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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 542. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the cardiac radiology unit that was donated to Letterkenny University Hospital by a group (details supplied) in 2018 has not been commissioned. [22283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his announcement of €9 million of funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund for Greencastle Breakwater, County Donegal is the same project that he announced funding for almost a year ago with a €9 million contribution from his Department. [21761/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Sector Staff (4 May 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to extend the retirement age of workers in Pobal-funded community service programmes across the State. [21713/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is nonsense.

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the gap is fewer than ten votes and because of the seriousness of the issue for so many people in rural Ireland, we are asking that under Standing Order 83(3)(b), the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach was in Derry recently for a number of engagements. He met with a cross-party delegation of councillors from Donegal, Derry and Strabane. At that meeting, the issue of the funding of City of Derry Airport was put to him. It was welcomed by those present that he said he would look at the shared island initiative as a potential source of funding. Why is this so essential? A...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Taoiseach will know very well the severe impact of Brexit and the trade and co-operation agreement between Britain and the European Union on our fishing communities and the significant loss of income that will now lead to a further major decommissioning of fishing vessels in Ireland. How on earth can we justify the approach of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, referring to European...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Communications (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sixteen months have passed since the Taoiseach first tasked the outgoing Secretary General of his Department with overseeing the investigation into the leaking of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Final Report to the media. The Secretary General will be taking up his new position shortly. Can the Taoiseach confirm the status of the investigation, if it has been completed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What motion is the Taoiseach talking about it?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Read out the motion.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Read out the words.

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (27 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reality for people living in the west and north west is that at least two thirds of the homes are heated with home heating oil. The figure is probably higher in County Donegal. Someone looking to fill a tank with 1,000 l of oil would have paid about €600 just over a year ago. Today, that person will pay more than double that. The tank must be filled a number of times every...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that his Department officials urgently engage with their counterparts in the Department of the Taoiseach and the board of the City of Derry Airport to provide financial assistance to the airport utilising the shared island fund. [21017/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The City of Derry Airport is a really important resource to the people of the north west of Ireland. Some 40% of the passengers who use the airport are from Donegal, flying to Liverpool, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London Stansted and other locations across Europe. The Irish Government has not funded this airport for about a decade now. It is an absolute disgrace. This has to be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Donegal Airport is a superb airport in west Donegal, no doubt about it. Just to outline geography, there is a reason 40% of the passengers in City of Derry Airport come from Donegal. It is only half an hour from my home in Buncrana to get to City of Derry Airport while it is about an hour and a half to west Donegal. That is the reality. In the Inishowen Peninsula, Letterkenny and Finn...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What makes it more important is that we have been heartbroken by what has happened with the A5. We were supposed to have a motorway. There is no direct rail connection from Derry and the north west of Ireland. There is no direct motorway connection and no direct air connection. It is a mortal sin what is happening to us. We have been waiting for this motorway. There is no connection....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on abolishing the mandatory retirement age in some sectors of the economy and particularly in the area of community development. [20940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 541. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with the trade unions that represent healthcare workers regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Unions (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 542. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of consultation with trade unions that represent teachers and school staff regarding the changes to special leave with pay arrangements that were brought in on 6 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19530/22]