Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
Portrait: Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (CC BY 4.0) · source file
Sinn Féin · Donegal · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 400 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 415 debate contributions
- 543 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Donegal 2024-11-29 to present
- party Sinn Féin 2024-11-29 to present
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2025-11-25 · to Housing
122. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the victims of defective concrete products scandals in Donegal, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Limerick do not receive 100% redress as is the case with the pyrite remediation scheme, available to the victims of defective concrete products scandals in Dublin and Leinster. [65159/25]
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2025-11-25 · to Culture
476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if full funding will be provided to complete a project (details supplied) which was applied for in 2024; when the project will move to tender stage; and the timeline for construction and completion. [65679/25]
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2025-11-25 · to Housing
509. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason his Department has not sanctioned the purchase of 17 homes in Milford, County Donegal by an approved housing body to house families on the local social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65206/25]
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2025-11-25 · to Agriculture
739. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland intends to apply for port listing for our pelagic sector under the newly agreed EU Commission similar to listings already achieved by Denmark and Latvia; if there has been a failure on the part of his Department to take any action to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66153/25]
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2025-11-25 · to Children
771. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when transitional respite arrangements will be put in place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65572/25]
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2025-11-25 · to Health
868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing an application for a person (details supplied) under the Northen Ireland Planned Healthcare Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65608/25]
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2025-11-19 · to Agriculture
311. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will make a decision on the re-opening of the mussel seed fishery in the Long Bank for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64332/25]
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2025-11-19 · to Agriculture
312. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting appropriate assessments at the Marine Institute; if there is a prioritisation system to deal with these applications in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64333/25]
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2025-11-19 · to Agriculture
313. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence applications awaiting determination by his Department; the efforts being made to address delays in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64334/25]
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2025-11-19 · to Agriculture
314. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant eligibility for the sustainable aquaculture scheme will be revised given the unreasonable delays in the aquaculture licensing system which is impacting aquaculture producers awaiting licensing renewals and wish to make improvements in their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64335/25]
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2025-11-19 · to Agriculture
315. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a funding mechanism to assist aquaculture producers when difficulties arise that is, storm damage, stock losses and biological challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64336/25]
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2025-11-18 · to Transport
77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update with timelines for the restoration of the Derry to Dublin air link. [63485/25]
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2025-11-18 · to Transport
89. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport when he will meet with the elected members of the Letterkenny Municipal District, Donegal County Council to discuss the urgent need to fund a number of relief roads and by passes around the town of Letterkenny to address the serious traffic delays at certain times of the day, every day. [63484/25]
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2025-11-18 · to Education
425. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school bus is funded to transport school children from the Fanad peninsula and Gaeltacht to a school (details supplied) in Letterkenny to ensure that those children can continue their education through the medium of Irish. [62753/25]
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2025-11-18 · to Health
985. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when an application under the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme, will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62888/25]
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2025-11-18 · to Further and Higher Education
1177. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 12 November 2025, if he will provide his Department’s agreed procedures/guidelines provided to the Higher Education Authority relating to the student assistance fund for the academic years 2023-2024 to 2025-2026 inclusive. [63740/25]
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2025-11-18 · to Further and Higher Education
1178. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 12 November 2025, the reason for the fall in the student assistance fund provided by his Department from €8,823,432 for the academic year 2023-2024 to €3,812,601 for 2025-2026 to the five technological universities; if he intends to provide additional student assistance funding to the Higher Education Authority for the remainder of the current academic year; and if so, if he can he provide the additional allocations for each of the five technological universities, in tabular form. [63741/25]
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2025-11-12 · to Education
536. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has read the correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the urgent actions she will take to ensure a safe environment for students, teachers and staff at the school while they await the long delayed new school campus. [61769/25]
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2025-11-12 · to Further and Higher Education
1161. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total amount of student assistance fund, funding his Department has provided to universities (details supplied) for the academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62200/25]
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2025-11-05 · to Health
170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on the ongoing calls for the State to recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness in line with other EU member states. [60265/25]
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2025-11-05 · to Health
173. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) due to be discharged from the National Rehabilitation Hospital to a nursing home for long-term care under the fair deal scheme; if she will ensure that a suitable continued rehabilitation placement will be made available, with St. Conal’s Hospital, Letterkenny being a priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60275/25]
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2025-11-04 · to Education
35. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has advanced plans for a new school on the new site offered free of charge to the State within the town boundaries of Milford (details supplied). [59714/25]
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2025-11-04 · to Education
75. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59715/25]
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2025-11-04 · to Education
827. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59340/25]
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2025-11-04 · to Culture
945. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a leisure centre (details supplied) which received moneys to progress detailed design in the 2024 round of LSSIF funding will be eligible for consideration for funding from the increase in LSSIF announced as part of budget 2026. [58419/25]