Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if post-primary teachers will be entitled to pay-related jobseeker's benefit when they become unemployed at the end of this academic year in May 2025 and where they have been unable to secure an employment contract for September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26479/25]

109. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the need to urgently review the relevant parts of Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 that cover the structure and operation of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to ensure a harmonisation of regulation with the rest of the European Union (details supplied). [25830/25]

231. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fisheries protection officers employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland, permanent and temporary contracts, for the years, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [25598/25]

736. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the numbers of fishery officers employed by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (permanent and temporary contracts) for each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form. [25595/25]

761. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in this year's Budget to fully staff the community neurorehabilitation team for the north-west in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the roll out of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country (details supplied). [25627/25]

868. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for a procedure in St. Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25872/25]

103. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the victims of the pyrite in concrete products scandal in the east of Ireland received 100% redress under the pyrite remediation scheme while the victims of the pyrite and pyrrhotite (internal sulphate attack) in concrete products scandal have been denied genuine 100% redress in the west of Ireland. [24440/25]

219. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a surgical hub is located at Letterkenny University Hospital. [24165/25]

834. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has plans to introduce a special scheme that would provide social protection for maritime/fishing sector workers, similar to that available in Spain. [24452/25]

1005. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the recent announcement by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) on the recruitment of additional staff does not include any additional paramedic posts for the west/north-west region; if she will give a firm assurance that people living in the west/north-west region are being provided with the same level of service from the NAS as people living in all other regions, with evidence of same. [23211/25]

1099. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 27 March 2025, if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the reasons 132 of the 200 appeals to reimbursement recommendations for continuous glucose monitor sensors submitted by clinicians on behalf of their patients were rejected (details supplied); if the patients rejected on appeal were clinically confirmed with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes at secondary care level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23729/25]

1212. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that all emergency departments across the State have a safe space for cancer patients, forced to access care through this route. [24446/25]

1213. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that all diagnosed cancer patients receive a medical card. [24447/25]

400. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health whether younger-onset dementia is recognised within care standards as distinct to dementia in people over the age of 65; whether there is funding allocated specifically for age-appropriate dementia services for this cohort of people; if there are specific in-home and respite care supports for families where a person under 65 has dementia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22982/25]

197. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on negotiations with the British government to reinstate access for the Irish fishing fleet to its traditional fishing grounds at Rockall; and the role that the EU Commission can play in resolving this dispute ahead of the review of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, considering the estimated total financial loss of tens of millions of Euro to the Irish fishing industry since the blockade has been enforced by the UK authorities. [18848/25]

311. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with the ESB to examine their timelines for the rolling out of smart metres for 3 phase CT metres to ensure that there is the maximum incentive available to move to environmentally friendly energy supplies and to ensure that those who have done so already get a fair price. [20739/25]

312. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with the ESB on upgrading the electricity infrastructure in Donegal and the north west cross-Border region to avail of the opportunities provided by onshore and offshore renewable energy. [20740/25]

649. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 9 April 2025, if a delegated official from the OPW can meet with this Deputy and a respected local champion for this national monument on site to examine our concerns. [19482/25]

652. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on the lengthy delay in the OPW sourcing a suitable site for a new garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19953/25]

1146. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will release the necessary funding to local authorities in Donegal and other affected counties to remediate their housing stock that are the homes of hundreds of families affected by defective concrete blocks. [18529/25]

1147. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring forward an amendment to the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, allowing the increase in the cap to be applied retrospectively to homeowners already participating in the defective concrete block grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18530/25]

1169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce a national standardised criteria to ensure all fire service authorities can deliver uniform operational capabilities across the country; if it his Department’s position that the 1999 Composite Agreement remains a valid and binding document; and if he can confirm that any new measures will not reduce the level of cover it established. [18855/25]

1170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is factual that the keeping communities safe document has not been ratified by the relevant trade unions at the time of publication; and his Department’s current position regarding its status and applicability. [18856/25]

1388. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if the travel payment received by a cohort of HSE-employed home carers, which sees their working hours increased by one hour for every 60 km travelled, is treated as legitimate working hours when determining eligibility for carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18652/25]

1584. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice his plans to increase the availability of the Kick Start scholarship programme to include other universities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/25]