Results 81-100 of 8,590 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 637.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what full-time care facilities are available for a person with intellectual disabilities (details supplied) in her locality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25059/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 744.To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a new date for a procedure in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 769.To ask the Minister for Health the reason no response has been received from the HSE in relation to Parliamentary Question Nos 1201, 1202 and 1203 of 9 April 2024 about a child in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 770.To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available in Letterkenny University Hospital for adults and children who have diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 826.To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can receive an earlier appointment in Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25269/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 836.To ask the Minister for Health when respite services for the elderly will be returned to a centre (details supplied). [25298/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Period Poverty (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 903.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €250,000 allocated to publicly-funded higher education institutions, that aim to deliver free and sustainable period products for students, by institution, in tabular form. [24975/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not know whether the Minister of State has had a chance to review the transcript of the committee meetings but if he did, he would been disturbed at what emerged. It is very clear, and the testimony from Engineers Ireland was very concerning, that IS 465, which is the standard that underpins a multibillion euro redress scheme, the biggest redress scheme in the history of the State, is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Another major issue is that the scheme is a grant scheme. For the second time, it is grant scheme and not a redress scheme, which is what was provided for the more than 3,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster who were the victims of pyrite. From the committee meetings and the public meetings in Donegal and Mayo, which were attended by more than 2,000 people in total in Donegal and by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not 100%. The Minister of State should not say that. It is deeply offensive to families.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My colleague, Deputy Doherty, and I submitted a number of questions. I am representing us both, with the assistance and co-operation of the House. For three weeks, the finance and housing committees probed the enhanced defective concrete block scheme. It is clear there are gaping holes in the scheme both in its accessibility for applicants and the science that underpins it. What is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to make changes to the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme to address the concerns of the estimated 3,000 persons who have attended public meetings in Donegal and Mayo and called for a genuine 100% redress scheme similar to that provided to the victims of the pyrite scandal in Dublin and north...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the long standing housing issues in Carndonagh and Milford town, County Donegal whereby Donegal County Council and affordable housing bodies cannot proceed with the purchase of a large number of properties in both towns, for families and persons on the social housing list due to his Department's limits and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will sign and confirm the Statutory Instrument required to open the occupation of sea-fisher for eligibility for the general employment permit for non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet, mindful that this blockage is having a serious impact on Irish fishing vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will work with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to establish an ASD unit, when their change of status to a co-educational school proceeds soon; and if she and her Department are aware that the school has a long history of innovation in special education, and with an administrative principal and specialist...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate that she is speaking on behalf of the Minister for the marine. The response has been drafted by Department of the marine officials on behalf of the Minister and does not capture the urgency. We do not need increased grant aid for onboard and inshore investments. We are beyond that. Somebody is drowning and we are talking about giving them...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a serious crisis in the inshore fishing sector. The sector has been denied the ability to fish for pollock and is questioning the methodology behind that. The price of crab, lobster and a range of shellfish species has either halved or just collapsed. The crisis with shrimp prices is ongoing since last year. The sector urgently needs support. Those in the sector have engaged...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister says, she has visited the school and seen at first hand the conditions in the school. The board of management is adamant that when it engaged with the Department it was assured that if it applied for these additional modular buildings, it would not impact on its application for a new school. It is now really frustrated that when asking about being included in a school...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I acknowledge there has been a good bit of good news for schools in County Donegal. I would not begrudge the Minister that assertion. However, she will know, having visited this school, that the conditions are not acceptable for modern education. They do not comply in any way with classroom sizes, toilet and play amenities. Special needs children are being educated in hallways. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital building programme. [23739/24]