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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Sinn Féin Donegal TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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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 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3079. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients per annum in each hospital across the State in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [43113/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
362. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the 20-year claw back for owners who seek to remediate their properties that are not their primary home, under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [40233/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Social
393. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if compensation under the victim’s payment scheme paid out to persons resident in the State, as a result of the ‘troubles in the North’ is disregarded as means for the assessment of the disability allowance. [40289/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
281. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that tubeless diabetic pumps will be made available to children to assist in managing type 1 diabetes, who are currently required to use cumbersome wired diabetic pumps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40029/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
304. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the senior radiographer post at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal has been delayed by two years; when this post will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Social
262. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for disability allowance for a County Donegal constituent (details supplied) will be processed based on their current means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38455/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
249. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38230/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
250. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38231/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
251. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38232/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
252. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38233/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Justice
612. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the calls from some of the families who lost loved ones in the Omagh bombing on 15 August 1998 for an independent public inquiry into bombing in the State; to include in his views the Government’s plan to cooperate with the existing Omagh Bombing Inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37119/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
807. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the cost of outsourcing routine blood samples from Letterkenny University Hospital to private laboratories for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form. [37411/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private taxis by Letterkenny University Hospital for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form. [37412/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
880. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if the Dexcom One continuous glucose monitor is available on the drugs payment card scheme for individuals who do not qualify to access the continuous glucose monitor under any other HSE scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37813/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
74. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the most recent discussions between the Government and the UK Government on reinstating access for Irish fishers to their traditional fishing grounds at Rockall; if he is considering taking the matter to international arbitration, given the illegality of this long-standing blockade; and if he will make a statemen…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Oral 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
80. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that only 52 persons have availed of fish assist across the State as of 31 May 2025; and if the Minister of State with responsibility for the marine and his Department officials will now engage with the representative POs for inshore and islands fishermen to discuss a financial support or subsidy scheme for the sec…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
102. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s plan to build support with his counterparts in the European Union member states for an urgent review of the impact of the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, and the recent 12-year extension of the fisheries component of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK, on the Irish fishing and…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
39. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work with Donegal County Council to ensure that affordable housing schemes can be delivered across the county as soon as possible, in acknowledgment of the growing number of families in Donegal who cannot afford to purchase their own home. [35224/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
50. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the suggested cut-off point of March 2024 is not included in the amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, that will extend the increase in the cap and grant amounts per square-metre to those homeowners who are availing of this scheme. [35223/…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
753. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of these patients, by county, who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35563/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
754. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, by county, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35564/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
755. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients under the age of 65 years treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation, in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35565/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
756. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations that were carried out in 2022, 2023 and 2024 on persons under 65 years of age, by county; the number of these patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35566/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
757. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of bed days required by patients treated for foot ulcerations, which did not require a full or partial limb amputation, in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35567/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
758. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital bed days required by patients, treated for foot ulcerations, which do not require a full or partial limb amputation in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county; the number of those patients who had diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35568/25]