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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate that she is speaking on behalf of the Minister for the marine. The response has been drafted by Department of the marine officials on behalf of the Minister and does not capture the urgency. We do not need increased grant aid for onboard and inshore investments. We are beyond that. Somebody is drowning and we are talking about giving them...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a serious crisis in the inshore fishing sector. The sector has been denied the ability to fish for pollock and is questioning the methodology behind that. The price of crab, lobster and a range of shellfish species has either halved or just collapsed. The crisis with shrimp prices is ongoing since last year. The sector urgently needs support. Those in the sector have engaged...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister says, she has visited the school and seen at first hand the conditions in the school. The board of management is adamant that when it engaged with the Department it was assured that if it applied for these additional modular buildings, it would not impact on its application for a new school. It is now really frustrated that when asking about being included in a school...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I acknowledge there has been a good bit of good news for schools in County Donegal. I would not begrudge the Minister that assertion. However, she will know, having visited this school, that the conditions are not acceptable for modern education. They do not comply in any way with classroom sizes, toilet and play amenities. Special needs children are being educated in hallways. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital building programme. [23739/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question is around Scoil Mhuire National School in Milford, County Donegal. I discussed this matter with the Minister earlier in the year. This school is not fit for purpose in terms of the buildings, but in terms of education, it is the opposite. It offers a tremendous education but in conditions that are unacceptable. It is landlocked site and is very dangerous at the junction of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will reach a decision on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [23740/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will, as a matter of urgency, ensure that the European Commission establishes, by means of an implementing decision, the occurrence of an "exceptional event" in relation to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and that the operational programme for the 2021-2027 EMFAF is designed to enable the prompt and efficient drawdown of these...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have a perfect storm in housing, particularly in north Donegal. Issues arise owing to the cost of rent and the cost of new homes, but when you throw in concrete blocks it really is a perfect storm. There are several factors, including the fact that many people cannot sell the houses they are in. Donegal County Council cannot purchase homes because they have defective concrete blocks and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delays in reopening respite services in the Ard Aoibhinn Unit in Carndonagh, County Donegal; when he expects a HIQA inspection to be carried out at the unit; and if he can provide an ongoing update on same, until such a time that it reopens. [22714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 577. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide a post-operative bed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update and progress report on the current status of the TEN-T project for Donegal. [22072/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (16 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the application from City of Derry Airport to have Irish Government support for the Derry to Dublin air link reinstated. [22071/24]

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 3 o’clock The Minister received correspondence late last year from more than 80 GPs and more than 20 consultants in County Donegal about their concerns with Letterkenny University Hospital. I know he met with them and heard face to face the serious concerns they had. As part of the correspondence, they revealed to him that Letterkenny is a model 3 hospital, but the reality is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have plenty of time anyway, do we not? We have until 6 o'clock. My first question is to Michael McGarvey of Donegal County Council. As a TD for Donegal I have worked with Michael for years. I want to clarify a comment that was made earlier. I am getting messages and people are very angry. I do not think it is truly representative of Mr. McGarvey's view so I am going to put it again....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Would Mr. McGarvey accept as a Donegal man who lives in the county and talks to people every day that the reality is that very large numbers, I would say the substantial majority of homeowners, cannot access the scheme because it will cost them tens of thousands of euro to do so. Would he accept there is a big discrepancy and that is why there were huge numbers at those public meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With respect, the comment was made earlier about lifestyle reasons.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is why I am asking Mr. McGarvey to clarify because I know him and have worked with him and I do not think that is his view. I think he and the officials from Donegal County Council I work with are implementing the scheme as it is. They are not defending the scheme and they are not saying people are excluded from the scheme for reasons of their own choice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not my experience. I do not think it is Mr. McGarvey's either.