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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that in recent days, there are approximately 70 large third country pelagic trawlers, from Norway, Iceland, Faroes, Russia, and the UK, fishing for blue whiting both inside EU waters and just outside the Irish 200-mile EEZ in international waters; if he will outline the level of monitoring and inspections of these...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We want to form committees.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why will the Taoiseach not respect the Ceann Comhairle's decision? Michael Lowry-----

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to talk to the Minister of State but the issue of defective concrete blocks, not just in my home county of Donegal but in the west of Ireland. As he knows, the National Standards Authority of Ireland is tasked with coming up with a standard we can trust. Why is this a crucial issue now? When we go to hospital and we have a cancer diagnosis, we trust the diagnosis and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I raise the issue of Scoil Mhuire National School at Milford, County Donegal. That school is providing a tremendous education but the facilities there are appalling. They date from decades ago, including the toilet facilities and cramped classrooms. A storage area had to be converted into a classroom last year. This became a huge issue before the election. Our local Minister, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will commence the delivery of affordable housing projects across County Donegal. [11848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commence a survey to establish the number of defective concrete block homeowners in counties Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Limerick who cannot avail of the defective concrete block grant scheme for financial or other reasons; if he will commence a parallel survey to establish the number of defective concrete...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (20 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in local authority-controlled piers and harbours across the State over the forthcoming Government term; and if he will confirm that central Exchequer investment in these piers and harbours will not cease as the Brexit adjustment reserve fund concludes. [13142/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 438. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and services currently available on a State-wide basis for people suffering with fibromyalgia; the details of the specific provisions in the north west, including any planned expansions or improvements to service delivery in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (20 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 480. To ask the Minister for Health whether there were any assessment of needs applications that were closed without receiving an assessment of needs in County Donegal in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13201/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been informed by the Department of Infrastructure in the North of Ireland of two discharge consent applications by a company (details supplied); if he has been informed of two water abstraction licences from the same company that would abstract half a million gallons of water per day from peatland, every...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 336. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work he is engaging in to support the growth of the Letterkenny-Derry economic corridor; his plans for economic cooperation in the northwest over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9262/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 338. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work underway to create a skills network across the northwest cross-Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 339. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deliver balanced regional development and economic growth in the northwest cross-Border region, working in cooperation and partnership with his Ministerial counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 337. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work of the IDA in the northwest from 2016 to date, including its cooperation with Invest NI to promote investment and job creation in the cross-Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9263/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward an amendment to the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, allowing the increase in the cap to be applied retrospectively to homeowners already participating in the defective concrete block grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will respond to correspondence from residents of an estate (details supplied) on their concerns in relation to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme and their homes that were built on a flood plain. [9819/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [10877/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update from her Department’s officials on what action they propose to take to remediate the extension to a school (details supplied). [12005/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has in place to build an extension with additional classrooms at a school (details supplied), so that they can facilitate the growing numbers of pupils at the school. [12104/25]