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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, confirmed at a committee meeting this morning, in response to questions from my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, that there will be no more money in the budget for the defective concrete blocks scheme for next year. That budget is €40 million. The Tánaiste knows the urgency of the situation in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not at all. The people of Donegal gave it a chance and we will not be fooled twice.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Stop and do the right thing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Do it now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is not fear. Has the Taoiseach listened to the families over the past 24 hours?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No, it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is no relationship-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Donegal County Council has it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It does exist.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Stop. Try living in Donegal.

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Who oversees that? It is a Tory Government.

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am sharing time with Deputies Mythen, Patricia Ryan, Gould and Clarke. I know a little more than most about this subject. I was on the national executive of the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed many years ago when these job clubs and local employment services were being put together. We were part of the team that worked around a community based response, working with people...

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This is an important opportunity for us to unite on all sides of this House to condemn what is an attack on what we recognise as democratic standards and the rule of law internationally. In any democracy the role of NGOs in holding the government to account is absolutely critical. All of the six civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations that have been designated as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What about the Housing Agency?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What about the Housing Agency?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Why is it not running the entire scheme?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the Ceann Comhairle back. On the commitments in the programme for Government on defects, the Housing Agency has been tasked with overseeing the pyrite resolution scheme. Over 2,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster have availed of the scheme. The Housing Agency does the testing, makes the prognosis, engages with building contractors and assists with rental accommodation....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Contact tracing in schools effectively ceased at the end of September. Since then the level of infection has more than trebled among primary school children although in the absence of properly collected data by the health system, the incidence rate may be higher. No satisfactory explanation has been provided by the Government as to how schools went from being safe to unsafe virtually...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Taoiseach is aware, I and many other Opposition Deputies have raised the issue of the Minister, Deputy Ryan's, controversial appointments to the Climate Change Advisory Council. I wish to raise these matters again today in the hope the Taoiseach will address our specific concerns. As the Taoiseach is aware, the Government rejected a Sinn Féin amendment to the Climate Action and...