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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied); and if she will commit to funding such repairs either via the ETB or directly from her Department in line with her predecessor's commitment to fully support the current school campus while plans for a new school build are progressing. [54377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time frame for the construction of the new three school campus in a location (details supplied); and if she is satisfied that the intended construction dates will be met. [54378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the size of the available land on a site for the new three school campus in a location (details supplied) is likely to be reduced in size in order to facilitate required roads infrastructure; and if adjacent lands, identified by the school, can be purchased in order to provide adequate school space, including playing...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to talk about the defective blocks grant scheme that is being made available to home owners in the west of Ireland. The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, stated that the scheme would be the biggest redress scheme in the history of the State. He said it would be over €3 billion. He told home owners in the west of Ireland that they would get €500,000 each, the biggest...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It did not do that in the budget last year

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that he will ensure that defective block homeowners at a location (details supplied) do not have to rebuild their homes on a dangerous flood plain; for an update on his Department's engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW to find a solution and the outcome of this engagement. [53449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the new housing plan makes it possible for Donegal County Council to construct affordable housing projects across the county. [53700/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I suggest we invite IIMRO to send us a note on this issue. I ask that the committee write to the Minister for public expenditure asking for an explanation as to why this has not been resolved. It seems to be counterproductive, after the very welcome decision to establish two producer organisations, the IIMRO and NIFA, to then tie their hands behind their back. It does not make sense. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Can I get a response on the reforms needed on the issue of share fishermen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My final question is on the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill, which has long been delayed. We have been led to understand that the Attorney General has a view that it contradicts common fisheries rules. That is contested. Will the witnesses speak about why the Bill is important and why they believe it is legal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are a couple of areas I want to deal with. The first is the issue of producer organisation funding. There appears to be two-tier funding of producer organisations here. The newly formed producer organisations, which include the IIMRO and the National Inshore Fishermens Association, NIFA, have been excluded from funding. Will the witnesses speak to that and what needs to be done?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Community Safety Partnership will be finalised and implemented for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53727/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the long awaited Community CCTV extension that was awarded for Letterkenny, County Donegal will be approved by the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53728/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 618. To ask the Minister for Health when building of the surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital will commence; the expected time frame for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not fund the prescribing of a medication (details supplied) for the treatment for severe alopecia totalis; and if the HSE have any plans to do so. [53871/25]

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There have been eight decades of oppression, occupation and apartheid. Today there are six million Palestinian refugees throughout the Middle East. There are 750,000 Israeli settlers in illegal settlements. These are war crimes under international law. Israel ignored it. Apartheid has been defined by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. It is clearly apartheid and the world...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am asking for flexibility.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The question was not answered.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I asked for-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the joint motion. I asked for clarification as to whether we can respond robustly if anything happens tonight.