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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Sinn Féin Donegal TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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584
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
50,740
words spoken in the chamber
Across 447 contributions
442
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
153
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 584 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 447 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 3
January 2025 5 11
February 2025 43 38
March 2025 53 18
April 2025 28 39
May 2025 33 26
June 2025 37 17
July 2025 35 24
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 12 22
October 2025 38 16
November 2025 40 17
December 2025 14 42
January 2026 39 16
February 2026 35 43
March 2026 24 18
April 2026 16 29
May 2026 39 21
June 2026 40 5
July 2026 12 9
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 20 10
October 2026 21 22

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 319 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Culture
543. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe to provide funding to rebuild a facility (details supplied); if he is aware of the serious impact on the community of 40,000 people living in Inishowen, from the closure of this key community amenity for over a decade. [54978/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Housing
606. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to calls from homeowners engaging with the defective concrete blocks grant scheme that engineering and other mandatory professional fees be excluded from the grant cap and covered separately; that storage and temporary accommodation supports be made available to all applicants during remediation, regardl…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
736. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to devise a financial hardship scheme that can assist mussel fishermen who have been without an income since 2022, as no seed mussel settlements have been found large enough to fish in 2023, 2024 and in 2025 to date. [54954/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Education
188. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied); and if she will commit to funding such repairs either via the ETB or directly from her Department in line with her predecessor's commitment to fully support the current school campus while plans for a new school build are progressing. [54377/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Education
189. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the time frame for the construction of the new three school campus in a location (details supplied); and if she is satisfied that the intended construction dates will be met. [54378/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Education
190. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the size of the available land on a site for the new three school campus in a location (details supplied) is likely to be reduced in size in order to facilitate required roads infrastructure; and if adjacent lands, identified by the school, can be purchased in order to provide adequate school space, including playing fie…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
24. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that he will ensure that defective block homeowners at a location (details supplied) do not have to rebuild their homes on a dangerous flood plain; for an update on his Department's engagement with the Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW to find a solution and the outcome of this engagement. [53449/…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
74. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the new housing plan makes it possible for Donegal County Council to construct affordable housing projects across the county. [53700/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
340. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports available to cross-Border workers who live in this jurisdiction but are employed in the north of Ireland in the situation where they now no longer qualify for the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53059/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
445. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the Community Safety Partnership will be finalised and implemented for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53727/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
446. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the long awaited Community CCTV extension that was awarded for Letterkenny, County Donegal will be approved by the Garda Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53728/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
618. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when building of the surgical hub at Letterkenny University Hospital will commence; the expected time frame for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53291/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Health
707. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not fund the prescribing of a medication (details supplied) for the treatment for severe alopecia totalis; and if the HSE have any plans to do so. [53871/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
869. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when capital approval will be granted to transition a medical facility (details supplied) in County Donegal from a residential model to a recovery-focused crisis intervention and set-down facility, supported with 24-hour staff cover, as requested by the HSE's Donegal mental health management team. [51464/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Housing
283. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage , further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 1 October 2024, if he has engaged with the Housing Agency to ensure that it is actually adhering to this guideline (details supplied); if he is aware that 86 affected homeowners in Donegal, who have had their Government-approved engineer’s recommendation for remediation, overr…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Housing
296. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he and his Department will sign off on a defective concrete block scheme to remediate council owned homes; and the reason this has taken so long, considering the impact on large numbers of families. [51090/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Housing
297. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will ask a professional body (details supplied) to provide an updated report on the real building costs for families affected by defective concrete blocks, and to inform the review that he is conducting into the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [51091/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of the long delayed, joint centre of excellence for diabetes care at Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital. [50840/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Housing
387. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to re-open the long-term leasing initiative, which was closed to new applications from 31 December 2021. [50266/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
559. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to allocate funding in Budget 2026, for a team for the north-west in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to complete the nationwide rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams. [49965/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Housing
273. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections a building contractor has under the defective concrete block grant scheme, if the homeowner has not paid them for certified and completed works, and then changes their building contractor at a point in the process. [49358/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
988. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the ongoing 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; and her views on whether it is acceptable that school transport escorts have to sign on for social welfare supports during school holidays. [46760/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1274. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason homeowners that have appealed the remediation options provided to them under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme are waiting inordinate lengths of time for those appeals to be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46709/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2199. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of health care assistants in Donegal employed by the HSE’s home help department who have left the service since July 2024, when the pay and numbers strategy commenced; and the number of new home care assistants who have been recruited by the HSE in Donegal since July, 2024, in tabular form. [45043/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2396. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health whether a premises (details supplied) is still in the ownership of the HSE; if so, the future plans for the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45815/25]