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Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Donegal presently awaiting orthodontic treatment; and the length of time they have been on the waiting lists [36157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that Diabetes Type 1 patients in County Donegal have a 26-month waiting time to see a consultant; if he will ensure the appointment of a second permanent, full-time Edocrinologist team at Letterkenny General Hospital, to address this serious situation. [36158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (20 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice by the Health Service Executive of depriving home support workers of their legal entitlements to premia payments is confined to Donegal Primary Community Continuing Care. [36159/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The committee is sitting in public session in its capacity as the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions to record the decisions of the committee. The committee has received a total of 152 petitions to date since the launch of the petitions system. The secretariat has been examining them to establish the admissibility of the petitions and to establish how best to progress...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is agreed. We move on to No. P00029/14. The petitioner is calling on the Government to introduce a child care tax credit in the upcoming budget, which obviously has now passed. The petitioner advises of more than 1,000 supporting petitioners. We had forwarded this matter to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. After a number of contacts with the Minister's office, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I agree and echo the views of other members. We often find that when petitioners get responses, they are happy with it. We will move on to No. P00011/15. The petitioner is concerned with the regularity of scanning during pregnancy. The committee agreed to look at this as there could be a public service oversight issue. However, as there appear to be errors in the text and there have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of the petitioners, Keep Syrian "Refugees" Out Of Ireland, might not be happy with being told about the progress being made, but the other two will be. We will send copies of the transcripts. The Senator is correct in saying Irish citizens were probably ahead of others across Europe and their governments. We have comprehensive transcripts to send to the petitioners who will be able to...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I move amendment No. 1:In page 29, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:"36.Data may not be transferred to another jurisdiction for the purposes of it being used against an individual who has already stood trial and been acquitted in this jurisdiction.". We raised this in the context of the debate on what has become the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2015...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am happy with the response.

Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have two issues that I wish to raise, the first of which concerns the Stormont House Agreement implementation Bill. As the Taoiseach knows, in the Stormont House Agreement the two Governments agreed to provide for truth recovery mechanisms for the families of victims of the conflict. Specifically, the Government has committed to legislating for an historical investigations unit and the...

Order of Business (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is right.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I trust the Taoiseach will address the investment issues I have raised and also the lack of leadership that has been shown, not only at Government level but also at local level across the State. I have one more request to make of the Taoiseach today. For too long there has been a wall of distrust between the settled and Traveller communities in this State. Yesterday, some local...

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Since last weekend's tragedy at Carrickmines, disturbing information has come to light on conditions on halting sites across the State and the lack of investment by the Government and local authorities in recent years. A tremendous article by Kitty Holland was published in The Irish Timeswhich made devastating reading. The Carrickmines site was overcrowded; 29 people were sleeping in cabins...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 63. To ask the Minister for Health if home support workers in County Donegal are being deprived of their legal entitlements to premium payments by the Health Service Executive. [35863/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 64. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support workers employed by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal who are being deprived of their legal entitlements to premium payments. [35864/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (14 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the moneys owed to home support workers in County Donegal as a result of the Health Service Executive's refusal to honour its legal obligations regarding premium payments. [35865/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Syriza got re-elected.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report from her Department on the efforts to secure a site of adequate dimensions in Buncrana in County Donegal, to facilitate a three-school campus for schools (details supplied); and if she will allocate the necessary funding for this project to proceed. [35202/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (13 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources Fáilte Ireland deploys in promoting tourism in County Donegal; the number and location of Fáilte Ireland offices in the county; and the number of staff employed at each office. [35198/15]

Choice of Court (Hague Convention) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Oct 2015)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sure the Minister of State will agree Monaghan poultry and Tyrone poultry are equally beautiful and one must promote the all-Ireland economy.