Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Thomas Pringle

851. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €5.5 million by his Department; the amount of funding allocated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34372/23]

Third Level Admissions

Thomas Pringle

861. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a person can apply with a late application after the closing dates for CAO if at the time to apply they were unable to, due to medical complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33434/23]

Brexit Supports

Thomas Pringle

883. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a full list of the projects/schemes a full list of the individual projects funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €37.3 million by his Department; the amount of funding allocated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34370/23]

Brexit Supports

Thomas Pringle

83. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a full list of the individual projects funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund by Department; the amount of funding given in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/23]

Waterways Issues

Thomas Pringle

121. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the problems with the Lough Corrib Navigation Act 1945 were identified that were rectified by the reinstation of the functions of the Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees that were removed as a result of the repeal of some of the Drainage (Ireland) Act 1856, under which the Lough Corrib Navigation Trustees were established; when work started to correct the situation; when a decision was taken to include the legislative correction in the Historical and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33114/23]

Referendum Campaigns

Thomas Pringle

173. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the referenda on equality and care due to take place in November; whether all three proposed constitutional amendments of the Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality will be brought forward; when the interdepartmental group will publish its proposed referenda wording in relation to Article 40.1, Article 41.2 and Article 41.3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32894/23]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Pringle

75. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the engagements his Department has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and his Department on resolving the disparity in pay and conditions of section 39-funded workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31362/23]

Climate Action Plan

Thomas Pringle

155. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that, in light of the recent EPA emissions projections and the subsequent confirmation by his Department that any overrun of total greenhouse gas emissions in excess of the 2021-25 carbon budget will be subtracted from the 2026-2030 carbon budget, the 2024 Climate Action Plan will introduce additional urgent emission reduction measures and corresponding downward adjustments of sectoral emission ceilings to satisfy the legal obligations to ensure compliance with the carbon budgets as required under the Climate and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32265/23]

Climate Action Plan

Thomas Pringle

156. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm that the projected carbon emissions data provided by the EPA for the cumulative carbon budget period 2021-2030 may, if realised, entirely eliminate the 2031–2035 carbon budget provisionally proposed by the Climate Change Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32266/23]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

312. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) in Donegal had to wait over a year to have an appeal of special education teaching allocation decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32593/23]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

313. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reasons the NCSE review panel refused an appeal of special education teaching allocation despite two NCSE reviewers recommending an increased allocation for a school in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32594/23]

Citizens Information Services

Thomas Pringle

389. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the review of the draft service level agreements for citizens information service companies will be completed, as it appears from the board minutes of the Citizens Information Board obtained under FOI that the delay in rolling out these contracts sit with her Department, and it is almost two years since the previous service level agreements expired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32257/23]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Pringle

448. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the appointment process for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment, which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32247/23]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Pringle

449. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the positions for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment, which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries, will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32248/23]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Pringle

450. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the positions for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries, will be open to experts outside the civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32249/23]

Fisheries Protection

Thomas Pringle

451. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended to fill the positions for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32250/23]

International Protection

Thomas Pringle

502. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department is accepting proposals for accommodation related to the temporary protection directive or international protection, where the proposal is causing displacement of students from student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32255/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

593. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what measures are being put in place to alleviate lengthy waiting list times for breast reconstruction surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32258/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

594. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health whether private hospital resources are being considered to alleviate the backlog of breast reconstruction surgery times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32259/23]

Hospital Procedures

Thomas Pringle

595. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for a mastectomy for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 by each waiting time period in each hospital, in tabular form. [32260/23]

Hospital Procedures

Thomas Pringle

596. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for breast reconstruction surgery for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form. [32261/23]

Hospital Procedures

Thomas Pringle

597. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for an oophorectomy for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form. [32262/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

598. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for genetic testing for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 at by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form. [32263/23]

Building Regulations

Thomas Pringle

93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department was instructed by the NSAI to adopt the European Standards EN771-3 and EN 12620 into the Irish building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/23]

Building Regulations

Thomas Pringle

94. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that in Ireland we operate the Assessment of Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVPC) System 2+ by notified bodies while other EU member states operate a system 4 for EN12620 Aggregates for Concrete and EN771-3 Specification for Masonry Units Part 3: Aggregate Concrete Masonry Units (Dense and Lightweight Aggregates); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31677/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Thomas Pringle

104. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31564/23]

Passport Services

Thomas Pringle

147. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expand the current Passport Service and open a number of regional passport offices to cover the different counties outside Dublin and Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29685/23]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Thomas Pringle

170. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the prospective compulsory purchase order of a facility (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/23]

Tax Code

Thomas Pringle

249. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of removing the 23% VAT rate on sunscreen products of SPF30 and above; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29327/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Thomas Pringle

414. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the household benefits package to all cancer patients from the point of diagnosis to the cessation of treatment without means testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29358/23]

Social Welfare Schemes

Thomas Pringle

415. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if the expansion of the partial capacity payment scheme will be considered in Budget 2024, to introduce a new statutory payment for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29359/23]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

487. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the decommissioning scheme being operated by his Department; how many applications have been approved; the stage they are at in progression; how many vessel owners have been paid at this stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29792/23]

Fishing Industry

Thomas Pringle

488. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland decided not to implement the EMFF 2014-2020 and EMFAF 2021-2027 making crisis support available for the operators in the fishery and aquaculture sectors for income lost due to adverse conditions caused by the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29793/23]

International Protection

Thomas Pringle

501. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contractual requirements on suppliers of accommodation to international protection residents to provide supports for children in their care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29084/23]

Medical Cards

Thomas Pringle

634. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health for an update plan for changes to the GP visit card eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/23]

Cancer Services

Thomas Pringle

655. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the bowel screening programme to people aged 55 to 74 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/23]

Cancer Services

Thomas Pringle

656. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the BreastCheck screening to women aged between 45 and 74 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29341/23]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

657. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing parking charges at public hospitals for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29342/23]

Medical Cards

Thomas Pringle

658. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all cancer patients upon diagnosis to cessation of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29343/23]

Prescriptions Charges

Thomas Pringle

659. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29344/23]

Medicinal Products

Thomas Pringle

660. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to a maximum of €72 per patient per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/23]

Nursing Homes

Thomas Pringle

700. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); the role the HSE plays in the management and functioning of the facility; if the HSE intends to take over the management of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29592/23]

Abortion Services

Thomas Pringle

715. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when he will introduce the safe access zone legislation in order that women availing of legal services can do so in peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29664/23]

Seanad Elections

Thomas Pringle

223. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what consultation his Department intends to carry out regarding plans to respond to the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the Seanad university panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29009/23]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

134. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the proposed ‘Consultative Forum on International Security Policy’, if he will provide the estimated cost of the forum, and a breakdown of these costs, in tabular form; if the forum is included in the supplementary estimates for Vote 28; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/23]

Energy Conservation

Thomas Pringle

181. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he can suggest a solution to an issue affecting a person (details supplied) who has applied for a one-stop-shop grant from Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland but is being asked to do unnecessary works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27243/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Thomas Pringle

816. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their appeal for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27803/23]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

900. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the progress she has made in relation to the establishment of the proposed role of the Ombudsman in prisoner complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27806/23]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

13. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence on 23 August 2022 and 17 May 2023 from this Deputy in relation to the provision of GP services by Cuban doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26675/23]

Healthcare Policy

Thomas Pringle

65. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy that regulates our health services' international cooperation, in light of the National Ambulance Service's recent trip to Israel's national emergency medical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/23]

Local Authorities

Thomas Pringle

225. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of local authority playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27005/23]

Local Authorities

Thomas Pringle

226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of local authority playgrounds with inclusive playground equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27006/23]

Eating Disorders

Thomas Pringle

346. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people nationwide being treated for eating disorders in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26923/23]

Eating Disorders

Thomas Pringle

347. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people being treated for eating disorders in Donegal in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26924/23]

Inland Fisheries

Thomas Pringle

140. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the development of the new policy statement for inland fisheries in Ireland; if he will provide a breakdown of the draft policy papers prepared to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25763/23]

Teacher Training

Thomas Pringle

264. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure the 21 education centres in Ireland publish their annual and audited accounts on their websites, from this point forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25606/23]

Teacher Training

Thomas Pringle

157. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the name of the accountancy firm that has been commissioned to audit the 21 education centres in Ireland; the amount this exercise will cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25419/23]

Teacher Training

Thomas Pringle

158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding provided to each of the 21 education centres in Ireland for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25420/23]

Teacher Training

Thomas Pringle

159. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of the 21 education centres in Ireland that will publish their annual and audited accounts on their websites in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25421/23]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 9 May 2023, if she can provide a breakdown by county of where the 160 additional NSCE staff, 686 teachers and 1,194 SNAs will be employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25073/23]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will publish the report which her Department commissioned into the governance of education centres (details supplied); the cost of the report; if the recommendations of the report are now in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25088/23]

Grant Payments

Thomas Pringle

171. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be made to a farmer (details supplied) and the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25087/23]

Pensions Reform

Thomas Pringle

78. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has considered the benefits to the State coffers of a smoothed approach to the automatic enrolment pension system being proposed by Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22110/23]

Pensions Reform

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied that the automatic enrolment pension system being proposed by Government can stay below the 0.5% maintenance costs proposed in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22107/23]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

298. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will publish the KOSI report which her Department funded Donegal Education Centre to commission; the amount the report cost; if the recommendations of this report are now in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24536/23]

