Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Ferry Services

Thomas Pringle

805. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new Tory Island Ferry will be commissioned and will be in operation to allow for safe and reliable service to and from the Island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49723/22]

Ferry Services

Thomas Pringle

806. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the new Tory Island Ferry which is being commissioned will allow for dignified access to the ferry for persons using wheelchairs or with limited mobility using a ramp or similar without the need for a hoist or other mechanical aids to access the ferry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49724/22]

Ferry Services

Thomas Pringle

807. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available for piers on some of the islands off the coast of County Donegal, to provide for infrastructure such as ramps and so on, which will allow persons using wheelchairs and who have limited mobility to access the Islands with dignity using such piers given that roads have been improved on some of the Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49743/22]

Primary Care Centres

Thomas Pringle

387. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Finglas primary healthcare centre; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49333/22]

Departmental Schemes

Thomas Pringle

376. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional monies will be made available for the local improvement scheme for the remainder of 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48922/22]

Departmental Schemes

Thomas Pringle

377. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money has been allocated to Donegal County Council for the local improvement scheme for each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48923/22]

Departmental Schemes

Thomas Pringle

381. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of roads in County Donegal that were improved with funding from the local improvement scheme for each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48924/22]

Employment Rights

Thomas Pringle

144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he proposes to take to address the security employment regulation order, which should see security workers on a wage of €12.90 per hour from 1 February 2023, but has been injuncted by a number of employers causing hardship to this sector of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48448/22]

Tax Code

Thomas Pringle

217. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove the local property tax due to the difficulty which many householders are encountering with the cost-of-living crisis being experienced at present (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47980/22]

Housing Policy

Thomas Pringle

285. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be changing the income threshold for getting on the Donegal County Council social housing list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48231/22]

Educational Disadvantage

Thomas Pringle

357. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has not met the DEIS criteria; if she will list the criteria it was refused on; if the school will be reassessed given its staff are of the opinion the school ought to qualify for DEIS funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47986/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Thomas Pringle

418. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when the ex-gratia payment will issue to community employment supervisors in County Donegal given that persons in other counties have received the payment will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47955/22]

Fishing Industry

Thomas Pringle

755. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the roll out of a diesel and fuel subsidy scheme for the fishing industry to help it meet spiralling fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48173/22]

Defective Building Materials

Thomas Pringle

143. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to commence the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022, which was rushed through the Houses of the Oireachtas at the end of the past term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/22]

Housing Provision

Thomas Pringle

144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has collated figures from local authorities to assess whether the number of housing units with funding approved will actually be delivered within the timeframes indicated in local authority plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47397/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

282. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a substantive response to correspondence sent to his office on 13 July 2022 (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47360/22]

Public Transport

Thomas Pringle

89. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason that the student Leap card is not available to third level students aged 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47076/22]

Public Transport

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending eligibility for the Leap card scheme to bus operators who run cross-border services, especially those servicing third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47077/22]

Bus Services

Thomas Pringle

5. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand the rural transport scheme operated by Local Link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47160/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Thomas Pringle

282. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that those on community employment schemes are excluded from receiving fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46490/22]

Bus Services

Thomas Pringle

33. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport his plans in relation to the expansion of the rural transport scheme operated by Local Link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46213/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

375. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection why a constituent (Details Supplied) whose illness benefit payment has been reduced should be penalised due to Government decisions to close her industry in March 2020. [45735/22]

Health Services Staff

Thomas Pringle

468. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the progress of negotiations on a special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees with long-Covid to date; the expected timeline for the commencement of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45906/22]

Central Statistics Office

Thomas Pringle

57. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the number of persons who have emigrated nationwide by age in 2022, in tabular form. [44376/22]

Energy Policy

Thomas Pringle

86. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if those from the Traveller community living on sites were able to avail of the Government’s €200 credit for energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44383/22]

Driver Licences

Thomas Pringle

152. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason that Irish persons born in Belfast, County Antrim or anywhere in the six counties have born in the United Kingdom printed on their driving licence; his views on whether persons born in the six counties are not Irish given that it would be stated on a licence for a person born in any of the other 26 counties; if this practice will be changed to say born in Ireland on all licences for persons born on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44987/22]

Planning Issues

Thomas Pringle

225. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated planning exemptions to allow for solar photovoltaic panels will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44731/22]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas Pringle

431. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that her Department annually receives for citizenship based on Irish descent or associations; the average processing time; if applications are received from persons who are resident outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44503/22]

Driver Licences

Thomas Pringle

259. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the assistance that is available in the Dublin 9 and 11 region to assist young people in obtaining their driving licence which will help them to gain employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43459/22]

Repatriation Costs

Thomas Pringle

497. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the repatriation of the remains of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43460/22]

Seanad Elections

Thomas Pringle

522. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work that his Department has undertaken on reform of the electoral system for Seanad Éireann vocational panels from the period December 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42168/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

631. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a new Ministerial direction will be announced to allow persons whose pension is their primary source of income to be eligible to apply under the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43464/22]

Foreign Policy

Thomas Pringle

797. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to a submarine which surfaced within sight of the south Donegal coast in the past week; the specific foreign state that owned the submarine; if his attention was drawn to the fact that submarine training or other operations were going to take place so close to the Donegal coast; if the submarine had nuclear weapons onboard; the measures that have been taken to ensure that these operations will not take place in the future; and if he will outline the consequences of this for Ireland’s neutrality. [43931/22]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Pringle

803. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the status of the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41938/22]

Social Welfare Application Forms

Thomas Pringle

838. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the processing of Department of Social Protection forms received from substitute teachers; if she will provide an update on a specific form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42427/22]

School Meals Programme

Thomas Pringle

1143. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a list of the schools in the Dublin 9 and 11 region that are part of the hot meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43458/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Thomas Pringle

1217. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a Ukrainian child born on 21 December 2017 would be eligible for free preschool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42435/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1580. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42305/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1581. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient and day services from those attending hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42306/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1582. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient or day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42307/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1583. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient and day services on patients attending hospitals managed by the RCSI Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42308/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1584. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient or day services from those attending hospitals managed by the RCSI Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42309/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by the RCSI Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient or day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42310/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1586. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount recovered through the use of debt collectors and-or debt collection agencies in respect of the collection of fees and charges for inpatient or day services on patients attending hospitals managed by the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42311/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1587. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid fees and charges from inpatient or day services from those attending hospitals managed by the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/22]

Hospital Charges

Thomas Pringle

1588. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatients or inpatient day cases attending hospitals managed by the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group with unpaid fees and charges for inpatient or day services whose debt was referred to a debt collection agency in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42313/22]

Dental Services

Thomas Pringle

1881. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for children in the Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 region to have a dental examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/22]

Nursing Homes

Thomas Pringle

1882. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the plans that he has made to tackle the issue of increased inflationary costs affecting private and voluntary nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43463/22]

Primary Care Centres

Thomas Pringle

1883. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current vacancies in the Ballymun healthcare centre; if plans are in place to recruit additional staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43473/22]

Primary Care Centres

Thomas Pringle

1884. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary healthcare centre; the timeframe for completion of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43474/22]