Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD
Sinn Féin · Donegal constituency
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- 329 lobbying/public-official contact record(s)
- EUR 310,686 in member payment records
- 34 chamber attendance day(s) in 2026
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Parliamentary questions
- July 09, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureInshore Fisheries
Asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will work with the representatives of inshore fishermen to introduce an inshore fisheries stabilisation and climate adaptation scheme.
- July 09, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureEU Presidency
Asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he will use the opportunity of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union to get fairness for Irish fishing communities from the CFP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- July 09, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureDepartmental Reports
Asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report will be published (details supplied)
- July 08, 2026PQ to Minister for FinanceTax Code
Asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering a VAT reduction for the sale of products made by Irish craft workers.
- July 07, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthDepartmental Correspondence
Asked the Minister for Health her views on matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- July 01, 2026PQ to Minister for TransportPublic Transport
Asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 23 June 2026, if he will work with the National Transport Authority to ensure that the TFI Leap card can become valid for journeys that take place in whole or in part in Northern Ireland in order that all students, residing in this State have the same access to more affordable public transport.
- June 30, 2026PQ to Minister for JusticeVisa Applications
Asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of significant delays in the processing of spouse visa applications through the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi compared to other Irish missions, including New Delhi; the reasons for these delays; and the measures being taken to reduce waiting times and ensure timely family reunification for applicants.
- June 30, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureFishing Industry
Asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of activity of EU registered pelagic freezer trawlers inside the Irish EEZ over the period April-June, 2026; the monitoring and inspections of these vessels that has taken place over the same period April-June; and if he will provide information on the reported landings made by these vessels including any bycatch of boarfish.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDefective Building Materials
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a scheme will commence to relocate nine families, living in defective concrete block homes away from a location (details supplied); when his Department officials will consult with the homeowners on the design of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDefective Building Materials
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the revision of I.S. 465, he will direct that all appeals currently before the Defective Concrete Blocks Appeals Boards continue to be determined and issued without delay, given that appellants have already endured lengthy delays in the scheme and continue remain living in deteriorating homes.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDefective Building Materials
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the defective concrete block scheme for social housing will commence.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for SocialSchool Meals Programme
Asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the tendering process for the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Strategies
Asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Strategies
Asked the Minister for Health if she will be providing funding for regional diabetes clinical leads to ensure consistent and accountable delivery of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care across all six Regional Health Areas in line with national standards and models of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 25, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthHealth Strategies
Asked the Minister for Health if she will make a commitment to providing sustained, ring-fenced, multiannual funding to ensure full implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care report; if she will be establishing a national diabetes office to oversee implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 24, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDefective Building Materials
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he acknowledges that the revision of I.S. 465 strengthens the position of homeowners whose applications were downgraded by the Housing Agency and who have consistently argued that such downgrade decisions were legally and scientifically flawed; and if he will confirm that all downgrade appeals will continue to be heard by the appeals board.
- June 24, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDefective Building Materials
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that the defective concrete blocks appeals boards will continue to hear and determine outstanding downgrade appeals without interruption or delay, given that all downgrade appeals determined to date have resulted in the Housing Agency's decisions being annulled; that those appeals were lodged and adjudicated on the basis of the existing I.S. 465 standard at the time; and that the revision of I.S. 465 on 2 June 2026 can only strengthen the position of appellants whose cases were prepared and submitted under the existing standard.
- June 24, 2026PQ to Minister for HousingDefective Building Materials
Asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the fact that all downgrade appeals heard to date have resulted in the Housing Agency's decisions being annulled, he will direct that cases returned to the Housing Agency for re-assessment be dealt with immediately and as a priority; given that some homeowners have been engaged with the defective concrete blocks scheme since 2021 and their homes have continued to deteriorate in the interim.
- June 23, 2026PQ to Minister for ForeignPassport Services
Asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
- June 23, 2026PQ to Minister for TransportTransport Infrastructure Ireland
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.
- June 23, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureAgriculture Schemes
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.
