Results 801-820 of 9,113 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the CDNT team in Donegal east has no office of its own, a 65% staff vacancy rate and key leadership positions unfilled; and if she will urgently examine all options to resolve this crisis as soon as possible, including pooling resources with other CDNT teams in the county, until the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1491. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is acceptable for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to wait almost two months for further cancer treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital for an aggressive, terminal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12930/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the widespread concern in the communities of south Inishowen, County Donegal, regarding the HSE plan to relocate the public health nurse from Fahan Health Centre to Buncrana; and if he plans to reverse this decision and maintain this important service in the local community. [11380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 27 February 2024, was responded to by the Manager of Letterkenny University Hospital rather than the HSE officials who made the decision not to allocate the ANP; the reason for ANP for adult diabetes services has not been agreed and appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital, considering the long waiting lists...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Obviously, neither the Minister for housing nor the Ministers of State in that Department are present today, but the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan, is from Fine Gael and his party has been in government for 13 years now. I want to tell him what that has meant for the people of Donegal. In 2002, 560 social houses were either built or acquired in just one year. That was in 2002...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance (details supplied) will be assessed on current means only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11054/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (6 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 1 June 2023, and 381 and 382 of 27 February 2024, if he will provide the latest update for development plans at Dunmore East; if a significant capital development project for Dunmore East will be announced in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11204/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, last week on behalf of Sinn Féin I made a request that the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, come before the Dáil to answer questions from the Opposition on this whole mess with RTÉ and the effective sacking of Siún Ní Raghallaigh. The Government did not agree to this last week. It did not facilitate any questions being asked...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (5 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Magheroarty Pier in County Donegal as a landing point for UK registered vessels, similar to other piers and harbours across Donegal. [10205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 769. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE had provided a taxi transport service for a person in County Donegal (details supplied) to attend Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal injections, the reason this service will no longer be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10733/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (5 Mar 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if a person from County Donegal (details supplied) attended Sligo University Hospital for intravitreal treatment, can this person receive this treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 316. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug phesgo can be administered by GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9856/24]

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thought I had time left.

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was present earlier when my party leader, Deputy McDonald, questioned the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, about the Government's approach to all of this and he proceeded to read out statistics in soft language. I want to testify to the reality in my home county of Donegal for children with mental health challenges. We have a defective block crisis. It has been described as an earthquake...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As a TD for Donegal based on the Inishowen Peninsula, I am all too familiar with the limitations of the scheme. I will focus on two areas as I am sure all members will want to cover as many points as possible. The first area I want to focus on is the National Standards Authority of Ireland review of IS 465. At a previous committee hearing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Blocks Scheme: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is more important that the homeowners have their say, so I have no problem with that.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the person accused of the rape and murder of an Irish citizen (details supplied) in India in March 2017 has again been granted bail; and the engagements the Government has had with the Indian Government on the length of time this trial has taken. [9380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any State supports available to a family whose home has been seriously damaged by a lightning strike and who may lose out financially due to the gap between the insurance pay out and the actual cost of repair. [9202/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a progress report on the west wharf extension and return project for Dunmore East Harbour, to which €300,000 was allocated in the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme 2023, but which has no allocation in the 2024 Development Programme, and with, I am advised, no works having been carried out;...