Parliamentary questions

Education and Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the VTOS programme. [30147/21]

Education and Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocation to the VTOS programme in 2021. [30148/21]

Education and Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

201. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost of supporting a place on the VTOS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30149/21]

Education and Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

202. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of young persons under 25 years on SOLAS training programmes for the unemployed. [30150/21]

Education and Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

203. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocation to young persons under 25 years on SOLAS training programmes for the unemployed in 2021. [30151/21]

Education and Training Provision

Thomas Pringle

204. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average cost of supporting a place on the SOLAS training programme for the unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30152/21]

Policing Co-operation

Thomas Pringle

206. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the procedures in place to liaise with European counterparts if suspected sex offenders are travelling between jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29926/21]

Policing Co-operation

Thomas Pringle

207. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the safeguards in place to stop suspected sex offenders travelling between jurisdictions in Europe if they are a possible flight-risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/21]

An Garda Síochána

Thomas Pringle

209. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of projects supported by the Garda youth diversion programme in 2021; and the number of beneficiaries under the programme. [30133/21]

An Garda Síochána

Thomas Pringle

210. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the funding for the Garda youth diversion programme in each of the years 2007 to 2021, in tabular form. [30134/21]

Legislative Programme

Thomas Pringle

211. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the proposed membership of the local community safety partnerships; if it is envisaged that the membership will include local drugs and alcohol taskforces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30135/21]

Voluntary Sector

Thomas Pringle

218. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the Volunteering Strategy Implementation Group; the membership of the committee; the number of meetings held to date; the membership and work of the sub-committees of the Volunteering Strategy Implementation Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30130/21]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Pringle

219. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated in 2019, 2020 and 2021 to support young persons under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme in tabular form. [30131/21]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Pringle

220. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of young persons aged under 25 years of age who were beneficiaries under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme in 2019 and 2020. [30132/21]

Climate Change Policy

Thomas Pringle

102. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the meaning of just transition and climate justice in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29278/21]

Data Protection

Thomas Pringle

136. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 164 and 165 of 20 May 2021, the extent of contacts Irish officials have made with the officials or elected representatives in the US administration in relation to the drafting of a Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29094/21]

Transport Policy

Thomas Pringle

228. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport when the safe routes to school programme will be rolled out; if schools in County Donegal will be selected for this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29360/21]

EU Programmes

Thomas Pringle

368. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if his Department or the Defence Forces are preparing a national strategy for military mobility; if so, if such a strategy will be presented to the PESCO Military Mobility Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/21]

EU Programmes

Thomas Pringle

369. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether it is appropriate for Ireland to be involved in an observer capacity in view of the public statements by the Dutch head of the PESCO Military Mobility Project, that this is an important boost for EU NATO co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29341/21]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas Pringle

523. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if a person who has applied for citizenship (details supplied) will be allowed to travel to another part of Europe to take up a job opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29552/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Thomas Pringle

5. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the discussions his officials are undertaking with officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the importance of preserving possible burial grounds related to mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29011/21]

Domestic Violence

Thomas Pringle

39. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the 4,381 requests for emergency refuge from domestic violence that could not be met in 2018 and the 3,961 requests that could not be met in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26438/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Thomas Pringle

89. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the new proposed concept model of enhanced engagement with survivors of mother and baby institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26439/21]

Local Authorities

Thomas Pringle

160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will meet with the Dublin City Council councillors regarding the report into the Oscar Traynor Road site; the reason he has not responded to any of the five letters sent to him by councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28963/21]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

206. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will request the reversal of the decision by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board to uphold the loss of a mainstream class teacher in a school (details supplied) in accordance with Circular 0019/2021 of a school (details supplied) given that the numbers in the school meet the requirements for this teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28962/21]

Driver Test

Thomas Pringle

117. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if there is a date set for the resumption of driver theory tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27780/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

246. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names of the members of the independent working group to examine the issue of defective housing; the qualifications of each; the remuneration they are to receive for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27564/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

247. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates on which the independent working group to examine the issue of defective housing has met to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27565/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

248. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the agenda for each of the meetings of the independent working group to examine the issue of defective housing that have taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27566/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

249. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the terms of reference of the independent working group to examine the issue of defective housing are to be signed off and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27567/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

250. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the terms of reference of the independent working group to examine the issue of defective housing include a review of the current financial assistance scheme for the remediation of damaged dwellings due to defective concrete blocks, also known as the MICA redress scheme. [27568/21]

Housing Provision

Thomas Pringle

289. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 24 February 2021, if a full breakdown will be provided of the funding provided to Donegal County Council for housing in each of the years from 2016 to 2020; the amount that was spent on building, leasing, HAP, RAS and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/21]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Thomas Pringle

327. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if a ship (details supplied) was in Irish waters on 13 and 14 May 2021; if the vessel had permission to pass through Irish waters; if so, the distance it passed off the west coast at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27919/21]

Military Aircraft

Thomas Pringle

328. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if an aircraft (details supplied) en route to Israel landed at Baldonnel Aerodrome; if these type of flights are facilitated often at Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27921/21]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

414. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish a report by a company (details supplied) on the cost of disability before the end of May 2021; if not, the timeframe for publication given its importance to budget planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28013/21]

Institutes of Technology

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans in place for development at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, LYIT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26714/21]

Grant Payments

Thomas Pringle

148. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many potential students are blocked from accessing affordable third-level education due to their immigration status such as unaccompanied minors, children of immigrants working here and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26713/21]

Trade Unions

Thomas Pringle

161. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the failure of a company (details supplied) to recognise a union and collectively bargain with it on issues of concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27267/21]

EU Directives

Thomas Pringle

163. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed directive on artificial intelligence and the Digital Services Act would render Ireland the EU’s super enforcer of these new regulations for technology companies based here; if he is concerned that the current delays in enforcing GDPR decisions by the Data Protection Commissioner will undermine the potential for further investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27322/21]

Data Protection

Thomas Pringle

164. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law (details supplied); her views on the situation; and his further views on whether the prospect of EU data export controls is a threat to the digital services sector. [27325/21]

Data Protection

Thomas Pringle

165. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Senate is considering a draft Bill that targets jurisdictions with inadequate enforcement of data protection law (details supplied); his views on the situation; and his further views on whether the prospect of EU data export controls is a threat to the digital services sector. [27328/21]

Bus Services

Thomas Pringle

185. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason Bus Éireann has cancelled the overnight services on route 30 and X30 at 1:00 and 2:30 from Donegal and the 6:30, 8:00 services from Dublin to Donegal; the alternatives are available to persons instead of having to overnight in Dublin for appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27265/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes that will be made to the disability allowance given the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payments were significantly higher than the rate of the disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25552/21]

Youth Guarantee

Thomas Pringle

147. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the progress made by her Department on the European Council recommendation, A Bridge to Jobs, Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee dated 30 October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25551/21]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

366. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason his Department is not putting pressure on an association (details supplied) to develop or renovate the ground floor of a building in County Donegal to be used for council tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25525/21]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

367. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason his Department is not putting pressure on an association (details supplied) to put tenants in a housing development at a location in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25526/21]

Grant Payments

Thomas Pringle

390. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Donegal County Council has been allocated funding for the energy efficiency retrofit programme phase 2 for window and doors replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26088/21]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Pringle

494. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if there are plans in place for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26158/21]

Overseas Missions

Thomas Pringle

48. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops in Mali and in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/21]

European Defence Agency

Thomas Pringle

61. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/21]