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Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reality for people living in the west and north west is that at least two thirds of the homes are heated with home heating oil. The figure is probably higher in County Donegal. Someone looking to fill a tank with 1,000 l of oil would have paid about €600 just over a year ago. Today, that person will pay more than double that. The tank must be filled a number of times every...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that his Department officials urgently engage with their counterparts in the Department of the Taoiseach and the board of the City of Derry Airport to provide financial assistance to the airport utilising the shared island fund. [21017/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The City of Derry Airport is a really important resource to the people of the north west of Ireland. Some 40% of the passengers who use the airport are from Donegal, flying to Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Stansted and other locations across Europe. The Irish Government has not funded this airport for about a decade now. It is an absolute disgrace. This has to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Donegal Airport is a superb airport in west Donegal, no doubt about it. Just to outline geography, there is a reason 40% of the passengers in City of Derry Airport come from Donegal. It is only half an hour from my home in Buncrana to get to City of Derry Airport while it is about an hour and a half to west Donegal. That is the reality. In the Inishowen Peninsula, Letterkenny and Finn...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What makes it more important is that we have been heartbroken by what has happened with the A5. We were supposed to have a motorway. There is no direct rail connection from Derry and the north west of Ireland. There is no direct motorway connection and no direct air connection. It is a mortal sin what is happening to us. We have been waiting for this motorway. There is no connection....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on abolishing the mandatory retirement age in some sectors of the economy and particularly in the area of community development. [20940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 541. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with the trade unions that represent healthcare workers regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 542. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with trade unions that represent teachers and school staff regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 744. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Standards Authority of Ireland (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline which the steering group NSAI Standardisation Programme - Masonry Construction that was established to oversee a review of the standard IS 465 is working to; the deadline for the completion of this review; and the international expertise it will be seeking to assist in its work. [20242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that carers in receipt of carer’s benefit or carer’s allowance are not also entitled to any illness or sickness benefit like other workers, if they are off work from their part-time work due to illness or sickness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20248/22]