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Tue, 10 May 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
183. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the budgeted cost and the actual cost of external inspectors in relation to the EXEED grant scheme in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22795/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
184. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the budgeted cost and the actual cost of external mentoring in relation to the EXEED grant scheme in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22796/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
185. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total carbon reduction in 2021 as a result of the EXEED grant scheme; the value of the administration in terms of CO2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22797/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Driver Licences
Thomas Pringle
236. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the way that a person who is temporarily living in Australia can renew their Irish driving licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23182/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Thomas Pringle
268. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a scheme of tax credits in budget 2023 for owner-occupiers of defective apartments and duplexes to offset remediation costs similar to the way buy-to-let owners can offset liabilities again profit and loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22783/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Thomas Pringle
356. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Independent Working Group to examine the defects in housing will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22778/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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State Examinations
Thomas Pringle
499. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if agreement has been reached with teachers' unions in relation to the moving of leaving certificate English paper one to the end of the first year of senior cycle; if not, if this is a unilateral decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22853/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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State Examinations
Thomas Pringle
500. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the arrangements that are in place for the correction of leaving certificate English paper one at the end of the first year of senior cycle; if these arrangements have the agreement of the teacher's unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22854/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Disease Management
Thomas Pringle
748. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if elispot testing for the diagnosis of Lyme disease is in use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Disease Management
Thomas Pringle
749. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the treatment options that are available here for post-Lyme disease syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22857/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services
Thomas Pringle
787. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available for an Irish person (details supplied) who has had a stroke while living in Australia and needs medical assistance to get home to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23177/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services
Thomas Pringle
812. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health further to his email response to this Deputy regarding ophthalmic services in University Hospital Limerick (details supplied) if the funding for a Donegal based primary care consultant medical ophthalmologist is ring-fenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23316/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services
Thomas Pringle
813. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently only one part-time community ophthalmic physician available in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23317/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Health Services
Thomas Pringle
814. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to return to having three community ophthalmic physicians available in County Donegal as there was previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23318/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Animal Welfare
Thomas Pringle
856. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the laws that are in place to stop healthy dogs from being euthanised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22804/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Environmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
83. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 31 November 2021, when the review will be carried out to assess the performance and impact of the EXEED Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21872/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Environmental Policy
Thomas Pringle
84. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is concerned with the time delay in preparation of detailed annual GHG inventories by the Environmental Protection Agency; if he will request the agency to provide simplified quarterly emission updates to allow the Government and the Houses of the Oireachtas to respond to emission trends on a more timely basis in view of the quarterly reporting of national emissions by Eurostat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21882/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Public Service Obligation
Thomas Pringle
120. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider including commercial bus operators that operate scheduled services under licence from the National Transport Authority in the 20% fare reduction scheme for public service obligation routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21869/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Housing Schemes
Thomas Pringle
177. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the details of the new tenant purchase scheme will be released to the local authorities in order that applications can be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21751/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Housing Schemes
Thomas Pringle
187. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of households with HAP tenancies; the number of these households that have requested flexibility to breech HAP rental limits; the number of these households to which flexibility has been approved to breech HAP rental limits for the local authority area of County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21871/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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School Staff
Thomas Pringle
271. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the status of implementation of the agreement of improved pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21875/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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School Accommodation
Thomas Pringle
288. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the details of the schools in the Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 area which are still operating out of portacabins; the plans in place to provide permanent building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22290/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Research Funding
Thomas Pringle
352. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that his Department has taken to develop public-public research partnerships (details supplied) in Ireland excluding within the EU horizons framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22226/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Citizenship Applications
Thomas Pringle
400. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the alternative identification that can be used to finalise a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22210/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Animal Feedstuffs
Thomas Pringle
562. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 9 May 2019, the level of animal feedstuffs imported each year since 2018; the steps that have been taken to reduce the dependence of Ireland on imported genetically modified feeds; if he will quantify the success of these steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/22]
Wed, 27 Apr 2022
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Driver Licences
Thomas Pringle
69. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if driving licence records can be retrieved from the relevant local authority for information in relation to a licence, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [21388/22]
Wed, 27 Apr 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Thomas Pringle
102. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if plans are in place for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21323/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Work Permits
Thomas Pringle
200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which a Sri Lankan citizen may come to Ireland to work (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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National Car Test
Thomas Pringle
390. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) that runs the National Car Testing centres is intending to hire car testers who are not fully qualified mechanics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20232/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Housing Provision
Thomas Pringle
624. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration can be made for areas such as Ballymun, Dublin with a high percentage of social housing and in which there is a need to provide more home ownership if the affordable housing fund can be increased beyond €100,000 given that there is a real danger with upcoming affordable housing schemes in the area that the price will be outside that which persons can actually afford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19598/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Vacant Properties
Thomas Pringle
654. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when applications will be accepted for the grant scheme which was being developed to bring town centre properties and properties above existing shops back into use; if the details have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20353/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Citizenship Applications
Thomas Pringle
705. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their Irish citizenship application which was submitted in April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19256/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Overseas Development Aid
Thomas Pringle
757. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if humanitarian assistance given to Ukraine is additional to the €1.044 billion allocated to official development assistance in budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20282/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Research and Development
Thomas Pringle
1197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures that his Department has taken to develop public research partnerships in Ireland excluding within the EU horizons framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20283/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Citizenship Applications
Thomas Pringle
1235. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their Irish citizenship application which was submitted in March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19257/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Legislative Process
Thomas Pringle
1270. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when the Criminal Law (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021 which passed Committee Stage in the Houses of the Oireachtas in September 2021 is due for Fourth Stage; if the drafting of amendments to existing legislation which would facilitate the transfer of Irish prisoners in the UK and other non-EU jurisdictions back to Ireland is near completion; when these amendments will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19979/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Thomas Pringle
1462. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) sent to his office by this Deputy on 23 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19697/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Hospital Services
Thomas Pringle
1581. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if there is a scheme with the HSE under which a patient could get reimbursed some travelling expenses for travelling to hospital appointments, such as a person (details supplied); the details of any fund that could assist this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20207/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Thomas Pringle
1743. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner services have ceased in a centre (details supplied); when the general practitioner services will resume; if there is an agreement in place to ensure that the service will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20798/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Housing Policy
Thomas Pringle
332. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed demolition of a number of houses at a location (details supplied) puts the Housing Agency in breach of its mortgage agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17695/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Health Services Staff
Thomas Pringle
873. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the senior clinical psychologist with the HSE in County Donegal will be retiring in April 2022; the steps that have been taken to replace the person in this position; if the position has been advertised; the stage of the recruitment process for this or another psychologist position in County Donegal; the persons or persons who will take over while a replacement is being sought; the number of psychologists who will then be based in County Donegal after this retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18287/22]
Wed, 30 Mar 2022
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Thomas Pringle
93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees that have arrived in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16913/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Ukraine War
Thomas Pringle
90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if she agreed on behalf of Ireland with the decision that non-Ukrainian citizens affected by the Russian invasion cannot avail of the visa-free access to the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16221/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Residency Permits
Thomas Pringle
118. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the options that are open to gain permanent residence for a Columbian national currently resident on a study and work visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16256/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
156. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the number of retail businesses in Ireland by region in each of the years 2011 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16409/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
169. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the average hourly other labour costs of the category clerical, sales and service employees in the NACE Rev 2 category of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles G in each of the years 2010 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16406/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
170. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the average hourly total labour costs of the category clerical, sales and service employees in the NACE Rev 2 category of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles G for each of the years 2010 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16407/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
171. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the total employment of the category clerical, sales and service employees in the NACE Rev 2 category of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles G for each of the years 2010 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16408/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
172. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the average weekly earnings of the category clerical, sales and service employees in the NACE Rev 2 category of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles G in each of the years 2010 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16410/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
173. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the average hourly earnings of the category clerical, sales and service employees in the NACE Rev 2 category of wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles G in each of the years 2010 to 2021 inclusive in tabular form. [16411/22]