Results 361-380 of 8,411 for speaker:Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance on the requests from homeowners affected by defective blocks that the works they are carrying out to remediate their homes and related professional fees, under the enhanced defective block grant scheme, be exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish with the National Standards Authority of Ireland when it will issue a clear directive on the acceptable levels of deleterious materials and compressive strength in concrete blocks that will allow sellers and buyers of second-hand homes to have full clarity on their transaction. [40104/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish with the National Standards Authority of Ireland when it will issue a clear directive on the acceptable levels of deleterious materials and structural strength in concrete foundations to assist homeowners who have to rebuild their homes under the enhanced defective block grant scheme. [40105/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 987. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment from a cardiologist and a neurologist from Letterkenny University Hospital; if this person is on the routine or urgent waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1048. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) can expect to receive services from the early intervention team in Buncrana; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40738/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Communities (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will revert to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine to advise when the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 can be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34612/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 1. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline what discussions or engagements he has held with his ministerial colleagues to ensure that every effort is made to minimise the impact on traditional fishing grounds from the development of offshore renewable energy; and if he supports the principle of co-creation when designating areas for offshore renewable energy or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What level of engagement has the Minister had with his counterparts about the shared marine space and how do we maximise the potential of our marine space for our fishing communities and renewable energy while also protecting the marine ecosystem?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I was motivated to put this question after meeting inshore fishermen from the east coast, where they have had a bad experience of offshore renewable energy development. They were effectively told about it after the fact. This has had a serious impact. Fishers from Dublin and Wicklow have built up a good whelk fishery, but it is under serious threat as a result of what has happened. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The inshore fishers on the east coast have had an horrific experience. It can never be repeated anywhere in Ireland. They have correspondence, which I have seen, from the Director General of the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, DG MARE, Ms Charlina Vitcheva. She laid out very clearly the balance that needed to be struck between developing offshore renewable energy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement his Department has had with the Minister and Department of Transport prior and present to the introduction of the European Union (International Labour Organisation Work in Fishing Convention) (Safe Manning) Regulations 2023, SI 315/2023, and its effect on the Irish fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cruise liners that have visited each port in Ireland in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what engagement his Department is having with local fishermen around the coast about the construction of offshore wind infrastructure; if he agrees that the impact on traditional fishing grounds should be minimised, that adequate financial compensation is provided, and that agreements reached in advance of construction are adhered...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the pelagic fishing industry in Ireland will receive financial compensation for the huge loss of fish quota that they have endured under the Brexit Reserve Adjustment Fund. [35143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 608. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of needs will be carried out for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35389/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I ask that the witnesses be brief in their responses to my first question, as I am conscious of the need for the homeowners – the victims – in particular to have their say about the issues with the scheme. I thank Mr. Owens and Mr. Keogh for their submission. I am not surprised, but I am alarmed by their frank outlining of how their members were struggling to get insurance and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For the record, the members of Mr. Owen's organisation, who are professional engineers, have recommended that more than 200 homes be demolished in County Donegal. Those recommendations have not been agreed to and have been referred to the Housing Agency. That is the mess we are in. Engineers cannot agree how this should be resolved, but homeowners are supposed to work with the scheme. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I omitted to acknowledge the presence of redress focus groups from County Donegal. Two members are in the Gallery.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Mr. Ó Coigligh said, "The vast majority of those who need help will get all the financial assistance they need." Has he any idea how offensive that is to the people and homeowners I represent in County Donegal? Has he any idea how offensive it is that - I will read out Mr. Ó Coigligh's title - the assistant secretary in the Department would say that and for somebody at such a high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Block Scheme Regulations and Review of IS 465: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Mr. Ó Coigligh seriously believe the vast majority of people are getting 100% redress?