Results 1-20 of 9,169 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 281. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that tubeless diabetic pumps will be made available to children to assist in managing type 1 diabetes, who are currently required to use cumbersome wired diabetic pumps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40029/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the senior radiographer post at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal has been delayed by two years; when this post will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It has everything to do with the Order of Business.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is not correct.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is there in black and white. The dissent was recorded in black and white.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am asking for the Government Chief Whip to correct the record.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The dissent is in black and white.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Chief Whip has just said there was no dissent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Not at all. The sentence was completed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No. Six months on, this really is a do-nothing Government. Hundreds of families in Donegal and the west of Ireland have waited ten months for it to honour its promise to bring in a simple amendment to legislation to ensure the increase in the cap for defective block homeowners applies to people already in the scheme. That means they cannot make the final payments to builders. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability allowance for a County Donegal constituent (details supplied) will be processed based on their current means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38455/25]

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2025: First Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am very proud to join in this renewed effort along with Deputies Ward and Guirke. I welcome to the Public Gallery the McGill Lynch family, whom I worked with in the past, and also Jim and Vera Connell, who have joined them. Jim and Vera are here because the issue has not gone away. There was a missed opportunity when I introduced this legislation as a Senator. The Government said it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The programme for Government commits to the six surgical hubs, two in Dublin, and one each in Waterford, Limerick, Cork and Galway. There is a big concern about this above the Galway-Dublin line. The programme for Government committed to explore the establishment of a surgical hub in the north west. In a recent radio interview on Highland Radio in Donegal, the Minister of State, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Taoiseach (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I welcome the clarification because there is a lot of anxiety in Donegal about it. As the Taoiseach will know, all Government and Opposition representatives in Donegal are making the case because we are really concerned that there is a threat to our emergency services. It is a genuine threat because of the crisis in surgical services. I agree with what the Taoiseach said about the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38230/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38231/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38232/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38233/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: They are not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No. There is a story on RTÉ today about the 257 post offices that have closed in the past ten years. Of them, 56 were in towns and cities. This is not just a rural issue. We need to have statements and for the Minister to come in. We know from the Irish Postmasters' Union that the existence of 40% of the remaining post offices is threatened unless the Government provides serious...