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Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
Thomas Pringle
581. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is departmental policy that certain two bedroom local authority houses are excluded from the tenant purchase scheme or if a local authority can decide which housing stock can be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24797/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Wildlife Protection
Thomas Pringle
944. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which a group could apply for a licence to carry out a seal cull in an area where the population may be out of control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Fish Imports
Thomas Pringle
1608. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total annual quantity of north American lobsters imported here both live and frozen whether directly through Irish BIPS or indirectly via intra-EU trade following inspection at other EU member state BIPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26278/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Fish Quotas
Thomas Pringle
1609. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the herring quota allocation and the request from his Department for an additional 1,000 tonnes from the European Commission; if a decision has been made in relation to that request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26279/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Fish Farming
Thomas Pringle
1628. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland announced its intention to cease all IFI fish farm operations in April 2016 without any prior consultation with NARA; the reason operations were ceased despite the fact that the Canadian Aquaculture Systems report did not recommend that IFI cease fish farm operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24489/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Loughs Agency
Thomas Pringle
1646. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the powers the Loughs Agency has to protect moorings on Lough Foyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24670/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Aquaculture Licences
Thomas Pringle
1647. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if licensing of aquaculture on Lough Foyle can take place without an appropriate assessment or having had conservation objectives established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24671/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Haulage Industry Regulation
Thomas Pringle
1743. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the Irish Road Haulage Association's call for his Department to reinstate a 42-tonne weight limit for five-axle 2 + 3 articulated vehicles; if he will make available the Transport Infrastructure Ireland report on this issue which it is claimed has not been made available to the road haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24527/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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HSE Funding
Thomas Pringle
31. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for SEN grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream preschool education; and if she is further aware of the potential consequences of this removal of funding to the new access and inclusion model recently launched as a cross-departmental initiative between her Department, and the Departments of Education and Skills and Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22966/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Thomas Pringle
36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of findings of a survey carried out by Donegal county childcare committee (details supplied) which found a significant reduction in HSE grant allocations for special needs assistant supports for the 2016-17 preschool year since the introduction of the new access and inclusion model to support children in ECCE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22967/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Maritime Safety
Thomas Pringle
49. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in the Marine Survey Office, MSO, approving the refresher training course in the National Maritime College of Ireland, NMCI, despite a submission of approval made by the NMCI to the MSO in February 2015; if he is aware of the severe implications resulting from the MSO's refusal to recognise the 400 Irish seafarers trained by the NMCI since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22472/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Maritime Safety
Thomas Pringle
58. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the equal recognition of mariner certification and training or to design a course that will provide equivalence to enable Irish fishermen avail of work opportunities in the offshore renewable sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22473/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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School Accommodation Provision
Thomas Pringle
245. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed date for construction at a school (details supplied) has been moved forward due to the deterioration of the prefabricated building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22107/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Thomas Pringle
254. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for special education needs grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream preschool education; if he is aware of the potential consequences of this removal of funding to the new access and inclusion model recently launched as a cross-departmental initiative between the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, his Department and the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22235/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
Thomas Pringle
406. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Disability Allowance Applications
Thomas Pringle
407. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22108/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Thomas Pringle
408. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22109/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Thomas Pringle
443. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the invalidity pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22374/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Middle East Peace Process
Thomas Pringle
479. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the way he will respond to the open letter titled Palestine's Call from a group of Palestinian civil and political society organisations which was sent to all Oireachtas Members; his plans to exert pressure on the state of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant Palestinian persons their rights in accordance with United Nations resolutions and international law, as requested in the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21949/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Post Office Network
Thomas Pringle
526. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reasons the group examining developing post offices as hubs has not yet convened; when it is due to convene; the level of commitment on behalf of the Government to developing post offices as social hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22127/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Services for People with Disabilities
Thomas Pringle
611. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the premature removal of funding by HSE Donegal for special education needs grants for children with disabilities attending mainstream preschool education; if he is aware of the potential consequences of this removal of funding to the new access and inclusion model recently launched as a cross-departmental initiative between the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Department of Education and Skills, and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22234/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme Appeals
Thomas Pringle
727. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agricultural payments appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22231/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Thomas Pringle
126. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21891/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Thomas Pringle
127. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21892/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
Thomas Pringle
128. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by persons (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21893/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Fish Quotas
Thomas Pringle
27. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has secured a quota of herring for the north west for 2016; if he will ensure that quotas, if secured, will be provided for the small inshore vessels of under 10 m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Bovine Disease Controls
Thomas Pringle
29. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it was necessary to permit the shooting of five cattle on a County Monaghan farm recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21316/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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UK Referendum on EU Membership
Thomas Pringle
36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will put in place to manage the reduction in the value of sterling for farm enterprises to assist them in maintaining their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21294/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Farm Safety Scheme
Thomas Pringle
44. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support the provision of personal protective equipment as part of farm safety measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21293/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Fisheries Protection
Thomas Pringle
45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact that a growing seal population has on inshore fish stocks such as salmon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
Thomas Pringle
48. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed criteria for the review of the area of natural constraints to take place in 2017; and his timetable for the completion of the review. [21295/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Flood Prevention Measures
Thomas Pringle
23. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in relation to flood prevention measures in the Finn Valley area of County Donegal. [19903/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Pension Provisions
Thomas Pringle
40. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will contact the high level forum on the community voluntary sector regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Public Procurement Regulations
Thomas Pringle
47. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the establishment of the national procurement guidelines has had on job retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Thomas Pringle
50. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he envisions co-operation in the public service will proceed on a cross-Border basis in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19557/16]
Wed, 6 Jul 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Thomas Pringle
63. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his engagement with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland regarding the renewal of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation; the way he will seek to minimise the effects of legislation on pay and work conditions into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Broadcasting Service Provision
Thomas Pringle
57. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises the importance RTÉ long wave 252 will have for elderly Irish citizens in the United Kingdom now that the UK has voted to exit the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19133/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Official Engagements
Thomas Pringle
60. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose of his recent visit to Israel and if he made representations to Israeli Government officials regarding the ongoing issues surrounding the occupation of Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19134/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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European Council Meetings
Thomas Pringle
68. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach if he participated in the section of the European Council meeting on 28 June 2016 that was attended by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19593/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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School Curriculum
Thomas Pringle
173. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure effective mechanisms to facilitate children in opting out of religious instruction in publicly funded schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19122/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Educational Provision
Thomas Pringle
186. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which children from the Republic of Ireland attending schools in Northern Ireland will be affected by the Brexit outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19288/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Cross-Border Health Services Provision
Thomas Pringle
491. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the implications for radiotherapy patients from Donegal attending the north-west cancer centre in Altnagelvin Hospital in light of the Brexit outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19289/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
648. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the European Commission will present a proposal to the Council of Ministers asking the Council to vote to give the Commission the authority to sign off on the final text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, with the Canadian Government that is to adopt a decision concluding the agreement as per TFEU Article 218.6; when the Government will get access to this proposal to conclude CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19571/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
649. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make public the Commission’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, proposal prior to the Council’s vote on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19572/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
650. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make public the Government's position as to provisionally applying the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19573/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
651. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places a constitutional imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, considering the investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism of CETA is designed specifically to allow for a charge upon public funds, this would create a constitutional crisis for Ireland and the EU, whereby Ireland, as an EU member state, could be the subject of ISDS cases which lead to a charge upon public funds prior to Dáil Éireann approving the CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19574/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
652. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government can claim that CETA and its investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, will not be enforced upon Ireland prior to the CETA being approved by Dáil Éireann (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19575/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
653. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the necessity test (details supplied) being used to inform the Government's thinking on the provisional application of CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19576/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
654. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government can explain its position that the ISDS of CETA is compatible with EU law (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19577/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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International Agreements
Thomas Pringle
655. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Government will explain its position that the ISDS of CETA is compatible with EU law; the reason the Government does not invoke Article 218.11 of the TFEU and ask the ECJ to deliver a legal ruling as to whether or not ISDS is compatible with EU law (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19578/16]