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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (29 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff positions that are currently vacant in the regional office of his Department in Raphoe, County Donegal; and the plans to have these positions filled. [22505/21]

Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Restoration to Order Paper (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198, the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017, which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, shall be restored to the Order Paper at Order for Committee Stage.”

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It was a draft plan.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is an absolutely derisory response.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Some 45 minutes has been scheduled on Thursday for the Opposition to engage on the national marine planning framework, NMPF. As the Taoiseach knows, serious concern was conveyed to the Government through the Business Committee from a range of Opposition Members, including Sinn Féin. The NMPF is a major planning framework. It has legal consequences for our coastal communities,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Drug and Alcohol Testing (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department decided on the drug driving limits in regard to cannabis and the testing procedures that apply. [21844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of efforts by his Department working with Donegal County Council to secure the necessary funding to complete the breakwater at Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal, mindful of the huge outlay of public funding already invested in a half finished project. [21445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (28 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the immediate publication of the European Commission 2018 audit and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority administrative enquiry that has led to the revocation of the derogation for the fishing industry to weigh fishery products following transport away from the place of landing; and his views on whether it is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Tánaiste, as a former Minister for Health, will be aware that, in County Donegal, we have iCARE on the Inishowen Peninsula and Bluestack Special Needs Foundation in south Donegal. For the past 20 years, both organisations have provided a vital service to children with disabilities and their families in north and south Donegal. They did so without State funding for a long time but,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (22 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reopen the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme to allow for the scheme to cover the period from 30 June 2020 onwards; if the eligibility criteria of the scheme will be widened to include aquaculture producers of other species excluded in the previous scheme, that is, abalone, trout and bottom mussels; and if the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (22 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider additional financial supports for the oyster sector which is facing a second year of its production cycle with difficulties in finding and accessing markets for its produce (details supplied). [20956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will honour the commitment in the Programme for Government to work to retain factory weighing of pelagic fish in the context of negotiations on the new EU control regulation; the position regarding the current oversight of weighing systems in Irish fish production factories including tamper-proof systems that are observed by...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will comment on the same issue as Deputy Tóibín. The Deputy is a member of the Regional Independent Group. The Whip of that group is Deputy Naughten, a very able Whip. I have seen some political postings in recent days and I wish to make it clear that a presentation, which made it clear that the Dáil would return to a three-day week, was made to all Deputies last week....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 365. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 40% of the passengers that have used the City of Derry Airport in recent years are based in County Donegal; and when substantial funding to the airport will be restored to reflect such passenger numbers and the commitment to the north west cross Border region under the New Decade, New...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will re-engage with and arrange a meeting with a person (details supplied) to examine possibilities to compensate them for stability issues which were discovered on a vessel that they purchased from another European state rendering the vessel unfit for sea and unsafe and which left them in serious financial hardship;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 584. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of all properties and national monuments under the control of the Office of Public Works in County Donegal in tabular form. [20819/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 585. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has to refurbish the historical courthouse at Carndonagh, County Donegal in order that it can be reopened as a district court for the north Inishowen area. [20818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of Public Works (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans the Office of Public Works have to secure and repair the old church and surrounding walls at Raymoghy Abbey near Manorcunningham, County Donegal; and his views on whether such important historical sites require ongoing maintenance and care. [20820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mica Redress Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 815. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will convene a meeting or correspond with the banks and financial institutions to call on the banks and financial institutions to assist families in County Donegal who have been affected by MICA defective concrete blocks in their homes given the recent comments by Minister of State for Housing and Urban Renewal in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2179. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an urgent review of the Cross-Border Directive that is being administered by the HSE following recurrent problems with the compatibility of DRG codes that have cost applicants thousands of euro. [20041/21]