Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions

Thomas Pringle

58. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the direct involvement he has had with the IMO to resolve the dispute with the non-consultant hospital doctors over the implementation of the European working time directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40061/13]

Subsidiary Protection Administration

Thomas Pringle

31. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing legislation for a single procedure for the assessment of subsidiary protection that is separate to the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill in order to improve this process without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39857/13]

Fiscal Policy

Thomas Pringle

75. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the fiscal deficit if Government expenditure in 2014 was maintained at 2013 levels, with only increases or reductions based on carryover effects from budget 2013, and with a growth in GDP of 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39966/13]

Emigration Issues

Thomas Pringle

115. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any assistance available for persons wishing to emigrate but do not have the financial means to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39965/13]

Prison Education Service

Thomas Pringle

143. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the schemes available to assist former offenders to access the labour force or training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39865/13]

Garda Operations

Thomas Pringle

144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána has access to drones for surveillance and intelligence gathering here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39866/13]

Defence Forces Equipment

Thomas Pringle

173. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have purchased or intend to purchase any drone aircraft for surveillance purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/13]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Thomas Pringle

90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is provision for State matching funding for EU rural development funds available in 2014 to maximise the funding available to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39513/13]

Grant Payments

Thomas Pringle

92. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is going to couple any payments under the recently concluded new Common Agricultural Policy; the options or schemes he is considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39512/13]

Social Workers Recruitment

Thomas Pringle

3. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she will take to address the situation whereby social work teams are considerably understaffed resulting in lengthy delays for children in need of their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38725/13]

Proposed Legislation

Thomas Pringle

40. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce legislation to ban violence against children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38726/13]

European Banking Union

Thomas Pringle

149. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the approach of the Irish Government to current proposals encompassing the ECB, the European Commission, the national Governments of the 28 Union and l7 Eurozone states in regard to a mechanism for the Financial Supervision of the Euro and the establishment of a Single Financial Resolution mechanism for the Euro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36918/13]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

230. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 11 June 2013, if he will provide an update on the matter raised and any decisions made on foot of this report. [38520/13]

Local Authority Services

Thomas Pringle

844. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made to ensure that local authorities take the service of private housing estates into charge. [36843/13]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Thomas Pringle

845. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has concluded his review on the social housing assessment provisions to provide a wider discretion to giving local housing authorities the ability to address applicants with complex cases and approve them for the social housing list. [36844/13]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration

Thomas Pringle

846. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to have a new scheme in place to enable tenant to purchase their local authority houses. [36845/13]

Proposed Legislation

Thomas Pringle

1559. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce legislation to regulate the use of sunbeds [38519/13]

Charities Regulation

Thomas Pringle

500. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he intends to proceed with the establishment of the independent charities regulatory authority; the cost of the annual registration fee for charities; and when he foresees the authority coming into effect. [35958/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

664. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the process for the renewal of a medical card; and if he will state the circumstances whereby an automatic renewal occurs. [35949/13]

Electricity Generation

Thomas Pringle

3. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to tackle the issue of peat fired power stations in the context of the sectoral emissions reduction plan required of his Department; if it is his intention to refocus the industry toward renewables in a specific timeframe as part of the plans; his further plans to review the public service obligation levy in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35699/13]

Alternative Energy Projects

Thomas Pringle

30. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for biomass home heating. [35067/13]

National Gas Grid

Thomas Pringle

41. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the extension of the gas network in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35066/13]

Industrial Development

Thomas Pringle

164. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to support the creative industries particularly in the north west to increase their export potential and grow employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33519/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Status

Thomas Pringle

194. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to approve the Donegal Bay wastewater group B contract to go to construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35786/13]

Local Authority Charges Collection

Thomas Pringle

740. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the interests of the economic difficulties small businesses across the country are experiencing, he will consider bringing forward legislation that would allow for local authorities to implement a differential rates system that would see businesses being billed according to their turnover and their ability to pay, to assist the recovery of the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34134/13]

Proposed Legislation

Thomas Pringle

1037. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the action he plans to take to prohibit the trafficking of human organs from non-consenting persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35379/13]

General Practitioner Services

Thomas Pringle

1112. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards free general practitioner care for all; the reason for delays; and the way he plans to proceed with the efficient running of primary care teams without the support of general practitioners [35123/13]

Job Creation Issues

Thomas Pringle

56. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the progress made in developing the two Big Data pilot projects within the public service; if the first formal meeting of the joint Industry/Government task force has taken place; any decisions that were made; and his views on the way he sees this industry creating jobs. [33518/13]

Harbour Fees

Thomas Pringle

218. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had any contact with cruise ship operators in relation to the cost of visiting Killybegs Fishery Harbour, County Donegal; if concerns have been expressed to him that the cost could be a factor in whether they continue to use the harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33639/13]

Departmental Banking

Thomas Pringle

59. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection her role in supporting the provision of the standard bank account through An Post for delivering social welfare payments through the post office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33202/13]

Social Welfare Code Issues

Thomas Pringle

94. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the level of information required to be provided by claimants who are returning Irish emigrants to satisfy the habitual residence condition; if she will provide an average time frame for the verification of habitual residency of such persons; and if she is satisfied with this process. [33203/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Thomas Pringle

210. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for the July education programme will be assessed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [33150/13]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Thomas Pringle

370. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to Donegal County Council under the rural water programme for the construction of new group water schemes in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33068/13]

Prison Accommodation

Thomas Pringle

402. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the transfer of all current inmates of St. Patrick's Institution to Wheatfield Prison, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33409/13]

Juvenile Offenders

Thomas Pringle

459. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a timeframe for the completion of the young offenders' facility in Oberstown in north County Dublin, including the transfer of all minors to this facility; and if she will consider expediting its completion in view of the decision to transfer all current inmates to Wheatfield Prison, Dublin. [33352/13]

Youth Services Provision

Thomas Pringle

460. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will commit to securing the necessary funding to ensure that the Big Brother Big Sister Programme will continue to provide a vital service to the 3,200 young persons who benefit from the programme each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32872/13]

Institutes of Technology Funding

Thomas Pringle

40. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in tabular form the capital funding which has been allocated to institutes of technology over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32281/13]

School Textbooks

Thomas Pringle

41. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for the widespread introduction of e-books in schools nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32282/13]

Money Laundering

Thomas Pringle

98. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance in relation to the anti-money laundering requirements applied to the purchase of prize bonds over €25 in value, if he has given consideration to the fact that this limit may have a detrimental impact on the sale of prize bonds; if a better balance could be achieved between the need for appropriate anti-money laundering requirements and convenience for ordinary customers who wish to purchase prize bonds as gifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31890/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

145. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the number of temporary clerical officers that have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public-civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31580/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

161. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public-civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31574/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

182. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public-civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31573/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

301. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public-civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31571/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

407. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public or civil-servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31578/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

425. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of temporary clerical officers that have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public/civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31576/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

443. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by her Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public or civil servants; her views on whether her Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31579/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

470. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public or civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31567/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

476. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public-civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31569/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

505. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of temporary clerical officers that have been employed by his Department over each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public/civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31572/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Thomas Pringle

554. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of temporary clerical officers who have been employed by his Department in each of the past three years; the number of those who have been retired public or civil servants; his views on whether his Department should employ retired staff in these positions in view of the level of youth unemployment here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31577/13]