423. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 23 November 2021, the reason this meeting has not taken place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6289/22]
388. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress that has been made negotiating with a body (details supplied) in relation to the governance of the seabed in Lough Foyle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6705/22]
377. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and the reason the passport office has not added the photographs that they submitted on 19 December 2021. [6296/22]
339. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the instruction his Department has given to Donegal County Council in relation to the processing of existing applications to the defective concrete block scheme, while legislation underpinning the enhancements announced by him on 30 November 2021 is progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6680/22]
338. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request the National Standards Authority of Ireland to include provisions around the testing of concrete foundations in any proposed revision to protocol I.S. 465:2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6679/22]
337. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021, when the National Standards Authority of Ireland will bring forward proposed amendments to protocol I.S. 465:2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6678/22]
327. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners that have been approved for emergency works in line with the changes announced to the Defective Concrete Block Scheme on 30 November 2021; the estimated amount that has been paid out for these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6488/22]
326. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if homeowners that are currently in the MICA redress scheme have had testing and sampling costs refunded in line with the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6487/22]
318. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the dates the Independent Working Group on Defective Housing has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6309/22]
317. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the terms of reference of the Independent Working Group on Defective Housing,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6308/22]
316. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the sliding scale has been dropped from the grant calculation methodology for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/22]
294. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if tenants who have a two-bedroom house can purchase their property under the tenant purchase schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/22]
293. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if changes to the incremental purchase scheme have been made to enable tenants who may not have an earned income but have savings to purchase their house form local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/22]
260. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if the convention between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital gains makes provision for a person resident in Ireland but whose sole income is derived and taxed in Northern Ireland to avail of the help to buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/22]
159. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when there will be a public consultation to review the eligibility of occupations appearing on the critical skills occupations list and the ineligible occupations list for employment permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6095/22]
445. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the status of the progression of the Finglas primary health care centre project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/22]
284. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 23 November 2021, if she will report on the engagement by her Department with Donegal Education and Training Board to discuss its submission to her Department for additional supports to assist students affected by the MICA issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5634/22]
283. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if self-defence classes will be added to the school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5631/22]
270. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence the number of times naval training exercises that have been conducted within Ireland’s exclusive economic zone or Irish-controlled airspace by foreign navies, further disaggregated by country or countries conducting said exercises in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/22]
254. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if domestic violence victims are prioritised for transfer in local authority housing; if so, the way in which they are prioritised; if other protocols are in place to assist those fleeing domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5632/22]
239. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Pringle den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag a Roinn chun toghchán chun Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta a eagrú; cén uair a dhéanfar an toghchán sin; cé mhéad comhalta i ngach réigiún a bheidh le toghadh chun an Bhoird nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [5543/22]
219. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the number of times a contracted operator (details supplied) of the 17A and 220 bus routes has received financial penalties from the National Transport Authority for non-performance of contract, disaggregated by description of the particular category of non-performance associated in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5547/22]
93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the application process for the domiciliary care allowance with a view to lessening the burden on struggling carers particularly the cumbersome and onerous eight page form for each specialist consultant the child attends which currently must be submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5473/22]
37. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age given the families that avail of this much needed support will have already shown that they meet the high bar of requirements for this grant and in the majority of cases these needs do not diminish at the arbitrary cut-off point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5472/22]
97. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when a social welfare appeal will be decided (details supplied) given the applicant is under severe financial pressure. [5206/22]
620. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that have been convicted for grooming children into the drug trade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5078/22]
244. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the development of the new policy and regulatory framework for inland fisheries in Ireland; the way in which traditional net fishers and local communities will be involved in developing this framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/22]
243. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will maintain the 2021 duties in respect of a special local draft net licence to fish the Owenea and Owentocker tidal waters of Loughros Mór Estuary in view of the restricted total allowable catch for the fishery in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5079/22]
232. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications , further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 30 November 2021, when a reply will issue. [4476/22]
307. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to each of the stations in Ballymun and Finglas, Dublin disaggregated further by overall number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4028/22]
305. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when a response will issue from the management of the Irish Prison Service to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4023/22]
271. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will make a recommendation that schools relax their uniform policies over the winter period to allow children to wear warmer clothing while the Covid-19 restrictions require additional ventilation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4030/22]
197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that Dublin City Council cannot CPO a pub (details supplied) which has been lying idle in the heart of Finglas village for a decade, is on the derelict site register and the owner has not paid any of the €28,000 levy owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4033/22]
166. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is prudent to allow a company (details supplied) to operate the new N4 and N6 route replacing the 17A if it cannot manage a much reduced timetable at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4032/22]
165. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the operation of the 17A bus route by a company (details supplied) as the buses are consistently late or do not show; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4031/22]
158. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when the new primary healthcare centre that has been built in Donegal town will be fully operational and receiving patients; the reason for the delay in the facility being opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3704/22]
36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the reason that road markings (details supplied) which are painted on the public roads and in public housing estates in the Gaeltacht areas in County Donegal cannot be written in Irish given that Donegal County Council has indicated that it cannot do this due to a Departmental directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3705/22]
662. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason that the Donegal Travellers' primary healthcare project has been prevented from paying increments to its staff since 2008; if this is departmental policy; if not, if the HSE has acted alone in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3570/22]
513. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if an expanded Afghan refugee programme will be introduced; the reason that there is a family limit of five persons on the current programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3571/22]
487. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in the Ballymun and Finglas drugs unit and in the Ballymun and Finglas community policing unit in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3145/22]
432. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered changing the criteria of the back to education allowance to allow those who have been on and off the pandemic unemployment payment due to Covid-19 to avail of the allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3181/22]
363. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when schools in County Donegal which are not categorised as DEIS schools will be reassessed to ascertain if they will now qualify for DEIS funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2939/22]
359. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the school will be completed and the children moved from the cold and damp prefabs into the new building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2915/22]
262. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of transfers of civil servants to County Donegal that have taken place through the mobility list in each of the past three years; the way that staff transfers are selected between the mobility list and the internal list within the civil service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3517/22]
251. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new sea wall will be built at Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal to protect the beach from further erosion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2911/22]
249. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the interpretation of the Revenue Commissioners that dental practices are not now VAT free enterprises particularly in relation to fees paid by associate dentists to principal dentists in a practice; if he has considered the impact this will have on the provision of services; if it is planned to revert to the system that previously prevailed in order to protect dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3573/22]
190. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a prospecting licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3572/22]
157. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports that are available for a person (details supplied) starting their own business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2941/22]
261. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide funding for Young Ballymun's new early intervention programme focusing on playgroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2780/22]
248. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Dublin 9 and 11 that are on reduced school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2781/22]