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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (6 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the dismay caused to hundreds of homeowners in defective block homes in Donegal, who have had their application under the defective concrete block grant scheme referred by Donegal County Council to the Housing Agency to adjudicate on, under the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline what discussions or engagements he has held with his ministerial colleagues to ensure that every effort is made to minimise the impact on traditional fishing grounds from the development of offshore renewable energy; and if he supports the principle of co-creation when designating areas for offshore renewable energy or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What level of engagement has the Minister had with his counterparts about the shared marine space and how do we maximise the potential of our marine space for our fishing communities and renewable energy while also protecting the marine ecosystem?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was motivated to put this question after meeting inshore fishermen from the east coast, where they have had a bad experience of offshore renewable energy development. They were effectively told about it after the fact. This has had a serious impact. Fishers from Dublin and Wicklow have built up a good whelk fishery, but it is under serious threat as a result of what has happened. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The inshore fishers on the east coast have had an horrific experience. It can never be repeated anywhere in Ireland. They have correspondence, which I have seen, from the Director General of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, DG MARE, Ms Charlina Vitcheva. She laid out very clearly the balance that needed to be struck between developing offshore renewable energy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Communities (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will revert to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to advise when the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 can be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 13 June 2023, if he will outline his plans to update the legislation pertaining to quarries, in co-operation with other Ministers, considering the catastrophic failings in State oversight that have led to devastation for thousands of homeowners and tenants and a cost of billions...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Services (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm when the positions (details supplied) within the primary healthcare system in north Donegal will be filled; and if he is aware of the huge impact this is having on children with the full spectrum of disabilities and their families. [34034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 647. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the necessary funding and resources are provided to an organisation (details supplied) so that it can continue to provide the care needed in respect of a person to live independently within the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (11 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 658. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable that ten years since the major flood at Letterkenny University Hospital, the onsite outpatient clinic has not been reinstated at the hospital; and if he will ensure that this important clinic is reinstated as soon as possible. [33470/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (12 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what engagement he and his Department had prior to the introduction of the European Union (International Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2023, SI 315/2023, and their impact on the Irish fishing industry; what plans he has for further engagement to discuss the impact; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and ask officials from his Department and the Office of Public Works to re-engage with a person (details supplied) to discuss a safe and fair management system for the water courses that run through his farm land from all the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement his Department has had with the Minister and Department of Transport prior and present to the introduction of the European Union (International Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2023, SI 315/2023, and its effect on the Irish fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cruise liners that have visited each port in Ireland in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement his Department is having with local fishermen around the coast about the construction of offshore wind infrastructure; if he agrees that the impact on traditional fishing grounds should be minimised, that adequate financial compensation is provided, and that agreements reached in advance of construction are adhered...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the pelagic fishing industry in Ireland will receive financial compensation for the huge loss of fish quota that they have endured under the Brexit Reserve Adjustment Fund. [35143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of needs will be carried out for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance on the requests from homeowners affected by defective blocks that the works they are carrying out to remediate their homes and related professional fees, under the enhanced defective block grant scheme, be exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish with the National Standards Authority of Ireland when it will issue a clear directive on the acceptable levels of deleterious materials and compressive strength in concrete blocks that will allow sellers and buyers of second-hand homes to have full clarity on their transaction. [40104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish with the National Standards Authority of Ireland when it will issue a clear directive on the acceptable levels of deleterious materials and structural strength in concrete foundations to assist homeowners who have to rebuild their homes under the enhanced defective block grant scheme. [40105/23]