111. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the sectoral emission ceilings for carbon budget 1, 2021-25, for all sectors, including LULUCF, will be set before the Government's term ends, noting that Ireland is already more than two-thirds of the way through the period of the first carbon budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44111/24]
111. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if an investigation will be carried out into the insurance companies who have been charging larger annual premiums for lesser insurance cover when homeowners have informed the insurance companies that their homes are affected by defective concrete blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43585/24]
702. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons being treated for eating disorders in Donegal in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42623/24]
679. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if a neurology appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42451/24]
530. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a decision on a disability allowance appeal has taken so long (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43096/24]
424. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a substantive reply has issued to a constituent in Donegal to his email communication of 30 September 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42447/24]
416. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason stop signs which are positioned at the side of roads and printed onto the road itself, in Gaeltacht areas in County Donegal are written in English and not in the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42996/24]
415. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Pringle den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cathain a bheidh toghchán Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta ar siúl; cad iad téarmaí agus coinníollacha an bhoird a thoghfar, mar shampla, cé na huaireanta agus cén tuarastal a bheidh i gceist; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [42991/24]
324. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the current plans for the Donegal Education Support Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42441/24]
207. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason stop signs which are positioned at the side of roads and printed onto the road itself, in Gaeltacht areas in County Donegal are written in English and not in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/24]
188. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport in light of international media reports that a company (details supplied) have illegally transported munitions of war from the US to Israel over Ireland on eight occasions between 2 September and 9 October, if there has been any contact with the company in relation to these flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42736/24]
52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what plans he has to make the defective homes redress scheme accessible for the difficult cases where it is more feasible to build a replacement home beside a defective property and then demolish rather than on the footprint of the damaged house, for example, with a house that has been adapted for a disabled child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43260/24]
146. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any recompense for a community living in the shadow of a wind farm in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41904/24]
30. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there is any recompense for a community living in the shadow of a wind farm in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41969/24]
573. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40938/24]
572. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding a medication to the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40937/24]
527. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to continue funding an organisation (details supplied) into 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40939/24]
170. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the waiting times for people waiting on driving tests in all driving test centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41154/24]
169. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the number of people waiting on driving tests in all driving test centres, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41153/24]
410. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of associated with the work of the Forestry Appeals Committee for each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40044/24]
409. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of decisions the Forestry Appeals Committee made in 2023 and 2024 respectively, disaggregated by whether the hearing was paper-based or oral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40043/24]
277. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of the 4,500 employer inspections in 2023 and the 2,300 employer inspections to date in 2024 identified wrongly classified as self-employed employees; if there are sectoral differences between misclassification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39632/24]
56. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 19 September 2024, the criteria to be used by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the assessing of the ports identified to them; if a geographical balance has been achieved with the five ports identified, given that his Department has asked the EIB to ‘assess capacity, demand and financing strategies required for the development of offshore renewable energy’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39633/24]
93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the current situation with the proposed extension for an urgently needed learning support room that is required for a school in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39562/24]
566. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SOLAS has fully funded education and training boards to provide for the regularisation of tutors employed in its adult, community and further education settings as envisaged under information note ESR ETB 0001/2024, issued by his Department in April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38853/24]
505. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 24 September 2024, if the new national drugs strategy will definitively address instead of just consider alcohol issues, including issues such as internet alcohol marketing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38946/24]
438. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is an important public health aspect to excise duties for both alcohol and tobacco which account for the external societal cost resulting from the consumption of specific harmful products and ensure that such externalities are reflected in their price; if he is aware that the Commission on Taxation and Welfare, the World Health Organisation, the OECD, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank recommend that these should be increased regularly in order that they maintain their public health value; if he has concerns that alcohol excise duties have not been increased in a decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38523/24]
365. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual renumeration for members of the Forestry Appeals Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38827/24]
362. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if draft net licence holders are eligible under any of the recently announced fisheries grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38772/24]
313. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she can confirm that for PRSI purposes, postmasters are class-A PRSI contract-of-service employees according to social welfare legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38944/24]
274. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the limits for the ancillary grant under Section 22 (1) of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 related to alternative accommodation, in light of the continued upward trend of rental costs in County Donegal and the emerging evidence that remediation completions are averaging 16-18 months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38855/24]
272. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of retained firefighters in each station in the Donegal fire area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38822/24]
271. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline all proposals received from Donegal County Council requesting support from the Fire Services capital programme in each year from 2014 to date; the date the proposal was made; the description of the proposal; the date the proposal was considered and the decision arrived at, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38821/24]
270. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the progress of the Fire Service Capital Programme 2021-2025, with direct reference to delivery to date of the expenditure outlined in tables 2-4 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38820/24]
22. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the duration of the draft net season for Loughros Mór fishery, County Donegal, will be re-examined ahead of the 2025 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/24]
96. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all childcare facilities in Donegal that are funded under the national childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38183/24]
568. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet with a group from Donegal (details supplied) that requested a meeting in Q4 of 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37540/24]
554. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if Ukrainian and migrant students in Irish schools are eligible for the cross-Border fees arrangement with universities in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37532/24]
536. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if work is underway to draft a new national drugs strategy given 'Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025', the current national strategy, comes to an end next year; if the new strategy will set out Government policy on alcohol, or if a standalone national alcohol strategy will be brought forward instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37874/24]
328. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of times documents or written indications of relevant information furnished to the Interim Parole Board in respect of a relevant person, or an application by a relevant person, were not provided to the person or their legal representation owing to exceptional circumstances, from 2001 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37897/24]
288. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware that arising from an adjudication hearing of 23 February 2024, her Department was directed to engage with a union (details supplied) to determine the quantum of allowance to be paid to executive office inspectors arising from a claim lodged in 2017; if she will provide an update on the proceedings; the projected timeframe for reaching a conclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37882/24]
277. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of inspections on an annual basis that are taken to ensure that employers of workers who are identified as self-employed are compliant and their workers are genuinely self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37648/24]
276. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount of PRSI lost to the State by employers insisting that workers who were previously employees are now classified as self-employed; the impact same can have on the payment of future pension contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37647/24]
226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if graduates from private and independent higher education institutions in Ireland, specifically those awarded QQI, HETAC, and NCEA degrees, are to be excluded from the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024, when the Bill is designed to extend the franchise to a broader range of graduates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37372/24]
51. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the decision of the Workplace Relations Commission (details supplied) in relation to employment status of employees, and the changes she intends to make in the implementation of the law in relation to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37643/24]
44. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection in relation to a Social Welfare Appeals Office appeal (details supplied), and the outcome of the Workplace Relations Commission determination in relation to same, whether she intends to pursue any criminal investigations, in particular in reference to sections 252(1) and (2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37644/24]
128. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if the port of Killybegs in Donegal is one of the five ports around the country that are expected to play a role in the deployment of offshore renewable energy projects under the advisory initiative recently announced between his Department and the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37084/24]
127. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the five ports outlined in the recent announcement of European Investment Bank advisory co-operation agreement to assess capacity, demand and financing strategies required for the development of offshore renewable energy port infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37081/24]
52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make the revisions to the defective blocks scheme cap and rates retrospective to include people who have availed of the scheme to date, in the interests of fairness and equity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37157/24]
771. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths that have occurred during cardiac operations in University Hospital Galway compared to other hospitals preforming similar operations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36703/24]