Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

217. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the reason students from Donegal travelling to university in Northern Ireland are not allowed to avail of a discount under the TFI Leap card; and if he will work to resolve this matter. [47850/26]

584. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Young Fisher Scheme will commence again; and when financial assistance will start to be released under the scheme. [47554/26]

613. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a substantive response to the emails forwarded by this Deputy to her office [47256/26]

160. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the way in which the local authorities in Donegal, Derry, and Tyrone can be assisted by his Department and their counterparts in Northern Ireland to advance plans to connect Letterkenny to Derry and Tyrone by rail and to progress the potential of the All-Island Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45902/26]

193. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport if he will travel to Donegal and meet with locally elected councillors to learn firsthand about the serious traffic management crisis in Letterkenny impacting the people of and visitors to Donegal; and the proposed local roads infrastructure projects that can address this crisis. [45901/26]

343. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection to advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/26]

419. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current and capital annual budget allocated for the Fishery Harbour Centre and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme for each of the years 2025 and 2026; the estimated cost of increasing this budget by 5% and 10% respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46408/26]

420. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total current and capital annual budget allocated by his Department to the Marine Institute for each of the years 2025 and 2026; if he will provide a breakdown of any additional co-funding or external program funding channelled through his Department to the institute in those years; the projected cost of increasing this overall budget allocation by 5% and 10% respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46409/26]

421. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2026; if he will provide a breakdown of this allocation between current operational expenditure and capital expenditure; the total funding drawn down by the authority in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46410/26]

422. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current and capital annual budget allocated to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board for 2025 and 2026; the baseline financial allocation required to increase this budget by 10% and 15% respectively, to assist with operational capacity, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46411/26]

423. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has examined the introduction of a time limited inshore weather and safety compensation scheme for active inshore fishing vessels affected by prolonged unsafe sea conditions, reduced safe fishing days and climate driven weather disruption; whether Met Éireann, the Marine Institute or any other relevant body has been asked to provide scientific evidence linking specific weather events, swell conditions, storm patterns or other climate related disruption to quantified income losses or additional costs for the inshore fleet; if his Department has assessed if such events could be formally recognised by national authorities as a natural disaster, adverse climatic event or exceptional occurrence for the purposes of EU State Aid rules; if his Department has sought guidance or pre notification engagement with EU Directorate-General for Competition or Directorate-General MARE on such a scheme under the EMFAF, the Fishery Block Exemption Regulation, the Fisheries State Aid Guidelines, or any other applicable route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46436/26]

472. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the current status of the reimbursement process for givinostat for children living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; the steps being taken to ensure urgent access, clear timelines and no further delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46503/26]

535. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether Ukrainian students under temporary protection will be treated as EU or non-EU students for college places, fees and grants in the 2026/27 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46476/26]

539. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether Ukrainian students who have completed Leaving Certificate or QQI/PLC courses in Ireland will be eligible for SUSI or other supports for third-level study in 2026/27; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46477/26]

605. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify if Ukrainian refugees here can continue to participate in State employment schemes under the temporary protection transition scheme. [45687/26]

694. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the financial criteria for a Stamp 4 status for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland under the temporary protection transition scheme is €29, 432 per person or per family. [45688/26]

699. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review and advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45724/26]

762. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the eligibility criteria for aquaculture producers and vessel owners under the fishing and aquaculture registered vessel fuel support scheme, including the requirement for vessels to be on the Irish fleet register; if alternative criteria will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45932/26]

249. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Ukrainian refugees who are currently participating in community employment schemes, TÚS employment schemes or rural social schemes will be eligible to remain in Ireland under the new temporary protection transition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44761/26]

518. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that other countries allow their citizens to claim seafarer’s tax back or avail of seafarer’s allowance without a requirement that they are at least 161 days at sea or with reference to the port of commencement or destination; and if he plans to review this allowance. [41493/26]

841. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if provision will be made for private bus operators working under contract for Bus Éireann to apply for the fuel allowance/support scheme, as the current online application system only appears to provide an option for hauliers; and if she will clarify how eligible private bus companies can apply for this support. [42313/26]

844. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 26 May 2026, if she can confirm a date by which her officials will have responded to the school’s Stage 2B submission (details supplied). [42402/26]

996. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 26 May 2026, if he will confirm the percentage of the overall capital cost of building a swimming pool/ leisure centre does a local authority have to contribute when they are in receipt of a grant under the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme. [42927/26]

1195. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA), specifically the requirement that entitlement ceases when a child reaches 16 years of age; whether consideration is being given to extending eligibility to age 18, particularly for lifelong conditions such as Type 1 diabetes where significant care needs continue beyond age 16; the number of children in receipt of DCA whose entitlement ceased on reaching 16 years of age in each of the past five years; the number who subsequently applied for disability allowance; the number of those applications approved and refused; the average processing time for such applications; the estimated cost of extending the DCA eligibility from age 16 to age 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42411/26]

1196. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the 18.5 hour weekly work limit attached to Carer’s Allowance eligibility in circumstances where carers wish to remain in employment, particularly in professions such as teaching where standard working hours exceed the permitted threshold; if consideration has been given to introducing greater flexibility for qualified professionals who cannot access part-time posts; and if he will outline any plans to examine the impact of current rules on carers seeking to maintain employment while continuing in their caring role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42413/26]