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Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Housing Policy
Thomas Pringle
678. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the research his Department is undertaking on the way in which single persons are priced out of buying a property in Dublin or other urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Housing Policy
Thomas Pringle
679. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that will be put in place for single persons who earn too much to be included on a social housing list but earn too little to be able to afford a home in Dublin or other urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18312/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Foreign Birth Registration
Thomas Pringle
863. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if foreign births registration applications are still being processed such as in the case of a person (details supplied); the expected timeline of these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19717/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Thomas Pringle
1099. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person is eligible to apply for the pandemic unemployment payment if their employment ceases at the end of the casual employment season in fish processing factories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18165/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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JobPath Programme
Thomas Pringle
1196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if JobPath will be coming to an end soon; if so, the date it be will be finishing; if she plans to replace the scheme with another scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20439/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
1225. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Tusla residential care and special care units; the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Oberstown Children Detention Campus; the reason for any difference in approach; the timeline for the vaccination of Oberstown staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Domestic Violence Services
Thomas Pringle
1232. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of requests for emergency refuge from domestic violence that could not be met each month during 2020, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19107/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
1334. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures he will put in place to address the hardship being levied on Erasmus students and students studying abroad as a result of the mandatory hotel quarantine system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19894/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Asylum Seekers
Thomas Pringle
1347. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who were supported by the student support scheme for asylum seekers in 2019-2020 academic year. [20673/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Third Level Fees
Thomas Pringle
1348. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of altering the free fees criteria to include migrants, asylum seeker and undocumented students. [20674/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Refugee Status
Thomas Pringle
1349. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students currently studying in higher education institutions who are registered as having refugee status. [20675/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Hospital Equipment
Thomas Pringle
1516. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason the X-ray unit at Killybegs Community Hospital is currently not operating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18129/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Hospital Equipment
Thomas Pringle
1517. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the X-ray unit at Killybegs Community Hospital will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
1535. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when persons with multiple sclerosis will receive their Covid-19 vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
1685. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 16 to 69 years of age at very high risk of severe Covid-19 identified as part of group four of the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out to date; and the number of first and second vaccines given to this cohort by medical condition in tabular form. [18667/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Health Screening Programmes
Thomas Pringle
1686. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BowelScreen in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through BowelScreen in each of the same years in tabular form. [18668/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Health Screening Programmes
Thomas Pringle
1687. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in CervicalCheck in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through CervicalCheck in each of the same years in tabular form. [18666/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Health Screening Programmes
Thomas Pringle
1702. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons invited to take part in BreastCheck in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and the number of persons screened through BreastCheck in each of the same years in tabular form. [18711/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
1722. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Tusla residential care and special care units; the number of Covid-19 vaccinations administered to staff working in Oberstown Children Detention Campus; the reason for any difference in approach; the timeline for the vaccination of Oberstown staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18780/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Thomas Pringle
1848. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when he will amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 and redraft the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill as recommended by the Special Rapporteur for Children to ensure that children born through assisted human reproduction have rights such as family life, identity and non-discrimination and best interests legally protected in Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19125/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
1999. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners from other EU countries who have come to Ireland for work, received both Covid-19 vaccinations and have a negative PCR test are exempt from the two-week mandatory quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19539/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
2010. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners from other EU countries who have come to Ireland for work, have received both the Covid-19 vaccinations and have a negative PCR test are exempt from the two-week mandatory quarantine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19555/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
2083. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if there is a contingency for Irish citizens (details supplied) who are returning to Ireland from the USA and have to go through the two week hotel quarantine but do not have the means to pay the €2,000 fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
2114. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the examination he has undertaken on the possibility of exemptions from the mandatory hotel quarantine system for Irish students studying abroad as a result of the fact that they were unaware of this situation prior to their departure and the enormous financial hardship that it would impose on them given that many would not be in a position to sustain same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19895/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
2120. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the 1,700 NDI approved driving instructors will receive a Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments
Thomas Pringle
2148. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the application for approval of the drug patisiran will be considered again under the Health Act 2013 for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19982/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Community Development Initiatives
Thomas Pringle
