Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

190. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the proportion of all breast cancer diagnoses made as a result of a person’s attendance at symptomatic breast disease clinics in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33061/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

191. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the absolute number of ductal carcinoma in-situ, pre-cancers and cancers detected each year through BreastCheck; the detection rate of same in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33062/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

192. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the absolute number of low-grade lesions, high-grade lesions and of cancers detected; the detection rate of same, detected through CervicalCheck in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33063/22]

Road Network

Thomas Pringle

124. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if changes will be made to the local improvement scheme to widen the scope for applications to the scheme; if the need for the road to be used for farming will be changed to include a large number of roads in west Donegal which are widely used by the public but not used for farming purpose due to the rocky nature of the land in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31933/22]

Road Network

Thomas Pringle

125. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport when the N2 upgrade will be carried out; if plans are in place to upgrade the road from Letterkenny to Lifford to link-up with the new A5 motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31935/22]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Thomas Pringle

196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the election to the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31931/22]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Thomas Pringle

197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the findings of the public consultation on Údarás na Gaeltachta will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31932/22]

Foreign Policy

Thomas Pringle

274. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to hold a referendum on Irish neutrality; and if so, when he intends to hold the referendum. [31934/22]

Wards of Court

Thomas Pringle

757. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of wardship applications that were made by the HSE in March, April, May and to date in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32083/22]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Thomas Pringle

163. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial supports that are available to a family (details supplied) that is caring for an unaccompanied Ukrainian child who fled the war in Ukraine leaving their parents behind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31285/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

131. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the gross median wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30795/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

132. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the gross weekly wage calculated from 60% of the gross median wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30796/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

133. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the hourly wage rate based on 60% of the gross median wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30797/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

134. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the gross average wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30798/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

135. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the gross weekly wage calculated from 50% of the gross average wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30800/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

136. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the hourly wage rate based on 50% of the gross average wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30801/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of non-recorded overtime by main employment sectors for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30802/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

190. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of bogus self-employment by main employment sectors for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30803/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

191. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of abusive sub-contracting by main employment sectors for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30805/22]

Departmental Data

Thomas Pringle

192. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of increased work intensity by main employment sectors for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30806/22]

Departmental Policies

Thomas Pringle

203. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to his commitments to the meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action of 1 February 2022 (details supplied), if the papers and policy initiatives indicated have been published; if not, the timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29005/22]

Ministerial Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

220. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a reply will issue to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29513/22]

Building Regulations

Thomas Pringle

226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one S.I. 496 auditor based in County Donegal and very few of the remaining auditors will provide services in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29607/22]

Coast Guard Service

Thomas Pringle

251. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if the cliff rescue element will be restored to the Bunbeg Coast Guard Station which is based in Bunbeg, Letterkenny, County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28858/22]

Coast Guard Service

Thomas Pringle

252. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the savings that have been made since the downgrading of the cliff rescue element of the Bunbeg Coast Guard station which is based in Bunbeg, Letterkenny, County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28859/22]

Public Transport

Thomas Pringle

255. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the status of the feasibility study for free public transport in Ireland which was recommended by the Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28958/22]

Tax Code

Thomas Pringle

407. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the tax rules regarding a person who works at sea in international waters for longer than 185 days per year; the tax-free allowances that are available; and if the person is exempt from paying income tax or social insurance contributions to any state (details supplied). [30458/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Pringle

506. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new terms and conditions for Rebuilding Ireland mortgages will be issued to Donegal County Council so applications that are held up at the moment can be processed by the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29595/22]

Climate Change Policy

Thomas Pringle

595. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason that Ireland's climate finance contributions fell from €93.6 million provided in 2019 to €88.3 million in 2020; if Ireland will commit to meeting the approximately €475 million a year required to meet Ireland's fair share, based on academic estimates and research from civil society in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29177/22]

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

649. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a reply will issue to correspondence from this Deputy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29506/22]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas Pringle

662. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when persons (details supplied) will receive a decision on their Irish citizenship application which was submitted in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29600/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1084. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that persons who were forced to stop working due to a Government decision to shut down due to Covid-19 in March 2020 and were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment are not entitled to claim illness benefit now in 2022 given that the persons in question did not leave work intentionally but their sector was shut down and are now at a disadvantage through no fault of their own; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29131/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1155. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseekers' benefit, jobseekers' allowance and signing for credits by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1156. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of jobseekers' benefit, jobseekers' allowance and signing for credits for 12 months or more in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30942/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1157. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseekers' allowance of €208 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30943/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the lower rate of jobseekers' allowance of €117.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30944/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1159. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of a rate of a Jobseekers' allowance other than €117.70 and €208 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30945/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

1160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the Jobseeker's allowance for those young persons under 25 years of age who are currently on the weekly rate of €117.70 to the full rate of €208; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30946/22]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Thomas Pringle

1189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of resettlement places which Ireland has offered for asylum seekers detained in migrant detention centres in Libya in the period 2018 to present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30057/22]

Residency Permits

Thomas Pringle

1280. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons who exited Ireland's ports and airports in the past month that were stamp 2 visa holders and whose permissions were due to expire at midnight 31 May 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31147/22]

Residency Permits

Thomas Pringle

1295. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the total number of stamp 2 visaholders whose permissions expired on 31 May that left Ireland in the week prior to their visa expiring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29358/22]

Residency Permits

Thomas Pringle

1296. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of English language student stamp 2 visa holders whose permissions expired on 31 May who left Ireland in the week prior to the expiration of their visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29359/22]

Residency Permits

Thomas Pringle

1297. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of third level stamp 2 visa holders whose permissions expired on 31 May who left Ireland in the week prior to the expiration of their visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29360/22]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

1298. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the funds that have been allocated by her Department to the Irish Prison Service from 2012 to present for inmates in the Midlands Prison who have Crohn's disease, diabetes, colitis or other illnesses heavily dependent on special dietary needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29367/22]

Prison Service

Thomas Pringle

1299. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for an inmate in the Midlands Prison with special dietary needs to attend a dietician from date of a prison referral to the date of attendance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29368/22]

Health Services

Thomas Pringle

1401. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of long-Covid clinics; the staffing assigned for each of the hospital groups and-or community healthcare organisations in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28967/22]

Hospital Services

Thomas Pringle

1524. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason that women who are experiencing pregnancy loss and are asked to attend Letterkenny University Hospital are being made to sit in the accident and emergency department and be triaged along with other patient rather than being sent directly to the gynaecology service (details supplied). [29619/22]

Departmental Strategies

Thomas Pringle

1758. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the public can expect a full and complete progress report on the implementation of the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 will be published; the breakdown of implementation progress; and the progress that remains outstanding for each individual hospital. [30193/22]

Departmental Schemes

Thomas Pringle

1975. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a person (details supplied) who was previously on the agri-environment options scheme was not contacted directly to be notified that the scheme was coming to an end and that they could apply to an alternative scheme such as the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29653/22]

Tax Code

Thomas Pringle

211. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if a person who works at sea in international waters for the majority of the year is liable to pay income tax to any state; if so, the state to which this tax will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/22]