Parliamentary questions

Emergency Accommodation

Thomas Pringle

625. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 5 March 2024, if the technical working group deemed suitable for progression under the Emergency Refurbishment (Ukraine) Programme any the properties that are currently subject to an open enforcement case by a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11910/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

729. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider backdating child benefit payments for the intervening period from May 2023 to May 2024 for the small cohort of 18 year-olds that lost out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11965/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

738. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the Pensions Council-commissioned independent evaluation report by (details supplied) into the alternative auto-enrolled pensions proposal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12104/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

739. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the Pensions Council's own evaluation report into the alternative auto-enrolled pensions proposal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12106/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

740. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Pensions Council has presented her with both the Pensions Council-commissioned independent evaluation report by a person (details supplied) and its own evaluation report into the alternative auto-enrolled pensions proposal by another person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12108/24]

Probation and Welfare Service

Thomas Pringle

813. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice how many individuals released on licence in the UK have returned to Ireland during their licence period in the past five years; whether these individuals have been provided with any supervision, support or any other form of engagement by the Probation Service; whether any consideration has been given to entering into a formal agreement with the probation services of England and Wales to facilitate the transfer of post release supervision between the two jurisdictions, similar that with Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11797/24]

Disability Services

Thomas Pringle

1125. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 7 March 2023, if the Preliminary Design (Stage 1) Report for the new intellectual disability adult day services facility at the Cleary Centre in Donegal town is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11909/24]

Disability Services

Thomas Pringle

1135. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 7 March 2023, if the preliminary design Stage 1 report for the new intellectual disability adult day services facility at the Cleary Centre in Donegal town is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12009/24]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Pringle

1326. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason no appeal mechanism is included in the job evaluation scheme conducted by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12031/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

1367. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health who is responsible for securing funding for a person who has been approved for a place but waiting on funding to be approved for residential care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12311/24]

Qualifications Recognition

Thomas Pringle

1437. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason a CORU registration (details supplied) in which all documents have been verified will take up to four months to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Thomas Pringle

411. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage where an offer of a building for accommodation has been referred to his Department by the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for assessment under the Emergency Refurbishment (Ukraine) Programme, and the property is subject to an open enforcement case by the local authority, if it is incontrovertibly deemed unsuitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10340/24]

International Protection

Thomas Pringle

570. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where an offer of a building for accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection fleeing the war in Ukraine is received by his Department, and the property is subject to an open enforcement case by the local authority, if it is incontrovertibly deemed unsuitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10339/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

640. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10061/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

641. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10062/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

642. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10063/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

643. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within 10 working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10064/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

644. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10067/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

645. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10068/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

646. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10069/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

647. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10070/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

648. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10071/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

650. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10083/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

651. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10084/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

652. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10085/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

653. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10086/24]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

654. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic and the number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral from the cancer office, in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [10087/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

4. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the model 3 hospital pilot sites study will commence; how long it will last; how will the results of the study will be assessed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9277/24]

Mental Health Services

Thomas Pringle

6. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to improve the recruitment for all grades involved in CAMHS in order that fully resourced teams can be in place across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9414/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

24. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason the neurology/epilepsy nursing phone support service at CHI Crumlin has been curtailed to one hour a day, three days a week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7778/24]

Ambulance Service

Thomas Pringle

44. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his Department's plans for the role out of the community paramedics position within the Ambulance Service; the impact they can make on casualty admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9412/24]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

64. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to increase the number of GPs available in the country; if all options are being taken to recruit from abroad to fill the gap in service; how the increase in population has increased the demand for services as well; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9413/24]

Work Permits

Thomas Pringle

38. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason additional payments are now required for two Chinese nationals (details supplied) who have been working in Ireland for a number of years and currently have valid work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9619/24]

School Attendance

Thomas Pringle

58. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if supervision should be provided by the school for a child (details supplied) who arrives at school by bus at 8:50 and was told there would not be a teacher there until at least 9am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9654/24]

Rail Network

Thomas Pringle

106. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if the all-Ireland strategic rail review will be open for additional actions, particularly in relation to the providing of a rail connection to Donegal; if the reinstatement of the Northern Ireland Assembly provides an opportunity for additional review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Thomas Pringle

226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education why a school (details supplied) is the only school in the Donegal Gaeltacht that has not been identified for DEIS funding under the refined DEIS identification model, where the Pobal deprivation index for the catchment area is worse than the average for County Donegal as a whole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9146/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

251. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill and General Scheme of the Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9143/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

513. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the promised mental health Bill will be brought forward for debate on Second Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8848/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

514. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if the promised mental health Bill will address the registration or regulation of community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8849/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

515. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if the promised mental health Bill will implement the recommendations contained in the independent review of the provision of child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in the State by the Inspector of Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/24]

School Transport

Thomas Pringle

144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the steps that can be taken in relation to a child (details supplied) who has been denied a school bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8540/24]

Foreign Conflicts

Thomas Pringle

121. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement he and his Department has had regarding escalating violence and displacement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7545/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

580. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the waiting list numbers to see a child neurologist in CHI Crumlin for each year from 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7751/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

581. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many children are presently waiting 0 - 6 months for an appointment to see a child neurologist in CHI Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7752/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

582. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many children are presently waiting 12-18 months for an appointment to see a child neurologist in CHI Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7753/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

583. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many children are presently waiting 18 – 24 months for an appointment to see a child neurologist in CHI Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7754/24]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

584. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many children are presently waiting over 24 months for an appointment to see a child neurologist in CHI Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7755/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Thomas Pringle

585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a scheduled appointment with their neurologist in Crumlin Children's Hospital, given they been waiting over 15 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7756/24]

Military Aircraft

Thomas Pringle

177. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if Shannon Airport or any other facility of the State is not being used in any way which facilitates the United States' military support for Israel's war on Gaza, by military personnel in any way participating in, advising, or in any way supporting Israel's military assault on Gaza, where the ICJ has said there is a plausible risk of genocide; if he will provide reassurances that adequate, rigorous inspection processes are in place to ensure that US aircraft are unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives or otherwise engage in any form of activity which would facilitate or contribute to the commission of a genocide in Gaza, noting Ireland's obligation under the Genocide Convention to pro-actively prevent the act of genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7343/24]

Tax Rebates

Thomas Pringle

235. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the annual turnover of companies availing of the tax debt warehousing scheme in each year the scheme has operated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6291/24]