Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Vaccination Programme

Thomas Pringle

848. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccines donated to developing countries either directly or through the COVAX Initiative are mRNA vaccines; if measures have been put in place to ensure that donated vaccines are not out of date by the time they reach vaccinators in such countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/22]

Foreshore Issues

Thomas Pringle

948. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can legislate for any activity on the seabed that belongs to a body (details supplied) particularly in Lough Foyle and Carlingford Lough; if the body can regulate activity that is within Irish territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7755/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

992. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department ensures that the buildings her Department has responsibility for are built using blocks that are free from MICA and deleterious materials in construction projects in County Donegal; if her Department has checked existing buildings for the presence of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7654/22]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Thomas Pringle

263. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Pringle den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag a Roinn chun toghchán a eagrú do Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta, cén uair a bheidh sé ar siúl agus cá mhéad Comhalta i ngach réigiún a bheidh le toghadh ar an mBord nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [7115/22]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

406. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that appointments for the BreastCheck programme are currently up to a year behind schedule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7186/22]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

407. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to reduce the delays in appointments for the BreastCheck programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7187/22]

State Properties

Thomas Pringle

414. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the former health centre in Doohery, County Donegal will be handed over to the community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7201/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

69. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the definitive timeline for the appointment of a project manager to oversee the implementation of the enhanced scheme further to the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6898/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

70. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the definitive timeline for the development of the implementation plan for the enhanced scheme further to the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/22]

Work Permits

Thomas Pringle

159. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when there will be a public consultation to review the eligibility of occupations appearing on the critical skills occupations list and the ineligible occupations list for employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6095/22]

Tax Code

Thomas Pringle

260. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if the convention between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital gains makes provision for a person resident in Ireland but whose sole income is derived and taxed in Northern Ireland to avail of the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

293. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if changes to the incremental purchase scheme have been made to enable tenants who may not have an earned income but have savings to purchase their house form local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

294. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if tenants who have a two-bedroom house can purchase their property under the tenant purchase schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

316. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the sliding scale has been dropped from the grant calculation methodology for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

317. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the terms of reference of the Independent Working Group on Defective Housing,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6308/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

318. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates the Independent Working Group on Defective Housing has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6309/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

326. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if homeowners that are currently in the MICA redress scheme have had testing and sampling costs refunded in line with the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6487/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

327. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners that have been approved for emergency works in line with the changes announced to the Defective Concrete Block Scheme on 30 November 2021; the estimated amount that has been paid out for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6488/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

337. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021, when the National Standards Authority of Ireland will bring forward proposed amendments to protocol I.S. 465:2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6678/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

338. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request the National Standards Authority of Ireland to include provisions around the testing of concrete foundations in any proposed revision to protocol I.S. 465:2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6679/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

339. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the instruction his Department has given to Donegal County Council in relation to the processing of existing applications to the defective concrete block scheme, while legislation underpinning the enhancements announced by him on 30 November 2021 is progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6680/22]

Passport Services

Thomas Pringle

377. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and the reason the passport office has not added the photographs that they submitted on 19 December 2021. [6296/22]

Northern Ireland

Thomas Pringle

388. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made negotiating with a body (details supplied) in relation to the governance of the seabed in Lough Foyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6705/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

423. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 23 November 2021, the reason this meeting has not taken place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6289/22]

Vaccination Programme

Thomas Pringle

734. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the avenues that are open to Irish citizens who received their initial two vaccinations in a different European Union member state and seek to have their booster in Ireland in cases in which the original country has not furnished full details of the initial doses given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6503/22]

Medicinal Products

Thomas Pringle

737. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the maximum allowable prescription validity period for contraception medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/22]

Medicinal Products

Thomas Pringle

738. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the details of the way the two consultations per annum with general practitioners and other doctors to discuss forms of contraception suitable for individual patients and to enable prescription of same will be administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6517/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

37. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age given the families that avail of this much needed support will have already shown that they meet the high bar of requirements for this grant and in the majority of cases these needs do not diminish at the arbitrary cut-off point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5472/22]

