Results 1-20 of 9,183 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the 20-year claw back for owners who seek to remediate their properties that are not their primary home, under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [40233/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if compensation under the victim’s payment scheme paid out to persons resident in the State, as a result of the ‘troubles in the North’ is disregarded as means for the assessment of the disability allowance. [40289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 281. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that tubeless diabetic pumps will be made available to children to assist in managing type 1 diabetes, who are currently required to use cumbersome wired diabetic pumps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40029/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the senior radiographer post at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal has been delayed by two years; when this post will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has everything to do with the Order of Business.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not correct.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is there in black and white. The dissent was recorded in black and white.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am asking for the Government Chief Whip to correct the record.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The dissent is in black and white.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Chief Whip has just said there was no dissent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not at all. The sentence was completed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No. Six months on, this really is a do-nothing Government. Hundreds of families in Donegal and the west of Ireland have waited ten months for it to honour its promise to bring in a simple amendment to legislation to ensure the increase in the cap for defective block homeowners applies to people already in the scheme. That means they cannot make the final payments to builders. The...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have questions on several matters. What is gone is gone, but with regard to the Minister of State's plans for the upcoming budget, we had the incoming chairs of the Marine Institute and the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board before us in recent weeks and we raised the issue of increased resources. We cannot say enough that the population of the Faroe Islands is approximately 58,000, which...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have one last question. I think we will have another round, will we?

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will deal with this quickly. Many European Union member states introduced a fuel support scheme. I engaged repeatedly with the former Minister, Deputy McConalogue, but he did not go for it. When the Minister of State is engaging with the fishing representative organisations, are they still asking for this? My understanding is that those in the inshore sector particularly are. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I have questions for all three organisations. I welcome the acknowledgement of the seafood/ORE working group and commend Captain Robert McCabe on his excellent stewardship of the group. Understandably, there are concerns in fishing communities about the impact of offshore renewable energy. Those communities also understand the need for us to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I know we have a meeting later this evening to look at the next period in the autumn, but I ask that the committee consider corresponding with the Government on the issue of access for fishermen to those sites. If that is hugely important in getting consensus, we should consider doing that. I will discuss that at the meeting later. The ideal outcome for us as a country would be that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Planning Challenges in Offshore Renewable Energy: Discussion (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am just sorry we do not have more time. I hope we will get another round later on. My next question is for Ms Brien on the important functions MARA performs. We recently spoke to representatives of the Marine Institute and the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board. They have new chairpersons. We looked at the issue of resourcing. Is Ms Brien happy that MARA has the necessary resources?...