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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]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 744. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Standards Authority of Ireland (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline which the steering group NSAI Standardisation Programme - Masonry Construction that was established to oversee a review of the standard IS 465 is working to; the deadline for the completion of this review; and the international expertise it will be seeking to assist in its work. [20242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that carers in receipt of carer’s benefit or carer’s allowance are not also entitled to any illness or sickness benefit like other workers, if they are off work from their part-time work due to illness or sickness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are available to parents of children who are off school due to Covid-19 for time off work in this scenario. [20249/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her Department will publish the Interdepartmental review of the atypical work permit scheme for non-European Economic Area fishers; if her Department plans to incorporate fishermen into the critical skills permit scheme; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1458. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the possibility of nurses and other healthcare workers having the right to early retirement through a cost neutral early retirement scheme similar to that available to teachers in this State. [19685/22]