Parliamentary questions

Teaching Council of Ireland

Thomas Pringle

307. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reason it is not possible to complete registration on the Teaching Council’s online portal through the medium of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16308/24]

Ambulance Service

Thomas Pringle

487. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the situation with the lack of an ambulance service on Tory Island and on other Donegal islands, with only one island having any service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16731/24]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

494. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if an elderly Irish person (details supplied) who has been given a custodial sentence in France could have their sentence transmuted to be served in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16072/24]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

586. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has estimates for the number of children involved with social work services who may be on the foetal alcohol spectrum, given that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is the leading known cause of preventable intellectual disability in the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16233/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

690. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the dedicated supports currently available to children and families impacted by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (details supplied); what dedicated supports, if any, are currently available; the plans there are in child and family services to address the needs of children on the foetal alcohol spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16232/24]

Mental Health Services

Thomas Pringle

720. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a substantive reply can be expected to issue from child and adolescent counselling service provision in County Donegal, that this Deputy raised at questions on promised legislation on 17 January 2024 and which was followed up with email correspondence to the office of the Minister of State at his Department on 6 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

751. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what supports are available for a patient (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16746/24]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

72. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 28 November 2023, whether he expects to finalise the sectoral emission ceilings including LULUCF for the first carbon budget consistent with the aggregate budget of 295 million tonnes CO2 eq, before that period has expired (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13883/24]

Road Network

Thomas Pringle

230. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if changes can be made to the current LIS rules in order that roads in west Donegal will qualify for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14689/24]

Departmental Priorities

Thomas Pringle

416. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education what progress has been made in relation to a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by one of the teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13884/24]

Departmental Priorities

Thomas Pringle

417. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if officials in her Department have met with teacher unions in relation to a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by one of the teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/24]

Pensions Council

Thomas Pringle

739. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Pensions Council has failed to publish an independent evaluation report (details supplied) along with the approved minutes of its December 2023 meeting, as required by Rule 18 of its rules of procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13918/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

1281. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients in Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified to the HSE national risk register in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13882/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

1282. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to restore physiotherapy clinics to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13886/24]

Hospital Facilities

Thomas Pringle

1350. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds which are open in each of the community hospitals in County Donegal, for each of the years from 2019 to 2024, in tabular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14247/24]

Disease Management

Thomas Pringle

1511. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes who transitioned from the paediatric diabetes service to adult diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital in 2023 and 2024; how many of those use CGM technology; how many of those are using insulin pumps; how many of them have had one OPD diabetes review appointment in the adult service; how many of them had more than one appointment; how many are still awaiting their first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14891/24]

Disease Management

Thomas Pringle

1512. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH); the number of those patients awaiting an annual OPD diabetes review appointment for less than 6, 6-12, 12-24 and over 24 months; and the longest patient waiting time for an appointment to see an endocrinologist in LUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14892/24]

Disease Management

Thomas Pringle

1513. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many people living with type 2 diabetes have been treated in the HSE ECC specialist ambulatory care hub in Letterkenny to date; the number of appointments provided in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14893/24]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

1588. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to reopen a health centre in County Donegal (details supplied) as a working GP surgery; if it will be advertised for a doctor to take over the practice or if he will enter talks with the previous GP who previously had a practice in the building to get a GP back in the village again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15221/24]

Harbours and Piers

Thomas Pringle

341. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the money will be granted for phase 2 of the project to complete the works at the Pier at Ailt á Chorráin, County Donegal; the amount that will be granted for the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13480/24]