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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I do not know whether the Minister of State has had a chance to review the transcript of the committee meetings but if he did, he would been disturbed at what emerged. It is very clear, and the testimony from Engineers Ireland was very concerning, that IS 465, which is the standard that underpins a multibillion euro redress scheme, the biggest redress scheme in the history of the State, is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Another major issue is that the scheme is a grant scheme. For the second time, it is grant scheme and not a redress scheme, which is what was provided for the more than 3,000 families in Dublin and north Leinster who were the victims of pyrite. From the committee meetings and the public meetings in Donegal and Mayo, which were attended by more than 2,000 people in total in Donegal and by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (30 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My colleague, Deputy Doherty, and I submitted a number of questions. I am representing us both, with the assistance and co-operation of the House. For three weeks, the finance and housing committees probed the enhanced defective concrete block scheme. It is clear there are gaping holes in the scheme both in its accessibility for applicants and the science that underpins it. What is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will work with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to establish an ASD unit, when their change of status to a co-educational school proceeds soon; and if she and her Department are aware that the school has a long history of innovation in special education, and with an administrative principal and specialist...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate that she is speaking on behalf of the Minister for the marine. The response has been drafted by Department of the marine officials on behalf of the Minister and does not capture the urgency. We do not need increased grant aid for onboard and inshore investments. We are beyond that. Somebody is drowning and we are talking about giving them...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a serious crisis in the inshore fishing sector. The sector has been denied the ability to fish for pollock and is questioning the methodology behind that. The price of crab, lobster and a range of shellfish species has either halved or just collapsed. The crisis with shrimp prices is ongoing since last year. The sector urgently needs support. Those in the sector have engaged...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister says, she has visited the school and seen at first hand the conditions in the school. The board of management is adamant that when it engaged with the Department it was assured that if it applied for these additional modular buildings, it would not impact on its application for a new school. It is now really frustrated that when asking about being included in a school...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...that assertion. However, she will know, having visited this school, that the conditions are not acceptable for modern education. They do not comply in any way with classroom sizes, toilet and play amenities. Special needs children are being educated in hallways. It is just not acceptable. The point is that the school understood clearly that if it went down the path of modular...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital building programme. [23739/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... This school is not fit for purpose in terms of the buildings, but in terms of education, it is the opposite. It offers a tremendous education but in conditions that are unacceptable. It is landlocked site and is very dangerous at the junction of roads. The building is from the 1950s. It is totally inadequate in every way. The school has secured a new site. I understand the school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will reach a decision on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [23740/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will, as a matter of urgency, ensure that the European Commission establishes, by means of an implementing decision, the occurrence of an "exceptional event" in relation to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and that the operational programme for the 2021-2027 EMFAF is designed to enable the prompt and efficient drawdown of these...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We have a perfect storm in housing, particularly in north Donegal. Issues arise owing to the cost of rent and the cost of new homes, but when you throw in concrete blocks it really is a perfect storm. There are several factors, including the fact that many people cannot sell the houses they are in. Donegal County Council cannot purchase homes because they have defective concrete blocks and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delays in reopening respite services in the Ard Aoibhinn Unit in Carndonagh, County Donegal; when he expects a HIQA inspection to be carried out at the unit; and if he can provide an ongoing update on same, until such a time that it reopens. [22714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 577. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment in Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22461/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (21 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE can provide a post-operative bed for a person in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update and progress report on the current status of the TEN-T project for Donegal. [22072/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (16 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the application from City of Derry Airport to have Irish Government support for the Derry to Dublin air link reinstated. [22071/24]

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 3 o’clock The Minister received correspondence late last year from more than 80 GPs and more than 20 consultants in County Donegal about their concerns with Letterkenny University Hospital. I know he met with them and heard face to face the serious concerns they had. As part of the correspondence, they revealed to him that Letterkenny is a model 3 hospital, but the reality is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (14 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...question is to Michael McGarvey of Donegal County Council. As a TD for Donegal I have worked with Michael for years. I want to clarify a comment that was made earlier. I am getting messages and people are very angry. I do not think it is truly representative of Mr. McGarvey's view so I am going to put it again. There were 800 people at a public meeting in Burt earlier this year. At...