Parliamentary questions

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

735. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it has been drawn to his attention that council tenants (details supplied) applied to purchase their home under the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme 2016 and that the local authority would not allow a discount on the price of the house for the ‘material improvements’ carried out if he will consider modifying the scheme, if necessary, in order that the council can allow apply the discount for the ‘material improvements’ carried out on the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56460/23]

Aquaculture Industry

Thomas Pringle

195. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, when making an application for an aquaculture licence, the area should be identifiable as a known sea area and should be within the boundary of an identifiable area in order that persons who may have an interest can be sure of the area where the application is being made, if there is an identifiable list of known sea areas that can be applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55696/23]

An Garda Síochána

Thomas Pringle

43. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice how the priorities and performance targets (including consultation with the Garda Commissioner) pursuant to section 20 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 are reviewed and revised, particularly concerning cold case investigations of unsolved murders related to the Troubles; how co-operation with UK law enforcement agencies is overseen in this context; how frequently the Garda Commissioner exercises the power to enter into agreements with such agencies under section 28 of the Act to advance these investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53406/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Thomas Pringle

110. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement his Department has had at bilateral and multilateral level regarding the forced displacement of over six million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55417/23]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

459. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies where there is a family relationship between the landlord and the tenant. [55430/23]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

460. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many landlords where such HAP tenancies currently exist, had other tenancies previously been registered with the RTB, prior to the commencement of current 'family relationship' tenancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55431/23]

Flood Risk Management

Thomas Pringle

639. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date for the commencement of works of the sea wall at a location in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55416/23]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Pringle

224. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when an application to the NCSE to open an ASD class from a school in Donegal (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53196/23]

Hospital Staff

Thomas Pringle

498. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to outline the reasons why the helpline for the neurology nurses in Crumlin Children's Hospital is no longer operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53197/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

499. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times to receive an appointment with the neurologist in Crumlin Children's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53199/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Thomas Pringle

500. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53200/23]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Pringle

501. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of CHO areas that have community neurorehabilitation teams in place, in tabular form; the date of establishment of the team; the WTE resources assigned for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53215/23]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

131. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education what progress has been made in considering a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme, submitted to her Department by a teacher representative group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50873/23]

Middle East

Thomas Pringle

85. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update in relation to a response to previous correspondence (details supplied). [51867/23]

Military Aircraft

Thomas Pringle

92. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a German military aircraft, Luftwaffe 54-21, Air Defender 2023 is refuelling in an airport in the Irish Republic; the number of times this aircraft has landed at an Irish airport; if this military transport aircraft is being used to transport supplies or resources to support the genocide and illegal occupation taking place in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52075/23]

Climate Change Policy

Thomas Pringle

109. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in view of the timeline for the Land Use Report as set out by a person (details supplied), when he expects to finalise the sectoral emissions ceilings for the first two carbon budgets 2021- 2025 and 2026 – 2030, including LULUCF emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51861/23]

Electricity Supply Board

Thomas Pringle

130. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what engagement his Department has had with the ESB with regard to the purchase of coal from the Cerrejón mine in Colombia, in particular with regard to the human rights and environmental issues associated with the mine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52573/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

171. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport when a substantive response to correspondence (details supplied) of 8 October 2023 can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51673/23]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

245. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, when a person (details supplied) can expect to return to Ireland, having regard to the fact that the British authorities have now processed the application for transfer to complete their sentence in an Irish prison, and that their father has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51682/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Thomas Pringle

106. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a domiciliary care allowance application (details supplied) which has been processing for a number of months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51393/23]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Pringle

150. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding funding for a capital project (details supplied) in Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51458/23]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

155. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he has replied to correspondence from 27 hospital consultants at Letterkenny General Hospital; if he will agree to their request to meet with them to discuss the ongoing issues and proposed solutions as outlined in their letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/23]

Departmental Policies

Thomas Pringle

387. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice what efforts are made to enable non-English speakers understand the justice system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51114/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

92. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a person (details supplied) will receive a substantive reply to correspondence with his office of 11 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50057/23]

Middle East

Thomas Pringle

71. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he will be engaging with European Union colleagues regarding the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt in respect of the delivery of gas to the European Union, given that the memorandum of understanding lacks the application of long-standing European Union policy that all agreements with the State of Israel should be explicitly inapplicable to territories occupied by the State of Israel in 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49409/23]

Fishing Communities

Thomas Pringle

75. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the process of establishing new Fishery District Committees (provided for under the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme) for the 2024-2029 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49497/23]

Angling Sector

Thomas Pringle

76. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the work of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI); if he will publish the minutes of ACCI meetings held since June 2023, 2022 review and 2023 ACCI work programme on his Department's website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49498/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

125. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance when a substantive reply can be expected to correspondence (details supplied) with his office dated 19 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49510/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

207. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) with her office dated 11 October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49512/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

290. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection whether she plans to extend child benefit payments to young people over the age of 18 years who are in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49411/23]

Child Abuse

Thomas Pringle

471. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 18 October 2023, if an inquiry was ever held by the Eastern Area Health Board with regard to allegations of child abuse (details supplied) in 1996, as stated in the media at the time; what the outcome was; if a copy of the report is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49926/23]

Child Abuse

Thomas Pringle

530. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 18 October 2023, when a substantive reply will issue from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49710/23]

Mental Health Services

Thomas Pringle

553. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will get a diagnosis following an ADHD assessment with CAMHS Donegal town; if he is aware that there is no psychiatrist in place in Donegal town; if there is a recruitment process in place; and if so, when the post will be filled. [49774/23]

Medicinal Products

Thomas Pringle

561. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what is causing the shortage of the diabetes medication ozempic (semaglutide); the reason the HSE is overruling GP recommendations that it be prescribed to their patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49795/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Thomas Pringle

134. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the regional homeless forums have been turned down for funding for homeless actions in their areas; if so, which groups; what the funding was for; whether his Department decides the type and amount of funding that they can apply for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45975/23]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

167. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will include the redress focus groups on the implementation steering group to access the financial needs of defective block households in Donegal and around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45974/23]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

88. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the advice from the Attorney General that shows how the Attorney General reached the conclusion that the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 is "not compatible with EU regulations supporting the Common Fisheries Policy and the national implementing legislation which gives effect to those provisions"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48970/23]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

89. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the briefing and questions provided by his Department to the Attorney General pursuant to which the Attorney General reached the view that the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017 is "not compatible with EU regulations supporting the Common Fisheries Policy and the national implementing legislation which gives effect to those provisions"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48971/23]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will identify the "national implementing legislation" that is incompatible with the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48972/23]

Middle East

Thomas Pringle

100. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; what contacts his Department have had looking for assistance; what efforts are being made to repatriate those looking to escape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47448/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

121. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48309/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

128. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48658/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

129. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48691/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

130. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48707/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

166. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and details of contracts currently held by his Government Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48309/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

178. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48689/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

179. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48705/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48309/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48654/23]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas Pringle

199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and details of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48686/23]