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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Okay. Mr. Ó Coigligh went on to say that it is not a compensation or redress scheme but rather a grant scheme. This is the thing that drives homeowners mad. This is deeply hurtful. Mr. Ó Coigligh heard the testimonies earlier, although maybe he did not hear all of them, about what this has done to people's lives. I live in Buncrana. I look to my right-hand side outside my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hope in future the Department will reflect on that type of language. I really want to work constructively with Mr. Ó Coigligh to find solutions but he might please reflect on that type of language when he comes back to do the review in six months' time. I am absolutely convinced that when Mr. Ó Coigligh does the review, he will not use that language again. In terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am a layperson. I have described this so many times to people in County Donegal. When I get on an aeroplane, I trust that the pilot can fly it and that the mechanics have it in good order. We put our trust in professionals. Right now, this is a huge dilemma. Nobody can professionally say the standard on which we base this scheme is fit for purpose and can be trusted. Ms Larkin will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise the issue of school transport bus escorts. I met a large delegation in my constituency recently and was taken aback by the way they had been unfairly treated. It reminds me of the treatment of school secretaries and caretakers for many years in the context of pay and conditions. The other issue is that they are not paid for 69 days of the year when there are school holidays or...

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister of State knows, long before the recent disastrous events in Palestine and Israel, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and B'Tselem designated Israel as an apartheid state. On 18 July 1984 Mary Manning, a shop worker at Dunnes Stores on Henry Street, here in Dublin, refused to handle South African goods in protest against its apartheid regime. Three years later Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the progress by the National Transport Authority on the introduction of a virtual/digital Leap card for use on smartphones; if he can provide an exact date for introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49806/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department officials will meet with representatives of the National Inshore Fishermen's Association (NIFA), the National Inshore Fisheries Forum (NIFF) and the North West Regional Inshore Fisheries Forum (RIFF) following their withdrawal from the Quota Management Advisory Committee (QMAC); if he can confirm a date...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work to ensure that any future agreements between the EU and Third (non-EU) Countries about access to Irish waters under the jurisdiction of the Common Fisheries Policy include a stipulation that they face the same stringent control and conservation regime as the Irish fleet, particularly with regard to mixed species...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Gender Equality (14 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has developed an online reporting system for the 2023 Gender Pay Gap reporting cycle which will consist of a central portal where all employer reports will be uploaded and can be accessed publicly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49805/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on submissions that her Department has received to date from the teacher representative unions in the State about the challenge of accommodating children and students from Ukrainian refugee families; her plans to provide the necessary resources to schools and teachers for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline how she plans to reduce class sizes in DEIS schools across Donegal in response to the challenge for teachers in trying to accommodate a diverse range of needs in the large class groups, in particular practical subjects, due to the lack of physical space in rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50312/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the challenge of teacher retention and supply at schools across Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (16 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the necessary resources to ensure the availability of a comprehensive National Education Psychological Service at schools across Donegal. [50314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (16 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department are aware of the current livelihood-threatening market disturbance to the brown crab (cancer pagurus) fishery, whereby processors are now not taking any landed produce due to there being no buyers for export live or otherwise; what measures can be taken to identify new markets; what immediate supporting...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will be in Letterkenny on Friday, and he will meet the representatives of the GPs and consultants who have expressed grave concern about the major acute hospital in the country. This is an important meeting. I urge the Minister to listen to what the representatives have to say and to understand that what lies at the heart of the crisis in our hospital is years of systematic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (21 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 518. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans by the National Ambulance Service to develop a permanent ambulance base at Buncrana, County Donegal. [50705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Files (21 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 584. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the release on social media of videos that show patients' medical records and files stored in unsecured premises at a hospital (details supplied); to confirm that none of the medical records that are being stored there have been stolen or removed after the recent intrusion; what security measures the hospital has deployed at the site where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide urgent clarification on the timeline for the construction and handover of the new three-school campus at Buncrana, County Donegal, in response to recent media reports that this long-delayed and vital project will not be completed until 2030; and if she will honour the previously-made commitments to fast-track this project. [51162/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department officials will meet with several organisations (details supplied), following their withdrawal from the North West Herring Group; if he can confirm a date when such a meeting can take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51408/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Nov 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he considers that financial losses faced by vessels in respect of pelagic stocks such as mackerel and herring will be adequately compensated for by the Brexit pelagic fisheries support scheme, given that they will be required to repay any funding received for months that their vessels were tied up as part of the Brexit temporary...