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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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Oct 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols that were in place at the Letterkenny University Hospital community ophthalmic service on 24 August 24 2021 when a person (details supplied) requiring urgent care was referred to Sligo University Hospital; the protocols that were in place at Sligo University Hospital ophthalmic service on 24 August 2021 that failed to deal with the patient...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Mr. Donohoe, in his presentation, referenced the governance review of the apprenticeship training in Ireland and expressed frustration on behalf of some at the speed at which it happened. He referenced comparisons with other countries and how that is not particularly pertinent because of the cultural changes that need to happen here, but he and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (17 Oct 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will deliver a minor injury unit to be based at Carndonagh Community Hospital as part of the plan to reduce attendances at the crisis laden Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital. [45354/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will deliver a minor injury unit to be based at Carndonagh Community Hospital as part of the plan to reduce attendances at the crisis-laden emergency department at Letterkenny University Hospital. [9274/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My final question in this round is on the weighing systems. In recent times, I have observed the weighing systems at a factory in Killybegs, County Donegal. I want to describe the scenario there. The weighing device the fish go over is state of the art. It is virtually impossible to tamper with it. It is sealed. There is closed-circuit television. The weighing system is monitored round...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (29 May 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to bring forward or amend legislation dealing with the failure to stop and remain at the scene of an accident following the recommendation to do so by the jury at the inquest into the death of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan after they were struck by a car on the N2 Dublin to Derry road between...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been taken to prevent funeral directors from embalming deceased members of the community at a hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason this decision has been taken; if procedures have been put in place to facilitate the embalming process at an alternative venue; if this is a policy change; the situation at other...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The first section of the Sinn Féin motion refers to housing. A lay person looks at all of this in bewilderment. Not so long ago, turnkey housing developments were being sold at full market value throughout the State. Now, houses have halved in value. There is a simple economic rule of thumb that at a time of recession the government should intervene, first, because it creates jobs,...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (11 Dec 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This question arises from a recent situation where a man approached one of my colleagues about the long application process one undertakes to be accepted into the Defence Forces, and rightly so, but at the very end of that process there is a medical form to be signed. He signed to confirm that as a child he had asthma and at the point he was ruled out. How does that come about and why does...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is no erosion of cardiac care at of Letterkenny University Hospital as a result of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; the engagements that he and his officials have had with the Northern Ireland health authorities on enhancing and basing a cross-Border cardiac care service at Hospital for the people of Derry,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Leader is familiar with the many tragedies we have had at sea around our coast over the years. As a Donegal man, I have heard of far too many of our fishermen losing their lives. We were delighted in 2016 when it was announced by Bord Iascaigh Mhara that it would fund a €1.5 million sea safety and survival training centre at the National Fisheries College at Greencastle. The...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Jul 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(b) Subject to paragraph (b), no more than one bona fide representative of the Press shall attend proceedings to which the relevant enactment relates. (c) The court will retain discretion as to the relevant and appropriate bona fide representative of the press to where more than one applies to...

Coast Guard Stations (10 Jul 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Very serious concerns exist in the north west at the suggestion the Malin Head Coast Guard station and marine rescue sub-centre could be closed. As the Minister of State may know, a very serious campaign was run a number of years ago when there was a threat to the stations at Malin Head and Valentia. The community across the north west including the fishing community and all of the public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Migrant Crisis: Discussion (30 Sep 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The second question relates to best practice. Mr. Kirrane spoke about working with NGOs. For example, the Community Workers' Co-operative has published a very good submission on good practice in terms of integration, assimilation, and interacting with local communities in advance. One model that was brought to my attention was in Southill in Limerick with the Congolese or African community...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Funding (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Nobody in Donegal would argue that Letterkenny University Hospital should get the same allocation per inpatient as the likes of Beaumont, the Mater, St. James's or University Hospital Galway. That is accepted. Let us look at one comparison. In Letterkenny we had more inpatients in 2019 than St. James's Hospital, with Letterkenny having the sixth largest number and St. James's having the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I support the request made by Deputy Cian O'Callaghan. The Minister should absolutely come into the Chamber this week to deal with that matter. It is repugnant to the families who have been squeezed out of the housing market that that has happened. I want to put on the record that all of the parties at the Business Committee last Thursday asked that we would get back to the Dáil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Mobility and Motorised Transport Allowances: Discussion (6 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We can clarify that at a later date. It would be a few weeks before we could expect the Secretary General to be before us again. We will proceed with the Senator's questioning at this point and see where we might get.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Surveillance Issues: Minister for Justice and Equality (19 Feb 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason the Minister did not report to the Dáil the IMSI technology as being at solely available at government level is because it is available to purchase on the Internet for €5,000.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Apr 2014)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the shortage of junior doctors available to the departments of surgery at Letterkenny Hospital, in view of this service now being at breaking point [16201/14]