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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This goes to the nub of the issue. The Minister has given terms of reference to the SCSI and it has given him a costing. That instructs to a certain extent the cap of €420,000, which includes €20,000 for relocation so is really a cap of €400,000. I trust that if the foundations are tested and found to be in the same condition as the blocks, the NSAI will recommend that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the remediation of dwellings damaged by defective concrete blocks Bill 2022 will reflect the ongoing review by the National Standards Authority of Ireland of IS 465 regarding testing and diagnosing remedies for the full range of deleterious materials that are affecting homes in the west of Ireland, including pyrrhotite and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was awaiting direction from the Acting Chairman. As Deputy Doherty has said, when the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland was asked to cost the demolition and rebuilding of a home earlier this year, the terms of reference did not provide for the foundations. IS 465 underpins the current grant scheme and, unfortunately, will underpin the legislation until it is reviewed. It has been...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of a general employment permit will be complete in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 312. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will issue on time for travel for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the domiciliary carers allowance annually in each county since 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33420/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 369. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number who were awarded the domiciliary carers allowance on appeal annually in each county since 2017 to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32891/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (22 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department in relation to the flying of rainbow flags at State funded schools in support and solidarity with the LGBTQ community and as part of wider community participation in the pride month of June 2022. [32852/22]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Three weeks ago, a delegation of fishermen from all around the coast of Ireland went to Brussels and met with the director-general of the European Commission that deals with fisheries, Charlina Vitcheva. That delegation included representatives from six national fishing organisations and two co-ops, one based in Greencastle in north Donegal and the Galway and Aran co-op. We had...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (21 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current makeup of the renewable energy advisory group; the number of times it has met since establishment; when it is due to meet next; if he will publish all of the minutes for each meeting that has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32568/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty to cover the out-of-hours general practitioner service NowDoc in every part of Donegal, per week, for each of the years, 2016 to 2022 inclusive in tabular form; and if he is satisfied that this is adequate and safe coverage. [31870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for the travel date 21 June 022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31678/22]

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is very hard for people in counties such as the one I represent, Donegal, to listen to the lecturing of the Minister of State's party leader, the Minister for Transport and the Environment, Climate and Communications, on their responsibilities, considering the failure to deliver alternative renewable sources of energy over such a long time. The microgeneration scheme has been on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (15 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 230. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made for a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (15 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will sign off the energy crisis fund to support fishermen with ever increasing operating costs and send these proposals to the EU Commission for approval; the reason he has not signed off before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31152/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Cabinet signed off today on the updated defective blocks scheme, which we are told will cost up to €2.7 billion. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the Government has not clearly said there will be full scrutiny of the legislation, given that €2.7 billion of taxpayers' money is involved. In 2020, as the Taoiseach knows, we had a so-called 90:10 scheme, which was a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We learned the hard way.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is the Taoiseach agreeing to scrutiny?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Are you agreeing to scrutiny?