo to establish the number that would make their homes available to families with defective concrete block homes who have to find temporary accommodation while their homes are being demolished and rebuilt. [7634/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig MacLochlainn

178. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 29 March 2022, the way a person who was seconded from a public sector employee role to a front facing vaccination centre administration role during the Covid-19 vaccination rollout programme can finally receive their pandemic payment bonus, given that the HSE, is advising they are ineligible to apply to it given they were not an employee of the HSE and their public sector employers are unsure where to reclaim the bonus from if they were to pay it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig MacLochlainn

179. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State applied for the Covid-19 pandemic bonus; the number of persons who have been paid the Covid-19 pandemic bonus; the number of persons who have applied for the bonus and are still awaiting payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/23]

Care of the Elderly

Pádraig MacLochlainn

195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when capital funding will be made available for the provision of long-term day care services in Carndonagh, County Donegal [7632/23]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Pádraig MacLochlainn

77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new apprenticeship registrations in 2022; the number of people waiting over six months to access off-the-job training; if the backlog is believed to be impacting registration numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/23]

Driver Licences

Pádraig MacLochlainn

170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is acceptable for his Department and the Road Safety Authority, RSA, to fail to respond to repeated correspondence from this Deputy over the last month on a matter of real public concern to the people of County Donegal regarding the proposed reduction in opening hours in the NDLS office in Letterkenny and other locations; and if he will ensure that his Department and the RSA will issue a response to the concerns raised. [7228/23]

Flood Risk Management

Pádraig MacLochlainn

204. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW will meet with the elected members of the Inishowen municipal district, Donegal County Council, as they have requested, to examine how the flood defence works at Burnfoot, County Donegal, can be advanced more speedily, in order that eight families can be returned to their council homes that were vacated for safety reasons after the August 2017 flood in the area. [6607/23]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig MacLochlainn

290. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of negotiations with the British Government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to the 12-mile limit around Rockall. [7145/23]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pádraig MacLochlainn

867. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is planning to base a minor injuries clinic at Carndonagh Community Hospital or elsewhere in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal. [7381/23]

Health Services

Pádraig MacLochlainn

868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the HSEs plans for improving the delivery of primary care diagnostic services across County Donegal in the time ahead.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7382/23]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the construction of new school buildings at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal. [6322/23]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

174. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the construction of new school buildings at a school (details supplied). [6323/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

138. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider constructing modular housing at locations across counties Donegal and Mayo to assist defective block homeowners who have to demolish their existing homes and source temporary alternative accommodation in the years ahead. [6113/23]

Housing Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

165. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will permit Donegal County Council to deliver housing under the affordable housing scheme. [6111/23]

Housing Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

166. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will raise the family income threshold for social housing in County Donegal from €30,000. [6112/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

167. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will task and resource the Housing Agency and-or Donegal County Council to oversee the construction of modular housing at locations across counties Donegal and Mayo to assist defective block homeowners who have to demolish their existing homes and source temporary alternative accommodation in the years ahead. [6121/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

446. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be scheduled for a procedure in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6043/23]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

456. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients at each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6141/23]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

457. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6142/23]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

458. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of NCHDs at each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6143/23]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

459. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants at each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6144/23]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

460. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each acute hospital across the State for the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6145/23]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

461. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds at each community hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2011 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6146/23]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

462. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each community hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2011 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6147/23]

Hospital Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

463. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors at each community hospital in County Donegal for each of the years 2011 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6148/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

488. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the voluntary permanent cessation scheme to ensure that applicants do not face deductions in their offer amount based on payments they previously received under the Brexit tie-up scheme. [5756/23]

Land Issues

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

246. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or his Department officials are aware of ongoing issues in relation to the State regarding boundary disputes arising from the digitisation of land maps; and if he plans to implement the recommendations of the 2014 Report Of The Inter-Professional Task Force On Property Boundaries. [5462/23]

Northern Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

255. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the efforts he and his Department officials are making to resolve the jurisdiction conflict over Lough Foyle with the British Government; if he is aware that this unresolved conflict has led to a large and unregulated aquaculture sector along the Inishowen banks of the lough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5466/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig MacLochlainn

160. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an application for the one-parent family payment to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5144/23]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

631. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the capital investment and refurbishment investment by the HSE at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal in each of the years 2016 to 2023. [4100/23]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

632. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his long-term plans for the delivery of beds at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar, County Donegal. [4101/23]

Ambulance Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

633. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the new National Ambulance Service base at Buncrana, County Donegal will open. [4102/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

156. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce urgent amendments to the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 following his announcement of the details of the scheme to assist homeowners of defective apartments, to ensure that all victims of the failure of State regulation and oversight are treated the same and have access to the same State support and redress. [3720/23]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

324. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently meet with representatives of the Irish fishing industry to discuss their serious concerns about the Brexit Voluntary Permanent Cessation Scheme, more commonly known as the Decommissioning Scheme, and make changes to the scheme to address their concerns. [3851/23]

Banking Sector

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

253. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance what efforts he and his predecessor, Minister Donohoe, have made recently to ensure that banks and financial institutions provide reasonable support and assistance to their mortgage-holders who will have to have their homes remediated due to defective concrete blocks. [3244/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

303. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the specific date of publication of the regulations for the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme. [3032/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

304. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm the specific date when the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme will be operational.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3033/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

305. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether he has scientific evidence that all of the existing foundations of defective concrete homes are fit for purpose and can be rebuilt upon without fearing deterioration as a result of deleterious materials; and if he will confirm that if preliminary scientific research results demonstrate damage and or risk of damage to foundations, if he will act with urgency to ensure all future defective concrete homes are rebuilt are on fit-for-purpose foundations. [3034/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

316. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what efforts he has made recently to ensure banks and financial institutions provide reasonable support and assistance to their mortgage-holders who will have to have their homes remediated due to defective concrete blocks. [3243/23]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

481. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the State will reimburse 90% of the engineering costs to the family of an applicant who has passed away before the completion of stage 1 under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [63537/22]

Victim Support Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1081. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the support that is provided to victims of crime for an inquest dealing with the death of a family member. [63618/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1279. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63649/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1547. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1695/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1632. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when an application for the special recognition pandemic payment award will be processed for staff at a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1908/23]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1675. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the drug, phesgo, is available to patients in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2130/23]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the efforts that he has made along with the Minister for Foreign Affairs to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and if this matter will be brought to international arbitration. [60539/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

192. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Government will allocate an emergency support fund for the fishing industry to assist it with the cost of fuel crisis, similar to the supports brought in by other EU member states. [60559/22]

Banking Sector

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

214. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of interest that has been paid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61472/22]

Banking Sector

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

215. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance the amount of capital that has been repaid on the €64 billion Irish State banking bailout of September 2008 in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61473/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

335. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to fill a position for a senior occupational therapist in Buncrana, County Donegal; when the position is expected to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61540/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

369. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the Government has failed to secure any quota of Atlantic bluefin tuna for the Irish fishing fleet, despite the documented recovery of the species within the Irish exclusive economic zone, EEZ, in recent years. [60540/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

644. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new community hospital at Lifford, County Donegal; and the services to be provided there. [60707/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

723. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding schemes that he plans to introduce in 2023 to support the Irish fishing fleet and the wider seafood sector and that have been developed in line with the recommendations of the “Report of the Seafood Task Force - Navigating Change”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60709/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

241. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure two passports will be processed on time for date of travel for siblings (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60099/22]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will intervene with Bord Iascaigh Mhara in the case of a person (details supplied) to have funding released following a successful application to the Brexit tie-up scheme for funding. [59675/22]

International Agreements

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

207. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when the State will ratify the 2012 Cape Town Agreement for Fishing Vessel Safety. [59222/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

275. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will initiate a campaign of awareness for homebuyers, solicitors and estate agents on the need for a structural test of second-hand homes that come on to the market for sale given the growing number of properties across the State with defective concrete blocks. [59068/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

277. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the immediate testing of foundations of homes (details supplied) in County Donegal to provide reassurance and certainty to affected homeowners that the remediation work is being carried out on fit-for-purpose foundations and that public funds are not at the risk of being wasted should the foundations degrade, post-remediation. [59181/22]

Consular Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

306. 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); the representations or assurances that his consular officials have made or sought with their Indian counterparts, following the decision of the Indian courts to release the person accused of the person's murder on bail, to attend their father's funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58854/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

506. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payment will issue to a company (details supplied) that has been providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees since August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59167/22]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

692. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist GP practices and others across County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59223/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision by her Department not to secure additional adjacent land in Buncrana, County Donegal, for adequate outdoor green field sports amenities for the 1,000 students that are projected to attend the new three school campuses for the town; and if any new school builds over the past five years have included adjacent outdoor green field sports amenities. [58169/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

144. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the deep anger amongst parents and teachers at a school (details supplied) at the failure of her Department to commence its new school buildings in the timelines laid down by the planning authorities; and if her Department will fast-track these works should planning permission be granted again. [58170/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

49. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether it would be completely unethical and unacceptable to have any representatives of or advisors to companies that have been formally implicated in supplying defective concrete products, to be part of the NSAI TC63 IS465 review committee; and if he will give a commitment that if this is the case, he will request these representatives or advisors be removed from that committee. [58309/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

50. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request that the NSAI publishes a list of all the international peer reviewed scientific journal publications in the area of defective concrete products that the current committee members of the NSAI TC63 IS465 committee have published on a member-by-member basis. [58310/22]

Education and Training Boards

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

114. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when her Department will progress the applications by Donegal ETB (details supplied). [58312/22]

Education and Training Boards

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

115. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the reason that her Department has not substantively responded to the submission and supported the funding application from Donegal ETB on the effects of the MICA issue on students enrolled in Donegal ETB schools and staff employed by Donegal ETB, first submitted in July 2021. [58313/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

116. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when her Department will respond to Donegal ETB in relation to funding the ferry cost for Ukrainian students enrolled in a school (details supplied). [58314/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

117. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will make translators and interpreters available to schools, who have received targeted training in advance to include translating challenging and sensitive conversations in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58315/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

118. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if the National Educational Psychological Service will be expanded to include therapeutic including trauma support for schools on site to enable them to support displaced Ukrainian students and for existing students in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58316/22]

Ukraine War

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

119. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will establish a digital support fund in order that Ukrainian students can complete their exams as per the Ukrainian curriculum; and if these students will be provided with adequate broadband connection and appropriate digital devices such as laptops or iPads in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [58317/22]

Education and Training Boards

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will engage with the ETB sector fully and commit to progressing the required review of the organisation structures of the sector in relation to organisation design, phase II. [58318/22]

Official Engagements

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

323. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the British Government to ensure that persons travelling across Ireland will not be subject to visa requirements as a result of UK Nationality and Borders Act. [57392/22]

Hospital Overcrowding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

753. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a bed will be made available in Galway University Hospital for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58088/22]

Business Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

130. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason that companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors have been excluded from applying for funding from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to assist with unprecedented high energy bills; if he will reconsider their exclusion or identify alternative supportive funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57081/22]