- June 23, 2026PQ to Minister for ChildrenDepartmental Correspondence
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
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for TransportRail Network
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for TransportTraffic Management
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for SocialSocial Welfare Payments
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureFishery Harbour Centres
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureMarine Institute
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureFisheries Protection
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureAquaculture Industry
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureFishing Industry
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for HealthMedicinal Products
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for Further and Higher EducationFurther and Higher Education
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.
- June 18, 2026PQ to Minister for Further and Higher EducationFurther and Higher Education
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.
- June 16, 2026PQ to Minister for SocialWork Permits
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.
- June 16, 2026PQ to Minister for JusticeImmigration Policy
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.
- June 16, 2026PQ to Minister for JusticeVisa Applications
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.
- June 16, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureFishing Industry
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.
- June 11, 2026PQ to Minister for JusticeCommunity Employment Schemes
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.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for FinanceDepartmental Reviews
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.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for AgricultureWildlife Protection
Asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will agree to the request for the public release of the research commissioned into the threats to the native Irish honeybee (apis mellifera mellifera) due to the introduction of imported honeybees into Ireland; if he will facilitate the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 and ensure that all members of the Oireachtas receive copies of the research findings in advance of any further debate on the Bill.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchool Transport
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.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchools Building Projects
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).
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for CultureSports Facilities
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.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for SocialSocial Welfare Benefits
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.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for SocialSocial Welfare Eligibility
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.
- June 09, 2026PQ to Minister for SocialSocial Welfare Eligibility
Asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will undertake a review of the means test for disability allowance, with particular regard to the assessment of a partner’s income; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchools Building Projects
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the way in which plans can be advanced for a new school (details supplied) on the new site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford.
- May 28, 2026PQ to Minister for EducationSchool Facilities
Asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to advance the delivery of new school facilities (details supplied) that have been long delayed.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for FinanceCross-Border Co-operation
Asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the renewed efforts toward a UK–Ireland cross-Border work framework, particularly addressing remote work taxation.
- May 26, 2026PQ to Minister for FinanceBanking Sector
Asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware that persons and families that are resident in the Republic of Ireland and working in Northern Ireland are being turned down for a mortgage by lenders in this State because they are not working in this State; and if he will progress the development of standardised underwriting approaches for cross-Border incomes.
Dáil contributions
- July 07, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- July 07, 2026DebatePlanning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members]
- July 01, 2026MotionCost of Living: Motion [Private Members]
- June 30, 2026DebateImpact of Water Quality and Pollution on Sea and Inland Fisheries: Discussion
- June 30, 2026DebateImpact of Water Quality and Pollution on Sea and Inland Fisheries: Discussion
- June 24, 2026MotionState Responsibility for Foundation Retention Risk in Defective Concrete Homes: Motion [Private Members]
- June 23, 2026DebateAquaculture and Water Quality: Discussion (Resumed)
- June 17, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
- June 16, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- June 16, 2026DebateAquaculture and Water Quality: Discussion
- June 10, 2026DebateIsraeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026: Second Stage
- June 10, 2026DebateVote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- June 09, 2026DebateProposal for Inshore Fisheries Income Stabilisation and Climate Compensation Scheme: National Inshore Fishermans Association (Resumed)
- May 28, 2026QuestionSchools Building Projects
- May 27, 2026MotionFiscal Planning Framework for Economic Certainty: Motion [Private Members]
- May 26, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- May 20, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
- May 20, 2026MotionDefence and Neutrality: Motion [Private Members]
- May 19, 2026DebateMarine Protected Areas - International Best Practice: Discussion
- May 19, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- May 14, 2026QuestionFishing Industry
- May 14, 2026QuestionFishing Industry
- May 12, 2026DebateElectricity Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members]
- May 12, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- May 06, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- April 30, 2026QuestionAir Services
- April 29, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
- April 29, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
- April 29, 2026MotionRemediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022: Motion
- April 28, 2026DebateSeaweed Harvesting and Licensing: Discussion
- April 28, 2026StatementOur Rural Future: Statements
- April 28, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- April 21, 2026OrderofbusinessAn tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
- April 21, 2026DebateImpact of Climate Change on Fish Stocks: Discussion
- April 15, 2026QuestionsCeisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
- April 14, 2026DebateSea Fisheries Protection and Legislative Framework for Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority: Discussion (Resumed)