Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Thomas Pringle

65. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the establishment of a public service pay commission; when it will be fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12600/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Thomas Pringle

67. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he will address pay inequality in the teaching profession for post-2011 teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12599/16]

Immigration Controls

Thomas Pringle

188. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave to land or permission to enter here at the border with Northern Ireland and their nationalities between May 2014 and May 2015, and from May 2015 and May 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12805/16]

Direct Provision System

Thomas Pringle

189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail each of the 90 fully implemented recommendations of the McMahon working group report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers; and when and how they came into effect. [12806/16]

Mortgage Insurance

Thomas Pringle

234. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if a mortgage insurance scheme for the capital amount of mortgages has operated in the past; if introducing one has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12526/16]

Student Grant Scheme

Thomas Pringle

299. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reasons each of the 37 applications for student support under the scheme aimed at making third level education accessible for young persons in the direct provision system were rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/16]

Wind Energy Generation

Thomas Pringle

357. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, given the fact that revisions to wind turbine guidelines will be informed by best international practice, he has noted whether international best practices have changed since the Marshall Day report in 2013 commissioned by the Government; if he has noted the recommendation of a 2 km setback by the Polish National Institute for Public Health and the judgment by the Constitutional Court of Bavaria in 2016 upholding the Bavarian state setback rule of ten times tip height that has been in force since 2014 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13581/16]

National Internship Scheme

Thomas Pringle

406. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will introduce to ensure that companies do not exploit college graduates as interns to generate profits for their business; his plans to introduce protection for interns, including a minimum wage for intern work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/16]

Motorised Transport Grant Closure

Thomas Pringle

649. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to re-instate the motorised transport grant scheme in some capacity; the status of the ongoing work on policy proposals for the drafting of legislation for a new scheme; when he will finalise and approve the proposals; when he will introduce the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12611/16]

National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation

Thomas Pringle

726. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if proposed new arrangements to improve engagement among stakeholders and the relevant Departments and agencies have been submitted to the senior officials group and the Cabinet committee on social policy and public sector reform on the national positive ageing strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13427/16]

Labour Court Awards

Thomas Pringle

896. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how a worker who has an adjudication from the Rights Commissioner and/or Labour Court receives payment of money owed to him or her by an employer who has ceased trading without going through the usual statutory processes for winding up a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13176/16]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Thomas Pringle

9. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland's foreign policy advocates and supports climate justice and an equitable burden-sharing approach in tackling climate change globally; if Ireland will make a public financing pledge to the United Nation's Green Climate Fund and establish a new national mechanism, for example, a new Climate Justice Fund to provide secure and additional financing for adaptation in developing countries into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11892/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Thomas Pringle

38. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to maintain and develop community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11840/16]

Community Employment Schemes Operation

Thomas Pringle

45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which community employment schemes can compete with Tús and the rural social scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11841/16]

Ambulance Service Provision

Thomas Pringle

233. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the current lack of adequate emergency ambulance services in County Donegal, particularly in the Inishowen area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11927/16]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Thomas Pringle

234. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason the establishment of the national donor-conceived person register has taken over a year to set up, leaving many parents and children currently in limbo as to their legal entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11928/16]

State Examinations

Thomas Pringle

189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills why he has declined a reader to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11706/16]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Thomas Pringle

361. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the issues surrounding pensions for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11871/16]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding

Thomas Pringle

608. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-instate the N14 Letterkenny to Strabane road project as part of a balanced approach to transport infrastructure development inclusive of rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11855/16]

Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding

Thomas Pringle

609. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the A5 Derry to Strabane road project, his views on the withdrawal of £50 million earmarked for the A5 but reallocated for work extending the M18 from Gort to Tuam and the M11 between Wicklow and Arklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11856/16]