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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I am based in Buncrana, and when I step out my front door and look up to my right, I can see the quarry that is predominantly responsible for what has happened. It is a societal disaster. That is the only way I can describe it. I am 50 years of age. The people of my generation have had their lives destroyed in terms of what has happened to them. Marriages have broken up and people have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Homeowners from Mayo, Clare and Donegal recently gave evidence to the housing committee and clearly articulated that, unfortunately, this scheme is going to fall short for most homeowners. We are facing an outcome whereby only those who have significant sums will be able to afford to access the scheme, because what they are doing is taking out the foundations and rebuilding their homes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: So Mr. Rafferty is aware of the testimony given by the representatives from Engineers Ireland at last week's meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To clarify, is Mr. Rafferty referring to Engineers Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Defective Concrete Blocks: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will tell him why I think it is provocative. Mr. Rafferty is an intelligent man. I would say he is a very intelligent man. Why does he think 1,300 people turned up at a recent public meeting in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel in my hometown of Buncrana, County Donegal? Why does he think 500 people turned out at a meeting in County Mayo? If they were getting what Mr. Rafferty says is 100%...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a child's first-time passport (details supplied) will be processed in time for travel on 5 May 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20270/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 469. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available the total budgeted amount allocated to each CDNT area in County Donegal (details supplied) from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20685/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 470. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make available the total expenditure of the allocated budget spent for each children's disability network team, CDNT, area in County Donegal (details supplied) from 1 January to 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20686/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 471. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current staff vacancy rates in each of the CDNT areas in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20687/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister meet the Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland? As he knows, it is highly respected. He needs to meet its members face-to-face to get their account of what is happening so he can best address the issues.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland is urgently requesting a meeting with the Minister. He met the group briefly in a hotel in Donegal in 2022. The group was hoping to meet with the Minister last year, but the situation has got even worse since the meeting happened in 2022. The issue concerns adults with type 1 diabetes and the lack of endocrinologists, podiatrists and advanced nurse...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (2 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What the Minister has just read out does not tally with the request for the meeting that has been sent to him. The Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland has said that the situation with patient safety at the hospital is "beyond critical". There is currently no endocrinologist in the hospital and there are three vacant posts. There are no advanced nurse practitioners. Two posts were not...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Do not get me started. I want to raise the issue of Scoil Mhuire National School, Milford, County Donegal. The Minister, Deputy Foley, visited the school last year. I do not raise it lightly today. It was a school built in the 1950s for the town that was there at the time. Today it is 215 children. If the Taoiseach visits Donegal, I ask him to see it to believe it. It is a totally...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has confidence in the fisheries sales notes system to deliver robust and accurate fisheries data in order that Ireland can comply with its obligations under the Common Fisheries Policy and other EU regulations. [19689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports he intends to introduce to support fishermen affected by the restrictions on directed fishing for pollack as is the case in the UK under its fisheries and seafood scheme. [19690/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a social impact analysis has been carried out, prior to the closure of the targeted pollack fisheries in ICES areas 6 and 7. [19691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the pollack ICES benchmark report listed a significant number of issues with the data used to base the closure decision; and the steps being taken to address these shortcomings at a national level. [19692/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that there is a risk that a future ICES pollack benchmark without appropriate representative inshore survey data being collected will result in prolonged closures with significant social impacts; and the steps being taken to address this. [19693/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being introduced to incorporate fishermen's traditional knowledge into fisheries co-management, in order to improve knowledge and outcomes. [19694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a plan to prioritise selective low-impact fishing practices such as line caught fishing during future fishery negotiations. [19695/24]