Social Welfare Code

Thomas Pringle

93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the application process for the domiciliary care allowance with a view to lessening the burden on struggling carers particularly the cumbersome and onerous eight page form for each specialist consultant the child attends which currently must be submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5473/22]

Public Transport

Thomas Pringle

219. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the number of times a contracted operator (details supplied) of the 17A and 220 bus routes has received financial penalties from the National Transport Authority for non-performance of contract, disaggregated by description of the particular category of non-performance associated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5547/22]

Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta

Thomas Pringle

239. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Pringle den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag a Roinn chun toghchán chun Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta a eagrú; cén uair a dhéanfar an toghchán sin; cé mhéad comhalta i ngach réigiún a bheidh le toghadh chun an Bhoird nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [5543/22]

Domestic Violence

Thomas Pringle

254. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if domestic violence victims are prioritised for transfer in local authority housing; if so, the way in which they are prioritised; if other protocols are in place to assist those fleeing domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Thomas Pringle

270. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the number of times naval training exercises that have been conducted within Ireland’s exclusive economic zone or Irish-controlled airspace by foreign navies, further disaggregated by country or countries conducting said exercises in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/22]

School Curriculum

Thomas Pringle

283. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if self-defence classes will be added to the school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5631/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

284. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 23 November 2021, if she will report on the engagement by her Department with Donegal Education and Training Board to discuss its submission to her Department for additional supports to assist students affected by the MICA issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5634/22]

Primary Care Centres

Thomas Pringle

445. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the status of the progression of the Finglas primary health care centre project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Thomas Pringle

97. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a social welfare appeal will be decided (details supplied) given the applicant is under severe financial pressure. [5206/22]

Energy Conservation

Thomas Pringle

232. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications , further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 30 November 2021, when a reply will issue. [4476/22]

Inland Fisheries

Thomas Pringle

243. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will maintain the 2021 duties in respect of a special local draft net licence to fish the Owenea and Owentocker tidal waters of Loughros Mór Estuary in view of the restricted total allowable catch for the fishery in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5079/22]

Inland Fisheries

Thomas Pringle

244. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the development of the new policy and regulatory framework for inland fisheries in Ireland; the way in which traditional net fishers and local communities will be involved in developing this framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/22]

Drug Dealing

Thomas Pringle

620. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that have been convicted for grooming children into the drug trade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5078/22]

Bus Services

Thomas Pringle

165. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the operation of the 17A bus route by a company (details supplied) as the buses are consistently late or do not show; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4031/22]

Bus Services

Thomas Pringle

166. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is prudent to allow a company (details supplied) to operate the new N4 and N6 route replacing the 17A if it cannot manage a much reduced timetable at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/22]

Vacant Properties

Thomas Pringle

197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that Dublin City Council cannot CPO a pub (details supplied) which has been lying idle in the heart of Finglas village for a decade, is on the derelict site register and the owner has not paid any of the €28,000 levy owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4033/22]

School Uniforms

Thomas Pringle

271. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will make a recommendation that schools relax their uniform policies over the winter period to allow children to wear warmer clothing while the Covid-19 restrictions require additional ventilation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4030/22]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

305. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when a response will issue from the management of the Irish Prison Service to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4023/22]

An Garda Síochána

Thomas Pringle

307. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to each of the stations in Ballymun and Finglas, Dublin disaggregated further by overall number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4028/22]

Road Signage

Thomas Pringle

36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason that road markings (details supplied) which are painted on the public roads and in public housing estates in the Gaeltacht areas in County Donegal cannot be written in Irish given that Donegal County Council has indicated that it cannot do this due to a Departmental directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3705/22]

Primary Care Centres

Thomas Pringle

158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the new primary healthcare centre that has been built in Donegal town will be fully operational and receiving patients; the reason for the delay in the facility being opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3704/22]

Enterprise Support Services

Thomas Pringle

157. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports that are available for a person (details supplied) starting their own business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2941/22]

