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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if patients routinely admitted to Letterkenny University Hospital through the emergency department are tested for Covid-19 and are not admitted to a ward until their result is confirmed [36498/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 760. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding allegations that a number of staff at Letterkenny University Hospital had to battle for two days in the week beginning 9 November 2020 to have a Covid-19 sweep of testing for all staff undertaken after a patient was diagnosed with the illness; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the test had been denied and all requests...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 761. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff and personnel at Letterkenny University Hospital who are currently off duty as a result of testing positive for Covid-19, self-isolating or recovering from the virus; and the number of staff and personnel at the hospital who have tested positive for Covid-19 since 13 March 2020. [36500/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 762. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of Letterkenny University Hospital regarding staff members wearing masks throughout the hospital campus; and if complaints have been received from the public about staff and personnel not wearing masks in the hospital over recent weeks or months. [36501/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 771. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that will be provided to increase capacity in overnight respite care for persons with disabilities from the current four beds for the entire Inishowen region, County Donegal; his future plans for meeting the needs of the service users and their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36739/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 803. To ask the Minister for Health the health and therapy services that can operate under level 5 restrictions; and if biomagnetic pair therapy is permissible to operate under level 5 restrictions. [36819/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 804. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that organisations (details supplied) have only received a fraction of the budget they require from the HSE over recent years to provide vital disability support services to families across County Donegal; and the actions that will follow after the meeting between the managers of the organisations and the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seafood Sector (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 884. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislative basis for the bottom grown mussel consultative forum and joint management of the bottom grown mussel natural resource following the Supreme Court judgment of 27 October 2016 (details supplied). [36432/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 885. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the decade-long failure of his Department to complete the construction of a breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal; and if his Department will engage proactively with Donegal County Council on its plans to complete the breakwater submitted to the Department of Rural and Community Development as an...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 886. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision not to proceed with the sea survival training centre at the National Fisheries College in Greencastle, County Donegal, will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36434/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We learned last night that as of last Friday 133 staff at Letterkenny University Hospital were off work. We understand the number could now be above 150. All non-essential services have been suspended. The hospital faces an unprecedented crisis. We are talking about a hospital that was run at full capacity over recent years, so that is saying something. I appeal to the Taoiseach and the...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Covid-19 has affected every single walk of life since last March. When society practically shut down eight months ago, we entered the land of the unknown. Natural human interaction that we took for granted was no longer possible. We needed to try to find a new way of interacting. It was no longer possible to attend workplaces or school settings. At some stages, we could no longer fly,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if clarification will be provided on home schooling restrictions during level 5 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and location of each building or property owned by the marine section of his Department nationwide; the income in rent received for each of the buildings or properties in each of the years, 2000 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and the amount invested in each building and property in the same period in tabular form. [37422/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the outrage in coastal communities at the ongoing access to the Exclusive Economic Zone being granted to super trawlers and factory trawlers to fish there; the way in which the practice meets the stated objectives of the Government and the European Union to maintain a sustainable fishery for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Further and Higher Education Sectors: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome both witnesses here today. I acknowledge, as a Deputy who represents Donegal, the immense role played by both of them in being leaders of education in the region, and particularly leading on the cross-border dimension. I am delighted that both of them are here today to talk about the practice that they have developed. As has been rightly said, this collaboration is a benchmark...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach is around a long time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed. The Taoiseach spoke of the separation of powers being precious in our democracy. I want him to reflect on the fact that we are talking about the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, the court whose judges interpret the people's Constitution and protect the people by assessing legislation and dealing with cases. It does not get more important than that....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want the Taoiseach to reflect very deeply on this because he is somebody who repeatedly professes a passion for our democracy and the separation of powers. We are talking about the process of appointment to the Supreme Court.