Parliamentary questions

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]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

186. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the outcome of the audit on quarries that he ordered arising from the defective blocks scandal. [57105/22]

Business Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

316. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency funding that may be available to help alleviate the current energy bills crisis for companies in the primary agricultural, fishery or aquaculture sectors given that they are excluded from the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57080/22]

School Transport

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

321. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when an application for school transport will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56197/22]

Transport Costs

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

65. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will issue a policy direction to the National Transport Authority to ensure students from County Donegal and other Borders counties in the State travelling to their third level education in the North of Ireland can avail of the same price reductions for the use of public transport as all other students. [55769/22]

Regional Airports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

80. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the reason the Government refused to financially support the City of Derry Airport for over ten years, even though 40% of the passengers that use the airport are from County Donegal; and if he is aware of the serious additional financial strain placed on the rate payers of Derry city and Strabane District Council due to this ongoing refusal. [55768/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

313. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by Letterkenny University Hospital who are eligible for the pandemic recognition payment; and the number who have received it to date. [55998/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

65. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55659/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

84. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection when the community employment ex-gratia payment for supervisors and assistant supervisors will be made in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55530/22]

Mental Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he can ensure that a bed can be provided in Letterkenny University Hospital psychiatric unit for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55699/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

121. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if an MRI scan can be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55701/22]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

87. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current names of the members of National Standards Authority of Ireland committee that are now reviewing I.S. 465 and details on the international experts that they have consulted with or plan to consult with; when will the committee conclude its work and make recommendations to the Government. [55197/22]

Housing Schemes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Finance his plans to apply the 'fresh start’ principle to the help-to-buy scheme, similar to the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55342/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

394. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that he has not tasked the Housing Agency to assist families availing of the defective blocks scheme to relocate to temporary alternative accommodation as is the case with the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will visit the homes of families in County Donegal and other affected counties to learn the reason that they are appealing for urgent assistance this winter. [54925/22]

School Transport

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

627. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if a child (details supplied), who is currently eligible for school transport, can be accommodated on the 2pm school transport service being provided from their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55587/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

649. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if an exemption can be provided to a person with a disability who is receiving a birth negligence case settlement award, to enable an application for the winter fuel payment and the household benefit package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54614/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 26 October 2022, in relation to the convenyancing process, the measures her Department can take to protect second-hand homebuyers from purchasing homes with defective concrete blocks, given the growing number of homes and counties affected across the State; if her Department has engaged with the legal, engineering and estate agent representative bodies on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54923/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

954. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic gastric bypass surgeries performed in University Hospital Galway, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Dún Laoghaire and Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [54361/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

955. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgeries performed in University Hospital Galway, St. Vincent's University Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital Dún Laoghaire and Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2021. [54362/22]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

956. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Plan for 2023 will include funding for obesity surgery; and the number of such procedures to be funded. [54363/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

957. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that will be allocated funding for obesity surgery in 2023; and the number of such procedures to be funded. [54364/22]

Hospital Procedures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

958. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he accepts the recommendations of the "Health Technology Assessment of Metabolic Surgery" contained in the report by HIQA in July 2022 to fund a programme of metabolic surgery in 2023. [54365/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

983. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be scheduled for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54459/22]

Hospital Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1055. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the emergency department in Letterkenny University Hospital giving the results of a chest X-ray to a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54731/22]

General Practitioner Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1216. 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 to support Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55454/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

1286. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the direct diplomatic representations that have been made by the Irish Government to the governments of Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland in relation to the serious concerns in the Irish fishing industry regarding the huge quota in migratory pelagic species that these countries have allocated, in their territorial waters, to their fishing industries, without reference to the need to fish these species based on the available scientific surveys and sustainable practices and without an agreed approach with Ireland and other EU Member States that these species spawn in or migrate through. [55067/22]

Airport Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

168. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the review his Department have undertaken on restoring Irish Government funding for the City of Derry Airport and the Derry to Dublin airlink to reflect the fact that 40% of the passengers using the airport are from County Donegal; and if he will confirm the dialogue that has taken place between his Department officials and officials in An Taoiseach's Department to examine financial investment in the airport under the shared island unit. [54048/22]

Road Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the Irish Government is still committed to co-funding the upgrade of the A5 road in the North of Ireland, as stipulated in the St. Andrew's Agreement, and pending the go-ahead for the project. [54049/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

189. 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. [54060/22]

Departmental Reports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

190. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning corruption in Donegal; and the actions that he plans to take arising from this report. [54068/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

87. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that he can take to protect second-hand homebuyers from purchasing homes with defective concrete blocks, given the growing number of homes and counties affected across the State; and if he has engaged with the legal, engineering and estate-agent representative bodies on this issue. [53715/22]

Hospital Transfers

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

186. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be transferred from Letterkenny University Hospital to Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53759/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

69. 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 the industry with the cost-of-fuel crisis, in the same way that other EU member states have done so. [53262/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

117. 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. [53098/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

141. 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 over recent years. [53099/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

764. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to updated advice to lift the prohibition of targeting, retaining on board, transhipping or landing spurdog or picked dogfish in 2023 from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas; if Ireland intends seeking a quota for this species in 2023 subject to a lifting of the prohibition by the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53216/22]

Public Transport

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

198. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the reduction in public transport costs for students will also be applicable to students who are resident in this State who are travelling to and studying at third level institutions in Northern Ireland. [52605/22]

Third Level Fees

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

295. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way that the reduction in student fees announced in Budget 2023 will be applied to students from this State who are currently studying in the North of Ireland. [52541/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

351. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in the ward at Letterkenny University Hospital that accommodate both haematology and oncology patients; and his plans to add to this number of beds for haematology and oncology patients. [52612/22]

Hospital Facilities

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

352. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the capacity of the haematology and oncology day unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. [52613/22]

Asylum Applications

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

347. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice when it can be expected that she will begin announcing the outcome of applications to the Afghan admissions programme and specifically a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50968/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

352. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of eligible frontline workers that have received payment and are outstanding payment of the Covid-19 bonus payment in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50770/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

353. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if measures are in place with his Department to allow employers to advance pay the frontline workers Covid-19 bonus to those staff still awaiting payment and reclaim it from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50771/22]

Fisheries Protection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

471. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his negotiations with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Agency in designating Dunmore East Harbour as a landing port for fishing vessels from third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50772/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

81. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to correspondence that she has received from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will ensure that additional land is sourced for adequate outdoor green field sports amenities for the 1,000 students that are projected to attend the new three school campus for the town that incorporates the college. [50407/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

304. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in County Donegal whereby families who have to move out of their homes in the county for safety reasons due to the impact of defective concrete blocks cannot source temporary alternative accommodation; and if he will urgently task the Housing Agency with assisting these families with temporary housing, either modular or in the private sector across the county. [50198/22]

Agriculture Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

403. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a clear timeframe on when the area around his Department owned Syncro lift in Dunmore East County Waterford will be dredged to remove silt that will then allow all sizes of fishing and other vessels to be lifted from the waters for maintenance and repair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49244/22]

Health Service Executive

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures and additional supports that the HSE is putting in place to assist general practitioner practices and others across County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48971/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

324. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure all homeowners who are currently stuck in stage 1 of their application to the defective concrete block grant scheme, including those who applied after February 2022, will have the 90% of their engineer’s fee reimbursed while they are awaiting a decision. [48602/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

404. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 1012 of 14 June 2022, the reason no update on the plans for new school buildings and no indication of the need to reapply for planning permission was confirmed to this Deputy, as it has been in the recent response in Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 27 September 2022, despite the changes to the planning Acts being introduced in September 2021 and a period of nine months having elapsed with no action taken that has now led to at least a one-year delay in the project. [48590/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

189. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide the necessary funding for a mica defective block schools programme, an educational and well-being programme for second level students, as submitted to Donegal Education and Training Board by affected homeowners in the county. [47758/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

203. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the organic farming scheme was not included in the expanded list of schemes as of June 2022 that are assessed differently concerning the disregard within farm assist; the estimated cost of including the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47745/22]

General Practitioner Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

262. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the supports the HSE is putting in place to assist general practitioner practices in County Donegal with supporting Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47802/22]

Organic Farming

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

278. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum and maximum livestock unit values per hectare and the values per individual type of livestock for the organic farming scheme, areas of natural constraint scheme and the ACRES scheme in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47746/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

21. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme will be operational and accepting applications. [47329/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

31. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in County Donegal who are stuck in stage 1, awaiting the outcome of the review of IS 465 by the National Standards Authority of Ireland. [47328/22]

Passport Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure a passport is processed on time for a school trip for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47521/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47335/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

283. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47336/22]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

284. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings for schools (details supplied), including a timeframe for the commencement of construction and completion of works. [47337/22]

Health Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

462. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to speed-up the process of genetic testing for confirmation of TTR genotype, wild-type or hereditary, for transthyretin amyloidosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46721/22]

Disability Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

533. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the day care services will resume to five days per week at a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47078/22]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

544. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE mental health clinical staff in County Donegal that have not been provided with appropriate accommodation in the county to meet their clients. [47129/22]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

596. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the issues arising from Brexit for which funding from the European Union has been provided through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund are entirely separate from the fuel crisis currently being experienced by the Irish fishing; the plans and resources that he intends undertaking and allocating to address this specific crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47227/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

597. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention and that of his Department has been drawn to the fact that Irish fishing boats that have landed in France and Spain, during this current global fuel crisis have been able to avail of the fuel subsidy in those European Union member states; if he plans to introduce a similar measure in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/22]

EU Programmes

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

598. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 934 of 21 June 2022, the amount that currently remains unspent in the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme 2014-2020 for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47229/22]

Fishing Industry

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

599. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated number of jobs that are expected to be lost in the Irish fishing industry as a result of the impending Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund voluntary decommissioning scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47230/22]

Brexit Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

600. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a flexibility mechanism is built into the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund that will allow persons to secure funding and order equipment that has a processing and delivery date post-31 December 2023, which is the current final drawdown date for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47231/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a public inquiry into the circumstances that led to the defective blocks and products issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/22]

School Transport

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

341. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school transport in Clonmany, Co Donegal. [45752/22]

School Transport

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

356. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education her views regarding no formal response being issued to this Deputy in relation to school transport in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46007/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

207. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request an organisation (details supplied) to review the costings for the rebuilding of homes in County Donegal and in the west of Ireland that have to avail of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme given the rapidly changing cost of construction costs since they were last reported. [44460/22]

Rental Sector

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

208. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a rent pressure zone in County Donegal in order to reflect the rapid increases in rent in the county. [44461/22]

Defective Building Materials

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

209. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the review of IS 465 that is currently being carried out by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and its expert panel will correspond with the opening of the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks scheme. [44462/22]

Housing Policy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

210. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income thresholds for persons or families seeking to join the housing waiting list in County Donegal. [44463/22]