Mining Industry

Thomas Pringle

190. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a prospecting licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3572/22]

Dental Services

Thomas Pringle

249. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the interpretation of the Revenue Commissioners that dental practices are not now VAT free enterprises particularly in relation to fees paid by associate dentists to principal dentists in a practice; if he has considered the impact this will have on the provision of services; if it is planned to revert to the system that previously prevailed in order to protect dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3573/22]

Coastal Protection

Thomas Pringle

251. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new sea wall will be built at Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal to protect the beach from further erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2911/22]

Civil Service

Thomas Pringle

262. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of transfers of civil servants to County Donegal that have taken place through the mobility list in each of the past three years; the way that staff transfers are selected between the mobility list and the internal list within the civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3517/22]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Pringle

359. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the school will be completed and the children moved from the cold and damp prefabs into the new building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2915/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Thomas Pringle

363. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when schools in County Donegal which are not categorised as DEIS schools will be reassessed to ascertain if they will now qualify for DEIS funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2939/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

432. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered changing the criteria of the back to education allowance to allow those who have been on and off the pandemic unemployment payment due to Covid-19 to avail of the allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3181/22]

An Garda Síochána

Thomas Pringle

487. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in the Ballymun and Finglas drugs unit and in the Ballymun and Finglas community policing unit in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3145/22]

Immigration Policy

Thomas Pringle

513. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if an expanded Afghan refugee programme will be introduced; the reason that there is a family limit of five persons on the current programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3571/22]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Pringle

662. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason that the Donegal Travellers' primary healthcare project has been prevented from paying increments to its staff since 2008; if this is departmental policy; if not, if the HSE has acted alone in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3570/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

248. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Dublin 9 and 11 that are on reduced school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2781/22]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

261. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide funding for Young Ballymun's new early intervention programme focusing on playgroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2780/22]

Environmental Policy

Thomas Pringle

128. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has given consideration to the implementation of a ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables in line with the measure which has been imposed in France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1030/22]

Air Quality

Thomas Pringle

133. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of prosecutions that have been made by Donegal County Council under the terms of the Air Pollution Act 1987 regarding the sale and burning of smoky coal in the designated low-smoke zone, Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1304/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

519. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a decision will be made and extension given to a house owned by Donegal County Council which has an issue with mica (details supplied); the plans of the local authority for the family concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1395/22]

Property Registration

Thomas Pringle

536. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the fact that a distortion can occur in data conversion of two mapping projects in which each has a particular scale and format and, consequently, that non-conclusive mapping may remain containing negligent, inaccurate and inconsistent data; if he has full confidence that the Property Registration Authority digitisation protocol guarantees a reliable process that recognises and corrects all distortion between the two mapping projects; and if so, if he will explain the way in which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1642/22]

Property Registration

Thomas Pringle

537. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on information disclosed to a newspaper (details supplied) with respect to Land Registry mapping errors; and the amount of compensation that has been paid to date. [1643/22]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas Pringle

672. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their Irish citizenship application which was submitted in April 2020. [2277/22]

Defence Forces

Thomas Pringle

683. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel have been involved in the meetings or events of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1292/22]

Defence Forces

Thomas Pringle

684. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel have been involved in exercises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1295/22]

Defence Forces

Thomas Pringle

685. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel have taken part in the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Locked Shields exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1296/22]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

703. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the updated position on negotiations between her Department and the unions on the pay claim for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62975/21]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

796. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of Christian Brothers that are at present employed in the 33 primary schools and 62 post-primary schools under the trusteeship of an organisation (details supplied). [1418/22]

School Staff

Thomas Pringle

797. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of sisters of the Loreto Order that are at present employed in the 11 primary schools, six community schools and 21 post-primary schools under the trusteeship of an organisation (details supplied). [1419/22]

School Meals Programme

Thomas Pringle

1040. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the assistance that is given to schools to operate the hot meals programmes given that no school in Ballymun, Dublin 11 has applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1785/22]

