Parliamentary questions

Departmental Priorities

Thomas Pringle

417. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if officials in her Department have met with teacher unions in relation to a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by one of the teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/24]

Pensions Council

Thomas Pringle

739. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the Pensions Council has failed to publish an independent evaluation report (details supplied) along with the approved minutes of its December 2023 meeting, as required by Rule 18 of its rules of procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13918/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

1281. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients in Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified to the HSE national risk register in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13882/24]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

1282. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to restore physiotherapy clinics to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13886/24]

Hospital Facilities

Thomas Pringle

1350. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds which are open in each of the community hospitals in County Donegal, for each of the years from 2019 to 2024, in tabular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14247/24]

Disease Management

Thomas Pringle

1511. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes who transitioned from the paediatric diabetes service to adult diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital in 2023 and 2024; how many of those use CGM technology; how many of those are using insulin pumps; how many of them have had one OPD diabetes review appointment in the adult service; how many of them had more than one appointment; how many are still awaiting their first appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14891/24]

Disease Management

Thomas Pringle

1512. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH); the number of those patients awaiting an annual OPD diabetes review appointment for less than 6, 6-12, 12-24 and over 24 months; and the longest patient waiting time for an appointment to see an endocrinologist in LUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14892/24]

Disease Management

Thomas Pringle

1513. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health how many people living with type 2 diabetes have been treated in the HSE ECC specialist ambulatory care hub in Letterkenny to date; the number of appointments provided in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14893/24]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

1588. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to reopen a health centre in County Donegal (details supplied) as a working GP surgery; if it will be advertised for a doctor to take over the practice or if he will enter talks with the previous GP who previously had a practice in the building to get a GP back in the village again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15221/24]

Harbours and Piers

Thomas Pringle

341. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the money will be granted for phase 2 of the project to complete the works at the Pier at Ailt á Chorráin, County Donegal; the amount that will be granted for the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13480/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

50. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a substantive reply will issue to email correspondence (details supplied) from this Deputy with his Office of 17 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11908/24]

Telecommunications Services

Thomas Pringle

93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has had any policy discussions with ComReg to encourage telecommunications providers to introduce social broadband and phone tariffs similar to those that many of the same companies offer in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11905/24]

Defence Forces

Thomas Pringle

137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the locations around the country where military personnel from Ukraine have been trained by the Defence Forces; when the training took place; the number involved; the type of training provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12625/24]

Active Travel

Thomas Pringle

200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider the decision not to install a walkway as was planned over the Clady river at Bunbeg, County Donegal; to detail the money already spent in surveys and other propriety work on this project; if he will meet with local representatives from the community to discuss the need for the walkway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13103/24]

Tax Code

Thomas Pringle

229. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his decision to introduce an increase in fuel excise on 1 April 2024, given the fact that the UK has just announced it will not reintroduce its increase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12032/24]

Departmental Regulations

Thomas Pringle

409. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education whether the Covid Amendment Regulation 2023 will be extended in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11902/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

410. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when the board of management of a school (details supplied) in Donegal can expect a response to its letter of 21 February 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11904/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

411. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when a substantive reply will issue to email correspondence (details supplied) from this Deputy with his Office of 16 January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11907/24]

School Facilities

Thomas Pringle

535. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education for an update on the prefabricated classroom which was applied for in March 2023 for a school in Donegal town (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13037/24]

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]