Results 161-180 of 9,122 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (29 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce a national standardised criteria to ensure all fire service authorities can deliver uniform operational capabilities across the country; if it his Department’s position that the 1999 Composite Agreement remains a valid and binding document; and if he can confirm that any new measures will...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is factual that the keeping communities safe document has not been ratified by the relevant trade unions at the time of publication; and his Department’s current position regarding its status and applicability. [18856/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the travel payment received by a cohort of HSE-employed home carers, which sees their working hours increased by one hour for every 60 km travelled, is treated as legitimate working hours when determining eligibility for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18652/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (29 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the availability of the Kick Start scholarship programme to include other universities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2208. To ask the Minister for Health when a County Donegal-based person (details supplied) will be given an appointment for a DaTscan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19719/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2412. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to develop a clear clinical pathway and specialist multidisciplinary functional neurological disorder service, including measures to ensure timely and accurate diagnosis as well as appropriate ongoing support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20748/25]
- Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Our spokesperson, Deputy Ó Broin, has laid out the national picture and the challenges we face. I am going to take this opportunity to speak about the experience on the ground in Donegal and offer some constructive criticism of Uisce Éireann but also address some challenges for the Government. I will start with our major town, Letterkenny. We want to develop Letterkenny into a...
- Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Did the Deputy get lucky?
- Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sinn Féin has warned for some time that the policies of successive Governments have left Ireland uniquely vulnerable to a change in the economic climate and to tariffs. This is due to their failure to invest in infrastructure, their excessive reliance on tax incentives, and their failure to build up our indigenous industry. These moves by Donald Trump and his Administration to...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (9 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 3 April 2025, if officials from the OPW inspected the hedgerow prior to these works being carried out and since the works have been carried out; and if so, the way in which this can be presented as standard practice rather than destruction. [17692/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Marine Institute (9 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many licence applications are awaiting appropriate assessments at the Marine Institute, and if there is a prioritisation system to deal with these applications in a timely manner. [18028/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Donegal (details supplied) will receive a follow-up appointment in Cappagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17800/25]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can we prioritise the formation of the foreign affairs and trade committee to get on with-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are massive issues and huge concern around these tariffs. Can we at least prioritise the foreign affairs and trade committee?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can we agree-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My understanding is that Deputy McDonald wants to move an amendment under the Standing Order.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Whip, I can respond. The Deputy raised the issue under the Standing Order, which she has a right to do
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: An amendment under the Standing Order can be taken at any stage. It is at the discretion of the Ceann Comhairle as to when she decides to take it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to make it clear than on 5 February, a Cheann Comhairle, you took independent legal advice and adjudicated on the right of the Regional Independent Group to form a group in opposition.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, this is my moment. I have 30 seconds, which is all that has been given. That is all the Ceann Comhairle has allowed me and I intend to make my point. At that point the Government could have moved, along with the rest of us, to form Oireachtas committees immediately under the d'Hondt system. We were told repeatedly that the Government was going to change Standing Orders and that is why...