2567. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the research her Department is undertaking to enhance community living, neighbourhoods and social solidarity in communities; the discussions she is having with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18313/21]
Thu, 1 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
354. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that cross-Border workers will be prioritised in receiving surplus UK vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Energy Efficiency
Thomas Pringle
239. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will address the halting of the retrofitting programme in Finglas, Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17346/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Consular Services
Thomas Pringle
505. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if his Department will take the necessary steps to have a full and comprehensive reply issued to the person; if he will consider carrying out an audit of correspondence to and from the Office of the Consul General in New York to ensure the office complies with the corporate governance framework of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16333/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Northern Ireland
Thomas Pringle
531. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the investigation into the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17410/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Crime Data
Thomas Pringle
803. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of sexual assault and rape cases tried in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of convictions achieved; the number of convictions appealed on the grounds of leniency by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16708/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Ministerial Meetings
Thomas Pringle
830. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if she will meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss the case of a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17409/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Departmental Reviews
Thomas Pringle
831. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when the independent specialist in-depth research study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17414/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Medical Cards
Thomas Pringle
845. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing discretionary medical cards to all cancer patients at the time of their diagnosis until their treatment has finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17393/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Medical Cards
Thomas Pringle
846. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing lifelong medical cards to all survivors of childhood or adolescent cancers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Thomas Pringle
1129. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason the over 70 age group in one part of County Donegal is being vaccinated before the over 80 age group in another area of the county has been completed; if the countrywide roll-out will be done at different stages in different counties or local areas depending on the availability of the vaccinations in that county or local area; if there will be a concerted effort to ensure the vaccination roll-out will be carried out evenly nationwide with one group being finished before the next group commences; if vaccination teams will be mobilised and sent to areas which fall behind for a verity of reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17322/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Mental Health Services
Thomas Pringle
1141. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if the ready, steady, grow programme will be reinstated in Ballymun, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17347/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Departmental Legal Cases
Thomas Pringle
1168. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the way in which a dossier of children with autism was permitted having regard to data protection considerations; if the Data Protection Commissioner was contacted regarding the dossiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17412/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Departmental Legal Cases
Thomas Pringle
1169. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the regulations or provisions which allowed his Department and other Departments to collate dossiers on children with autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17413/21]
Thu, 25 Mar 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
180. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if seafarers will be exempt from the mandatory hotel quarantine for passengers arriving here from high-risk countries which is due to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/21]
Thu, 25 Mar 2021
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Covid-19 Tests
Thomas Pringle
185. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if seafarers are exempt from having to provide evidence of a negative or not detected result from a Covid-19 reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction test before arriving here from another country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16085/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Mortgage to Rent Scheme
Thomas Pringle
457. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the actions he has taken regarding the decision by a bank (details supplied) to sell loans to a fund despite the fact that agreements had been entered into under the mortgage-to-rent scheme with a social housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14540/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Brexit Supports
Thomas Pringle
516. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the renegotiation of the EU Brexit fund as requested by France will have on Ireland’s share of the funding; the way in which it will progress; if it impacts on the ratification of the Brexit agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15766/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Brexit Issues
Thomas Pringle
759. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union, and the European Atomic Energy Community, will be formally ratified by the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14633/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
776. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the consideration he has given to the recommendations of the Report on the Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries that was produced by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence; if he will address the recommendations, in particular the potential relaxation of intellectual property rights in order to increase access to and supply of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15388/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Pringle
818. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reason children with special needs including those with Down syndrome cannot go into school for even three hours a day with their SNAs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13877/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Family Resource Centres
Thomas Pringle
1073. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the stalled building of the new premises at a location (details supplied) which needs a two-month lead in for inspections by Tusla before beginning operations in the new location; his plans to ensure that there is no delay of these vital services while this matter is being resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14364/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Prison Service Staff
Thomas Pringle
1182. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken by her Department to investigate the holding of a retirement party in Portlaoise Prison in contravention of Covid-19 regulations; the persons responsible for it; if any staff will be or have been reprimanded in relation to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13908/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Protected Disclosures
Thomas Pringle
1183. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether it is appropriate that the Irish Prison Service should decide which matters in relation to protected disclosures in the service are relevant to be investigated by an external agency; her views on whether an agency independent of the Irish Prison Service should decide what is relevant or within the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13909/21]