Social Welfare Code

Thomas Pringle

484. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that the automatic enrolment pension system being proposed by the Government could be provided at a lower cost to the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22109/23]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

836. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if ophthalmic care can be established in Letterkenny University Hospital to cater for patients in North and West Donegal who currently have to travel by car to Sligo University hospital for treatment and routine appointments, which is up to two hours’ drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24818/23]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

837. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current status with getting a GP to take over the practice in Lettermacaward Health Centre, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24819/23]

School Accommodation

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the current situation with the proposed extension for an urgently needed learning support room, which is required for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23396/23]

School Accommodation

Thomas Pringle

92. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the current situation with the proposed extension for an urgently needed learning support room which is required for a school (details supplied) in Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23431/23]

Pensions Reform

Thomas Pringle

15. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the role his Department will have in approving an automatic enrolment pension system; the overall cost to the State of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22111/23]

Electoral Commission

Thomas Pringle

200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Dáil Éireann and European Parliament Constituency Review Report will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22255/23]

Grant Payments

Thomas Pringle

79. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will address the situation of a late payment from the tuition grant section to a school (details supplied), as this has resulted in staff not being paid on time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21904/23]

Foreign Policy

Thomas Pringle

158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the position Ireland took regarding the inclusion of a humanitarian or search and rescue mandate during EU negotiations for the renewal of Operation Irini; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21070/23]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Pringle

270. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the planned building works at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21122/23]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Pringle

271. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when the outcome of an application for additional learning support in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21123/23]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

272. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 25 April 2023, if a board of management can contact those teachers who have been refused continuation of a career break, to ascertain their intention to return to school or resign prior to the date that they are to resume duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21129/23]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

426. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on how people in prison access specialist supports on sexual assault trauma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21130/23]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

427. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on what data is available on the number of women in the Dóchas Centre who have experienced sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/23]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

428. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the reason voluntary supports from rape crisis centres are no longer available in the Dóchas Centre, Mountjoy unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21132/23]

Medicinal Products

Thomas Pringle

562. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE primary care reimbursement service will consider including melatonin supplements on the list of medicines or aids provided under the medical card or drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21119/23]

Inland Fisheries

Thomas Pringle

45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the validation protocols his Department has in place to ensure the validity of figures produced by fish counters under the control of Inland Fisheries Ireland, as reported in its annual consolidated fish counter summary report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20241/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Thomas Pringle

47. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if, in the context of budget 2024, he would consider the restoration of the 50% SEAI grant rate on solar PV for community groups facing extreme pressure on running costs, with many facing closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20399/23]

Tax Yield

Thomas Pringle

112. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance how much of the betting levy has been distributed to the League of Ireland and an association (details supplied) in the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20542/23]

Legislative Process

Thomas Pringle

280. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide details on the anticipated timeframe for the enactment of hate crime legislation; if he will confirm when he expects the Bill to commence Fourth Stage in Dáil Éireann; if he will outline details of the work being carried out by his Department, if any, on the implementation and complementary measures to assist the rollout of this legislation, such as a public information campaign, training of judges and prosecutors, educational measures and victim support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20348/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Thomas Pringle

122. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to help stop the violence which has broken out in Sudan; if he will add to Ireland’s calls for a cessation of the violence in the country and end to the killing of civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18987/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

134. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20030/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

151. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20028/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

162. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20025/23]

Aviation Industry

Thomas Pringle

179. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if measures will be taken by his Department to ensure that there will be an improvement in the problem of flight cancellations occurring frequently at Donegal Airport, Carrickfinn, County Donegal; if he is aware of the problem with flight cancellations; what plans are in place to ensure that all flights are on schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19065/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

206. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20043/23]

Tax Yield

Thomas Pringle

218. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the total income raised from the betting levy in 2021 and 2022; if he will provide a breakdown of which sports that levy arises from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

223. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

227. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19276/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

244. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20027/23]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

265. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education in the situation where a Board of Management has had to refuse an application for an extension to a career break, when the Board can expect a decision from that teacher regarding their position in the school, staying in situ or resigning, as this information is vital for the best interests of the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19161/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

292. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number and total value of contracts her Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20042/23]

Septic Tanks

Thomas Pringle

295. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households that registered a septic tank in actual numbers and not percentage, in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; the actual number of households that noted they had a septic tank in the 2016 census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19599/23]

Building Regulations

Thomas Pringle

310. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the co-existence of standards I.S. 20 Concrete Building Blocks and I.S. EN771-3:2011 Specification for Masonry Units were allowed to continue, when the EU standard was first introduced in other EU states; the reason it took time to be implemented here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18988/23]

Electoral Process

Thomas Pringle

346. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will an update on any plans of proposed changes to reduce the voting age to 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19518/23]