Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

163. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will advance the plans to relocate the families at a location (details supplied), living in defective concrete block homes, away from the dangerous flood plain they were built on. [17184/26]

470. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal as a pelagic landing port for catches over ten tonnes. [18164/26]

586. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason 80 newly qualified paramedics who have completed a three year BSC in Paramedic Studies and all necessary examinations, placements and assessments will not move to permanent roles in the National Ambulance Service in what is a break from established practice. [18121/26]

470. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to establish if transport escorts for adults with disabilities, attending services (details supplied) and employed under the umbrella of Transport for Ireland receive higher pay along with statutory holidays in comparison to school transport escorts paid through her Department’s special educational needs transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16825/26]

608. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the defective concrete blocks grant scheme complies with the State’s current building regulations and the EU’s revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in that the defective concrete blocks grant scheme only adheres to the 2007 Building Regulations for the purposes of eligible costs, incentivising fossil fuel boilers. [16872/26]

616. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he can assist older people who are eligible for the defective concrete block grant scheme but who are unable to uproot at this advanced stage of their lives; if he will consider allowing them to transfer their eligibility on to a beneficiary in their will, or to a purchaser who has paid the fair market price to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17131/26]

448. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licence determinations issued by the Department in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown of how many of these were new licence applications or licence renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15665/26]

156. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when homeowners who have spent money since March 2024 under the defective concrete block grant scheme will be reimbursed up to the new maximum cap, following the passing of recent legislation. [15384/26]

229. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons for the omission of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 from the Government Legislation Programme Spring 2026. [15386/26]

282. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport to outline what he and his Department can do to assist more persons to obtain an able body seaman ticket and build a career in offshore fishing when they are struggling to acquire the necessary sea time records. [14446/26]

775. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have been prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023, which came into effect on 1 November 2023, and is designed to significantly toughen penalties for assaulting on-duty emergency workers, explicitly including hospital staff, nurses and doctors [14653/26]

831. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of monitoring and inspections that has taken place of the large EU and UK registered pelagic freezer trawlers operating off the Irish coast during January and early February of 2026 targeting horse mackerel and other species; and the landings made by these vessels including bycatches of boarfish [14841/26]

185. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the lack of respite available to children with disabilities across County Donegal; and to outline her plans to address this serious shortfall. [3633/26]

52. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on the impact to public expenditure on Border counties such as Donegal, Cavan, Sligo, Leitrim, and Monaghan, following confirmation from the European Commission that the designation of the wider northern and western region of Ireland is to be upgraded from a “transition region” to a “more developed region” even though the GDP per capita in those counties is 68% of the EU average, on a par with Eastern European regions classified as being “less developed”; and if he will assure the people of those Border counties that they will not lose out on key infrastructural projects due to the ensuing cut in EU co-financing. [12972/26]

61. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); if it will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12966/26]

238. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s current policy approach to the development of a sustainable seaweed sector in Ireland; his assessment of the Marine Institute’s socioeconomic study on seaweed harvesting funded under the EMFF Seafood Development Programme; if any policy or strategic measures are being considered in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12973/26]

251. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions she is taking to ensure the wellbeing and protection of the rights of Irish citizens who are detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States. [11742/26]

640. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the deep hurt felt by the “forgotten children” from this State and their families (details supplied); if she and the Taoiseach will consider that with confirmation, that the survivors of abuse in industrial and reformatory schools will be offered a State apology, this may also be an appropriate time to acknowledge the State’s systemic failings with regard to those “forgotten children”. [12210/26]

1122. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of requests that have been made, either directly or on behalf of security staff, in HSE hospitals and in voluntary hospitals, for stab vests or similar protective clothing in the past two years; and if any of these requests have been granted, in tabular form. [12104/26]

1123. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals where surge capacity is in operation, that have had additional security personnel provided to them to help frontline staff dealing with patients in these additional spaces, in tabular form. [12105/26]

1124. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of cases hospitals are currently dealing with and have had to deal with in the past three years whereby either a staff member or a non-staff member was injured in an incident and a legal action has been triggered as a result, in tabular form. [12106/26]

1125. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation arising out of violent incidents in hospitals in the past three years. [12107/26]

1126. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of improvement notices that have been issued to her Department or the HSE by the Health and Safety Authority linked to incidents in hospitals, whether that is due to specific failings around an incident or about security and safety concerns more generally. [12108/26]

131. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will add a school (details supplied) to the priority list of school building projects for 2025-2026; if she will accept the invitation from the student council of the school to meet with them and tour the existing school to fully understand the urgency of making progress. [10570/26]

165. 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 must sign on for social welfare supports during school holidays. [10569/26]