Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Pearse Doherty — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
18 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked18 total
Health11 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans for the national roll-out of the Sligo pilot scheme for ophthalmology cases committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41305/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect the results of procedures carried out in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41464/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the progress made in the implementation of recommendations made in the report into gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; if a wider independent review of services at Letterkenny University Hospital will be committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41265/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to improve the financial support and conditions in place for student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42490/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding the restoration of full-time disability day services; when these services will resume a five-day week service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40503/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will commence employment as a Covid-19 swabber with the HSE at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42631/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to recommence respite service at Lifford Hospital; the time frame for resumption of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42758/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a gynaecological appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42759/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for gynaecological appointments in Letterkenny University Hospital for routine and urgent referrals in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular from. [42760/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if DJ music is permitted at weddings in line with the latest level 3 Covid-19 restriction guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42761/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the legislative basis and the provision of legislation upon which the decision to refuse a cross-border directive application was made for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42762/20]
Transport3 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a driver licence and penalty point history will issue to a person (details supplied) in time for the HSE deadline for student paramedic applicant. [41086/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when a driver licence application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; if it will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42763/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport when a driver test date will be given for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42764/20]
Justice2 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to delays in processing applications in the Probate Office; her plans to increase staff capacity to deal with any backlog in the office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41463/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if funding is available for a domestic violence support group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42757/20]
Children1 question
2020-12-08Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to expand the force majeure leave scheme to allow parents to care for a child isolating due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41759/20]
Enterprise1 question
2020-12-10Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive the restart grant plus scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42756/20]
New lobbying1 return
Cara House Family Resource Centre LtdChildren and Youth Affairs
Need for funding to upgrade premises for FRC and childcare
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advocate with his European Union counterparts for the EU to follow the lead of Australia in banning super-trawlers from national waters under the jurisdiction of the Common Fisheries Policy in response to the outrage in Irish coastal communities at the ongoing access to the exclusive economic zone being granted to super-trawlers and factory trawlers to fish there; and his views on whether this practice profoundly undermines the stated objectives of the Government and the European Union to maintain a sustainable fishery for coastal communities and to meet the environmental responsibilities of Ireland. [41616/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland has not received a single tonne of the hundreds of tonnes in additional international quota total allowable catch for the lucrative bluefin tuna species that has been secured by the European Union since 2016; his views on the scientific information he has to hand on the abundance of this species in Irish waters or the Irish exclusive economic zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will make it clear to his European Union counterparts that any change in quota allocations or access to fishing waters that emerge from the current Brexit negotiations will require an urgent renegotiation of the Common Fisheries Policy to protect the fisheries within Ireland’s exclusive economic zone and to defend Ireland’s seriously threatened fishing interest. [41611/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats in the fishing fleet by location and size in each of the years 1990 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [41941/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the entire allocation of fishing quota for Irish fishers in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form; the breakdown of the quota by fish species; the way in which it is allocated by producer organisations and other representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of Irish fishing vessels that have taken place in each of the past 20 years by his Department; the number of prosecutions taken by the State against Irish fishers during this period; the scale of infringements and penalties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of foreign fishing vessels that have taken place in each of the past 20 years by his Department; the number of prosecutions taken by the State against non-Irish fishers during this period; the scale of infringements and penalties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42615/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of logs of super trawlers fishing in waters off the coast of Ireland that have been recorded by his Department for each of the past 10 years by annual and monthly basis including the vessel name and country of registration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42616/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual breakdown of all SFPA operations on an annual basis for the past five years in which it boarded fishing vessels by vessel name, country of origin, purpose of boarding, if an infringement was detected and if so, the infringement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42617/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the electronic logbooks input by super trawlers and monitored by the SFPA showing the total catch made by them in waters off Ireland in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42618/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek access to quotas for Irish fishers for fish types such as bluefin tuna, anchovies and others in new EU quota negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42622/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make capital investments in fishing ports during this term of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42623/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote and support community-led and owned sustainable seaweed harvesting operations. [42625/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times CASA aircraft were deployed to monitor the fishing activities of supertrawlers; the names of the vessels the aircraft were deployed to monitor in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42650/20]
Enterprise2 questions
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits organised in County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41584/20]
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new companies that have located in County Donegal with IDA assistance in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41585/20]
Environment2 questions
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to introduce attendant by-laws to deal with salmonid conservation; if he will provide a draft of these bye-laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/20]
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to reintroduce monitored community fishing schemes to allow previous fishing practices such as salmon and eel fishing be used for artisanal and traditional purposes to generate tourism potential and preserve heritage in villages around Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42624/20]
Public1 question
2020-12-08Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some public sector workers who retired in 2008 have not received any increase in their State pension since then; and the reason pension payments are not index linked to public sector pay increases. [41580/20]
Transport1 question
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, coastguard and naval and search and rescue services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/20]
Rural1 question
2020-12-10Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to create a national islands plan and to give legislative protection to Ireland’s island communities to ensure their economic and heritage sustainability into the future during her term of office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42621/20]