Results 141-160 of 8,956 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, in light of his recent correspondence to an organisation (details supplied) and local authorities, including Donegal County Council, on total sulphur test methods for aggregates, the reason homeowners in Donegal are still having their homes assessed under the existing standard, I.S. 465, when seeking remediation...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a redress payment from the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in the North of Ireland to a person who is resident in the Republic of Ireland would impact on their State benefits; if a bilateral agreement is in place to avoid this as was the case for previous redress schemes on both sides of the border. [7563/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s allowance as reckonable income, and particularly in cases where one parent is engaged in seasonal employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider reviewing the criteria for the working family payment to assess the impact of including carer’s allowance as reckonable income, and particularly in cases where one parent is engaged in seasonal employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8051/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new fisherman scheme will commence; and when financial assistance will start to be released under the scheme. [8083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 946. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time security staff currently employed at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of full-time security staff on each shift at Letterkenny University Hospital; and the number of full-time security staff currently off on leave at Letterkenny University Hospital, in tabular form. [7959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 947. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time security staff currently employed at Sligo University Hospital; the number of full-time security staff on each shift at Sligo University Hospital; and the number of full-time security staff currently off on leave at Sligo University Hospital, in tabular form. [7960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abuse in Hospitals (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 948. To ask the Minister for Health the number of violent incidents directed towards staff at Letterkenny University Hospital, for each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [7961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abuse in Hospitals (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 949. To ask the Minister for Health the number of violent incidents directed towards staff at Sligo University Hospital, for each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [7962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 980. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that a person from Donegal (details supplied), who is an 84-year-old, must travel a ten-hour round trip to Galway for short appointments with a vascular doctor; her views on whether this should not be the case and that the person be assessed closer to home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8141/25]

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his election. I know the Minister's colleague, the soon-to-be Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, will be assuming responsibilities next week in respect of fisheries and the marine. I would like the Minister to note what I have to say and I will speak to the Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, about this next week face to face. The scale of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 381. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department officials will work with their counterparts in the North of Ireland to examine the potential to deliver a thrombectomy service in the north west for stroke patients on both sides of the border, similar to the radiotherapy services provided at the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. [7093/25]

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to revisit the Clinch report. My clear understanding is that this report has not been published and is not available. If it has been published in full, perhaps it could be emailed to the Deputies who are here at the moment - myself and Deputies Pa Daly and Michael Collins - but I am not aware of it being published. Regarding excerpts, we are talking about the report. The Oireachtas...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has been a long, sorry journey to get to this point. It is such a pity this is a missed opportunity in many respects. The eminent maritime safety expert, Michael Kingston, has come before the Oireachtas committees, as well as other experts, and they have given their analysis and views. It appears that not much has been taken on board. In the case of Michael Kingston, as mentioned by my...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defective Building Materials (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the application from the residents of Elm Park, Buncrana to be relocated from the flood plain alongside the Crana river and compensated to do so under the defective concrete block grant scheme; if he will work with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to find a solution that can give the residents peace...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 249. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staff in receipt of the advanced paramedic allowance in the National Ambulance Service, region by region, and by grade code from the National Director down. [6754/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that what you called for last year? Was that your position last year?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of your Ministers posted-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: -----a letter demanding statements. No accountability.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Ag insint bréag arís. This is like Alice in Wonderland again. Michael Lowry is in the Opposition and "ag insint bréag arís" apparently does not actually mean "You are lying again" now. We have this continual demeaning of the Ceann Comhairle's office. We have repeatedly requested statements from the leader of Fine Gael. Fine Gael Ministers demanded accountability of...