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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...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 92. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Letterkenny University Hospital had the sixth highest number of inpatients in hospitals across the State in 2019 but only received the 13th highest budget allocation of the hospitals across the State, just 36% of the highest budget allocation to a hospital, the 14th highest allocation of consultants in...

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Letterkenny University Hospital is the sixth largest hospital in the State yet it only has the 13th largest budget allocation and the 13th to 14th greatest number of nurses and doctors. That is discrimination. I wish to engage with the Minister on that now.

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

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, I absolutely do not accept that. This is the first chance the Minister and I have had for an engagement about Letterkenny University Hospital but I assure him it will be the first of many. What the Minister's colleagues who wrote this response did not tell him is that the 24,141 inpatients seen in the hospital last year make it the sixth largest hospital in the State. They have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I just want to reiterate-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There may be a solution. I am trying to be helpful. In terms of what is being proposed by the Government, why do we not split it in half?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Government is saying 16 minutes. What about splitting it two rounds of eight minutes for ourselves and two rounds of seven minutes for the other groups?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is the same. The Government proposed 16 minutes for Sinn Féin and 14 minutes for the other groups. I am proposing two rounds and splitting them in half. It is exactly the same thing in two rounds.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That was what was proposed. Deputy Griffin has asked a question and I will respond to him. The Business Committee-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Members opposite have asked for clarification.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For the record, what was requested by email yesterday was an additional round. What was proposed by the Government was ten minutes. An additional round was proposed and, in fairness, I think that should be agreed to. We are talking about ten minutes of a difference in terms of yesterday's proposal. It should be agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Taoiseach has said, parliamentary democracy is precious and very important. Yesterday, the Government circulated a proposal that each party and group in the Opposition would have ten minutes to question the Tánaiste about matters of profound importance. As was seen on Leaders' Questions, there was a range of questions that the Taoiseach could not answer, but which he says the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure the sustainability of the fishery within the 6 nm limit following the recent decision of the High Court to overturn the ban on vessels of over 18 metres fishing in that area; and the way in which he can ensure fairness to all fishers whether inshore or those historically reliant on fishing within the 6 nm limit....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional financial supports he plans to introduce for fishers around the coast from all sectors that have faced financial losses in 2020 due to the global pandemic crisis, following the announcement of the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme; and if he will consider increasing the financial supports under the Covid-19...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 440. To ask the Minister for Finance if the objective of the carbon tax is to change consumer behaviour in favour of the environment; and the reason carbon tax is the same on smokeless coal as opposed to smoky coal that is still in use in a large geographical area of the State. [33417/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 552. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of golf clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an organisation (details supplied); and the amount received by each club in tabular form. [33742/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the names of boxing clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an association (details supplied); and the amount received by each club in tabular form. [33743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (3 Nov 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 13 October 2020, if the schemes that he refers to includes the pyrite remediation scheme; and if not, the reason. [32487/20]