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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The issue here is in the question. Some 40% of passengers who use the City of Derry Airport are from Donegal. This airport has been held up by the ratepayers of Derry City and Strabane District Council for many years. There used to be a direct air route from Derry to Dublin. I ask the Government to step up and pay a fair share of the running costs of this airport, which is very important...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I know the Minister of State is very familiar with the geography of Donegal and the north west. While we welcome the support and funding for the airport in west Donegal, the reality of the geography of Donegal is that people in much of north Donegal, east Donegal and the Inishowen Peninsula would use the City of Derry Airport for many of their trips, particularly across to England or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will reiterate some of my points. Disastrously, the A5 project has been stuck in a quagmire for too long. In fairness to the Irish Government, in the St. Andrews Agreement, it committed to co-funding that project. I am hopeful that it will eventually get started and that the Irish Government will co-fund it. There is a lot of precedent for the Irish Government co-funding strategically...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the roll-out of at least 30 mb broadband speeds to a location (details supplied) in County Donegal as part of the national broadband plan; if such areas with poor or no broadband coverage shall be prioritised during the roll-out phase as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It sounds like a counselling session.

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to take the few minutes I have to talk about the situation in Donegal. We have a significant challenge with our ambulance service across the county. On too many occasions, people in life-threatening situations have waited for too long and in some instances they have lost their lives unnecessarily. One proposal that has been put forward to the Government again and again relates to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Mar 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rental tax credits introduced by the Government apply to parents of a student from this State but now renting and studying in a recognised third level course in the North of Ireland. [10463/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: When it comes to housing, we have a perfect storm in County Donegal. No social housing was built for approximately ten years. We have families who have been pushed into private rental across the county. There is no affordable housing taking place in County Donegal even though the income threshold is €30,000 for families. That is why we have huge numbers of young people emigrating...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: And the councillors.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if increases in the tax bands introduced in Budget 2023 are also available to retired persons over the age of 65 years when availing of their pension funds. [9630/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the rent pressure zones to include electoral areas in County Donegal to reflect the recent sharp increases in rent in some areas of the county and the knock-on impact of the defective concrete block crisis. [9623/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on proceeding with the defective concrete block grant scheme and the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, that are based on IS465, a standard that is currently under review and that emerging scientific evidence demonstrates is deficient. [10195/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will complete their review of the Tender Assessment Report by Donegal Education and Training Board (DETB) so that the new school building project for a school (details supplied) can move to Stage 4 construction. [9883/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 579. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive orthodontic treatment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9648/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing problems for patients availing of the cross-Border healthcare directive or the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme, in that the codes for the procedures do not match up between the private health care providers in the Northern Ireland and the HSE, with the consequence of those patients then being left...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Process (28 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will correspond with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine having reviewed the Island Heritage Bill 2017; when it can be expected that Committee Stage of this Bill will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Defective Building Materials (23 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department will provide clarity to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and affected defective concrete block homeowners on the level of SEAI grant funding and the criteria for accessing that funding that will be available in conjunction with the defective concrete block grant scheme and the...

Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, I have a brief question. If the proposer of an amendment is not present to move it now, does the amendment have to be taken now or will it be taken tonight?

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is just not accurate.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Feb 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Ceann Comhairle was not there. How can you know if you were not there, a Cheann Comhairle? You were not there.