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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Personal Public Service Numbers (6 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of applications (details supplied) for PPSNs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 717. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine or medical procedure can be administered on a mature minor, that is, over 16 years of age with an intellectual disability without the consent of the parents following the enactment of recent laws. [28666/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 802. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details on any fish and shell fish quota swaps that the State has made with other EU States in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will provide the basis for these swaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28761/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage and value of the full annual catch of fish that has been registered as taken from Irish waters under the Common Fisheries Policy for each of the years 2000 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 including the nationality of the boats landing the catch. [28762/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (6 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 804. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that none of his predecessors signed off on the equivalent of SI 318 of 2020 this year, before An Taoiseach did so on 26 August 2020. [28763/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (6 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria on mileage and usage for vehicles that were used by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and then auctioned by Irish Machinery Auctions; the estimated amount that was raised by the sale of the vehicles and where the funds were allocated. [28783/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (7 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW has paid a private firm to maintain the gate at Grianan of Aileach Fort, County Donegal. [29222/20]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I clarify whether we are dealing with the business for next week, now or next?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will say a few words on this proposal. On Tuesday, the matter was raised by a range of Members, including myself, and the Taoiseach stated that we would have statements on Friday and that he would be there. That is on the Dáil record. On what is being offered tonight, I had proposed earlier that we would have statements similar to Thursday last where we would have ten minutes...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Regarding Wednesday's proposal, our party cannot accept the schedule for leaders' statements as laid out - the Taoiseach at 30 minutes, the Tánaiste at 30 minutes and the Green Party at 20 minutes, which is a run of an hour and 20 minutes. We again propose that their contributions be interspersed. It is in the public interest to have back and forth. We propose that the schedule be the...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: May I respond to that?

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My understanding is that, historically, we would not have a Government slot of an hour and 20 minutes for leaders' statements. It would be a very long time before the Opposition could respond. It is too long and unwieldy. I ask that the Government reconsider.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Tests (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 165. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the requirement for members of the Defence Forces from around County Donegal, who are based at Finner Camp, County Donegal, to assist with Covid-19 testing in Dublin and other locations that are long distances from their base; and the number of those members that have tested positive for Covid-19 while carrying out...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure Saolta Group undertake the urgent implementation of all necessary improvements laid bare by the recent HIQA Your Experience survey (details supplied). [29375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which will be taken to ensure the speedy implementation of the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 at Letterkenny University Hospital, including the supported care pathway which specifies provision for home birth. [29376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the organisational review of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority that was carried out and his plans to implement the recommendations. [29274/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is it be possible for those of us nominating members for the role to make our arguments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Election of Vice Chairman (8 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My understanding is that it has become customary in the Oireachtas that if a Cathaoirleach is from the Government then the Vice Chairman will be from the Opposition and vice versa. In this case, it would be customary that the Vice Chairman would be from the Opposition, in order to have a committee that is a collective and consensual. It is good practice. This is the first argument. I have...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise - Mineral Oil Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I urge the Minister to think about the average working family in rural counties such as County Donegal. Such a family typically has a car that is six, seven or eight years old. Those living in Donegal who wish to travel to a job or a place of study cannot do so by public transport. As such, they must drive a car and fill it with diesel or petrol. The average family in such areas cannot...