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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 632. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes to the Common Fisheries Policy that are anticipated in the time ahead in order to reflect the deeply unfair allocation of fish quotas to the Irish fishing fleet within the Irish exclusive economic zone. [44458/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently activate the funding made available by the European Union twinned with Exchequer funding to assist the fishing industry with the energy crisis and the huge increase in fuel costs following the recent call by the seven national fishing and fish producer organisations. [37922/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister met representatives of a range of fishing organisations, which have made an unprecedented statement, as he will be aware. All the national voices of our fishing community have united to appeal to the Government to put together a fuel package to deal with the profound crisis threatening the entire sector. When is he going to introduce such a package?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister will be aware, it was agreed in Europe that there would be a financial aid package from last March but the Government did not avail of it. Another one has been voted for and announced in recent days and the Government needs to avail of it. The Minister referred to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve fund earlier and a tie-up scheme to compensate for the decommissioning of our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister knows that in France and Spain, there has been a significant intervention, which has certainly helped their fleets. When I say "unprecedented", as the Minister will be aware, I mean all the producer organisations, including all those from the islands, IFA aquaculture representatives and fisheries local action groups. I have never seen every organisation unite. Some of them...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wind Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking in conjunction with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport to ensure that fishing representatives organisation and fishermen are fully included in the planning process for all offshore wind projects to minimise the impact of these projects on their fishing grounds and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 49. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts that he has personally made in the past six months to reinstate access for Irish fishermen to their traditional fishing grounds around Rockall; and the estimated financial loss to Irish fishermen over the past 18 months since the British Government blocked access to these grounds. [37844/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (13 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place for someone applying for a public service card who cannot attend a centre in person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38585/22]

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Defective blocks, Charlie. Do your remember them?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Donegal branch committee of an organisation (details supplied) when he visits the county along with the CEO of a healthcare group and the manager of Letterkenny University Hospital to listen to their serious concerns about diabetes care services at the Hospital and the urgent need for additional resources to be provided. [37216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there is no erosion of cardiac care at of Letterkenny University Hospital as a result of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; the engagements that he and his officials have had with the Northern Ireland health authorities on enhancing and basing a cross-Border cardiac care service at Hospital for the people of Derry,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists who have been successfully processed through the consultant applications advisory committee system in the past five years; and the way that compares with the overall number of new endocrinologists approved to work in this State through the same period. [37585/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that Letterkenny University Hospital advertised for a second endocrinologist; if the hospital advertised for a permanent endocrinologist; if not, if the hospital advertised for just a two-year temporary contract; the length of time for the advertisement process; the number who applied; the number who were interviewed; and the number who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1061. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will be scheduled in Beaumont Hospital in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38009/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (7 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 30 June 2022, the names of the members of the panel that designed I.S. 465 for the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and the names of the members of the panel that is now reviewing I.S. 465. [36915/22]

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The gap is just five votes and we have seen the immense hurt felt by ordinary hard-working decent people from across the west of Ireland and how they reacted to that immense hurt.. These are traumatised families. This legislation is flawed. Those across the floor know that in their hearts. It is flawed and it would be wrong to get this wrong again. I ask for another vote so that they can...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Accept the amendments.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I referred to this in my earlier comments. I just cannot emphasis strongly enough that it is madness to put forward, as the Minister said, billions of taxpayers’ money and base it on what is a flawed standard , namely, IS 465. Already there have been tests carried out by Petrolab in Britain. There have been examinations by Dr. Andreas Leeman, who is a highly respected international...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To be frank, there is a strong suspicion that the reason the Minister has not ensured that testing of foundations would be provided for in this legislation, is that if a homeowner clears out the foundation and the blocks, and completely clears out the site, and seeks to rebuild again, that the house would be rebuilt to modern standards. The view is that the Minister would be denying people....

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Jul 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not true.