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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 29 May 2025 · to Agriculture
483. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Quota Management Advisory Committee meets soon to agree on the allocation of mackerel and other species. [28497/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
557. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason an appeal under the community drug scheme for a continuous glucose monitoring sensor reimbursement was refused for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28585/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
664. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is considering the opening of mental health emergency departments across this State, staffed by specialist doctors and nurses, similar to the network being opened by the NHS across England. [28809/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
680. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [29078/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Transport
99. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, the Irish Coast Guard and the Naval Service and search and rescue services, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Housing
234. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initiatives that will protect our maritime cultural heritage, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
342. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the first and full year-cost of introducing a €0.20/litre fuel aid support scheme for the Irish fishing fleet for a three month, six month, and 12 month period. [27923/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
343. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the first and full-year cost of introducing a continuity grant for the Irish inshore fishing fleet, vessels less than 18m, equivalent to 20% of turnover and based on turnover from 2021,2022,2023 and 2024. [27924/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
344. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding allocated to local authorities under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme over the past 15 years, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27925/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
345. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding allocated under the fishery harbour centre and coastal infrastructure development programme over the past 15 years, year by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27926/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
346. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current annual budget for the Marine Institute in Ireland; the cost of increasing this budget by 5%, 10% and 15% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27927/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
347. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27928/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
348. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preparatory work, stakeholder engagements, and policy priorities concerning fisheries and the marine being planned by his Department in advance of Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; if he will ensure that the issue of the deeply unfair allocation of fish quotas to the Irish fishing fleet with…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
349. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current list of support schemes and initiatives for fishermen and sea workers; the initiatives-schemes that are in development and-or are planned to be launched; the funding for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27932/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 28 May 2025 · to Agriculture
350. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the publication timeline for a five-year fisheries sector strategy that will include an examination of the processing sector, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 May 2025 · to Foreign
122. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the review currently being carried out by his Department regarding documentation requirements for children born in Northern Ireland to EU parents will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26464/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 May 2025 · to Social
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Oral 20 May 2025 · to Agriculture
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 20 May 2025 · to Environment
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 20 May 2025 · to Agriculture
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 20 May 2025 · to Children
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
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]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
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]