Immigration Policy

Thomas Pringle

1212. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the reason that an applicant for a stamp 5 was charged €300 (details supplied) when the application was signed at the immigration section at Ballyshannon Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63244/21]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas Pringle

1252. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship; the reason for the delay; when it is likely to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1291/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Pringle

1405. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the date from which all incoming passengers will be requested to present their PCR or antigen test when entering Ireland; the way he will ensure that they are requested for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63133/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Pringle

1681. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the requirement for the showing of EU Digital COVID Certificate passes on entry into premises is likely to end; the evidence he has that they are working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1319/22]

Health Promotion

Thomas Pringle

1776. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the details of the works that will be carried out in Ballcurris Park, Dublin 11 which he recently announced given Dublin City Council has not been advised of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1786/22]

Fishery Harbour Centres

Thomas Pringle

1955. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls of the harbour master on fishing activity by pots in the area of the fishery harbour centre under his control; the legislative basis for same; the details of those controls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63134/21]

Energy Prices

Thomas Pringle

180. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which persons can apply for the universal, one-off electricity credit of €100 per household; if the application is sent to the individuals or to the electricity company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62449/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

319. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates on which he and or officials from his Department held consultations with an organisation (details supplied) related to developing the grant calculation methodology for his Department’s recently announced enhancements to the defective concrete block scheme disaggregated by type of consultation held, that is, email, phone, face-to-face and video conference and the topics discussed in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62511/21]

Health Service Executive

Thomas Pringle

542. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of a CHO 1 convened serious incident management team that was established on 4 December 2016, following reports of serious incidents of concern in a centre (details supplied), which led to a report being produced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62563/21]

Health Service Executive

Thomas Pringle

543. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of a look-back review team established following reports of serious incidents of concern in a centre (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62564/21]

Health Service Executive

Thomas Pringle

544. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the dates of meetings of a project team (details supplied) that was established following reports of serious incidents of concern in a centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62565/21]

Departmental Schemes

Thomas Pringle

81. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the full details, including the rate of payment, application details and other relevant information of the basic income guarantee for artists that was announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62305/21]

Postal Services

Thomas Pringle

119. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the correct contact details for TDs and Senators to use in order to contact An Post on behalf of persons who have complaints and concerns that are not being addressed via the usual channels of communication with An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61194/21]

Passport Services

Thomas Pringle

356. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the passport office will return to normal processing times following the decision not to deem the passport office as an essential service and to suspend the production of passports during the lockdown (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61573/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Thomas Pringle

570. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he has responded to a letter from an advocacy group (details supplied) which was sent to his office on 16 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61233/21]

Passport Services

Thomas Pringle

66. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a passport application (details supplied) has not been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60660/21]

Passport Services

Thomas Pringle

68. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason passports have not been finalised for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60775/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

250. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the consultations that he and his Department had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to developing the grant calculation methodology for his Department’s recently announced enhancements to the defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60268/21]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

251. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the methodology used by his Department in consultation with an organisation (details supplied) to develop the grant calculation sliding scale for the recently announced enhancements to the defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60269/21]

Passport Services

Thomas Pringle

261. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a passport has not been finalised in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59880/21]

European Union

Thomas Pringle

275. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied with the express aim of the new German government to see the European Union transformed into a federal state along the lines of Germany itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60333/21]

School Meals Programme

Thomas Pringle

383. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason no school in Ballymun, Dublin 11, is included in the hot meals programme given that all schools in the area are DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60520/21]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas Pringle

452. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if there is a special rate of payment or grant which could be made available to pay for the Irish citizenship process for students or low-income families (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60526/21]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

119. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the existence of an internal HSE report into the falsification of blood glucose and blood ketone readings which was discovered in 2017 in St. Vincent’s University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58386/21]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

121. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if disciplinary proceeding were taken following an internal HSE report into the alleged falsification of blood glucose and blood ketone readings in 2017 in St. Vincent’s University Hospital; and if so, the outcomes of these proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58388/21]