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Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Thomas Pringle
803. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the status of the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41938/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Social Welfare Application Forms
Thomas Pringle
838. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the processing of Department of Social Protection forms received from substitute teachers; if she will provide an update on a specific form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42427/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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School Meals Programme
Thomas Pringle
1143. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the schools in the Dublin 9 and 11 region that are part of the hot meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43458/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Thomas Pringle
1217. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a Ukrainian child born on 21 December 2017 would be eligible for free preschool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42435/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1580. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42305/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1581. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient and day services from those attending hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42306/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1582. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient or day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42307/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1583. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by the RCSI Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1584. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient or day services from those attending hospitals managed by the RCSI Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42309/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by the RCSI Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient or day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42310/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1586. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient or day services on patients attending hospitals managed by the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42311/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1587. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient or day services from those attending hospitals managed by the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Hospital Charges
Thomas Pringle
1588. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient or day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42313/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Dental Services
Thomas Pringle
1881. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for children in the Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 region to have a dental examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Nursing Homes
Thomas Pringle
1882. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the plans that he has made to tackle the issue of increased inflationary costs affecting private and voluntary nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43463/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Primary Care Centres
Thomas Pringle
1883. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies in the Ballymun healthcare centre; if plans are in place to recruit additional staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43473/22]
Thu, 8 Sep 2022
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Primary Care Centres
Thomas Pringle
1884. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary healthcare centre; the timeframe for completion of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43474/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Public Sector Pensions
Thomas Pringle
66. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the pension increase and arrears due in January 2022 will be paid to An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Taxi Licences
Thomas Pringle
210. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the number of current taxi licences in operation for each year from 2012 to date in 2022, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39870/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Taxi Licences
Thomas Pringle
211. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the number of current taxi licences that will be affected by the ten-year rule in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39871/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Road Projects
Thomas Pringle
226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if any further plans have been or are being developed to build a motorway from Derry to Letterkenny, Donegal town, Sligo and onwards to link-up with the M17 motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40153/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Departmental Funding
Thomas Pringle
727. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available for local authorities including Donegal County Council for improved disability toilet facilities similar to the fully accessible changing places toilets introduced in the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41085/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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International Bodies
Thomas Pringle
904. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland participates in the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats; the relationship of the Centre with NATO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Military Neutrality
Thomas Pringle
1000. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the NATO sub-committees that Ireland is a member of; the way that the decision to join such groups is arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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School Curriculum
Thomas Pringle
1108. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of students who took politics and society as a subject for the leaving certificate in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40851/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Thomas Pringle
1186. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a family that is not in receipt of any social welfare payments but falls under the qualifying income thresholds for the back-to-school footwear and clothing scheme would be considered for the scheme to allow working families to benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39744/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Thomas Pringle
1187. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the back-to-school footwear and clothing scheme to allowing working families that are not in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment to access this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39745/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Thomas Pringle
1189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if the disregard capital increase of €50,000 from €20,000 which was rolled out on 2 June 2022 is for all the social welfare means tested payments assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39788/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Code
Thomas Pringle
1252. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which a substantive response to this Deputy's correspondence dated 10 June 2022 will issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40760/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Grant Payments
Thomas Pringle
1430. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider amending the special rate SUSI grant for persons who are not in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment to access the special rate if their income is below the threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39746/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Grant Payments
Thomas Pringle
1431. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider allowing changes of circumstances to be taken into account in the current year for families that are in receipt of social welfare payments only to access special rate grants even if they did not satisfy the criteria for the previous year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39747/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Legislative Measures
Thomas Pringle
1463. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for stakeholder engagement regarding the higher education authority Bill 2022 prior to the legislation concluding Report Stage in Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40850/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Thomas Pringle
1502. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the role of Ireland within FRONTEX; the future role of Ireland in relation to participation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39777/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Asylum Seekers
Thomas Pringle
1578. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the status of the United Kingdom as a safe third country given the recently agreed memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Rwanda in respect of asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40853/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Disability Services
Thomas Pringle
1721. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a day centre (details supplied) for young adults with disabilities that has had no manager for some time; the steps that have been taken to install a manager for the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40097/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Thomas Pringle
1769. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to clarify if long-term residential facilitates include residential respite facilities for children with disabilities in respect of the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40334/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Health Services
Thomas Pringle
1870. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the extension of free contraception beyond the 17 to 25 years age bracket; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40852/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Disability Services
Thomas Pringle
1911. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact there is no manager in a centre (details supplied), which is a day services centre for people with disabilities covering the north Donegal area; if there are plans in place to employ a suitably qualified person to fill the role; if additional staff will be employed to fill other vacancies in the centre and if additional support staff, including bus escorts, will be employed to meet the needs of the people using the services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41205/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
Thomas Pringle
49. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the assurances that his Department will seek to make sure that a person's activities abroad will not impact negatively on a person's duties as a State Solicitor in Ireland. [35273/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
Thomas Pringle
50. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach if a court action affecting the former State Solicitor for Cork took place during their tenure in New York, USA and the Seychelles up to their retirement in 2013, if the State sought any guarantees that it would not affect their role; and whether that is something that the State takes a view on. [35274/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Rail Network
Thomas Pringle
100. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if any further plans have been or are being developed to bring passenger rail services from Derry to Donegal Town, Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Cork in order to provide a working railway service along the west coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Air Services
Thomas Pringle
104. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) will receive their luggage from Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Thomas Pringle
462. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available for local authorities including Donegal County Council for improved disability facilities similar to the fully accessible changing places toilets which were introduced in the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38162/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Tax Code
Thomas Pringle
330. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the rate, in euros, of Government tax per litre of vehicle diesel and petrol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38045/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Thomas Pringle
597. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on the application for enhanced illness benefit for Covid-19 absence for the period 26 May 2022 to 2 June 2022, that was submitted to her Department in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37177/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Visa Applications
Thomas Pringle
741. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when a long-stay visa of a person (details supplied) to visit Ireland with their spouse in October 2022 to see family will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37560/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Programmes
Thomas Pringle
1144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made on amending the areas which are designated as CLÁR following the review of CLÁR areas nationally that was undertaken in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37167/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Programmes
Thomas Pringle
1145. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will make the defective block issue in Inishowen and other areas in County Donegal as a determining factor in deciding which electoral divisions are designated as her Department considers the review of CLÁR areas nationally undertaken in 2021, given that there is precedent for same given that the original CLÁR included the Cooley peninsula on the basis of contemporaneous serious difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37168/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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State Legal Services
Thomas Pringle
85. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the conditions that are placed on those who act as State solicitors around the country in order to protect the good name of the State in their everyday role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35272/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Energy Prices
Thomas Pringle
113. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities plays in the setting of gas and electricity unit prices and in the setting of standing charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36177/22]