198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if there is another option for vulnerable persons turning 70 years of age to renew their licences if they are not deemed eligible for a postal application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36275/20]
227. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the measures taken here in respect of Covid-19 restrictions are compatible with the Athens Declaration by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe; if not, if it will be ensured that the measures will continue to be compatible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35908/20]
122. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if it is still her plan to have a school (details supplied) completed by September 2021 in view of the fact that a commitment was given by the previous Minister for Education to have the new school building completed by that date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35509/20]
399. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the work of the UN working group on arbitrary detention; if his attention has been drawn to the UN report by the working group on arbitrary detention relating to the Catalan political leaders in jail and the calls for their immediate release; the discussions he has had with the EU, Spanish and UK authorities to secure the release of the Catalan public representative; the legal options available to his Department in such matters; if Ireland can bring a case to the ECHR similar to that of the Hooded Men case that Ireland brought against the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34708/20]
376. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason persons in counties Donegal and Mayo are not entitled to 100% of costs regarding remedial work and temporary accommodation in dealing with mica in view of the fact persons with pyrite in counties Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Wicklow, Limerick and Clare are receiving 100% costs and up to €7,000 towards accommodation, removal, storage and return of furniture and so on to the dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34581/20]
348. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the analysis her Department has undertaken regarding the north west, in particular County Donegal; if her Department is examining rural development opportunities for the north west; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34378/20]
198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists for CAMHS services, per region, indicating the length of time that persons are waiting in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34382/20]
183. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the graduate outcomes for young persons and students in County Donegal; his plans to enhance the opportunities for graduates in and from County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34379/20]
178. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on Ireland’s vote of the election of the committee overseeing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in December 2020; if the decision has been taken to ensure that Ireland’s votes will ensure that women, persons with diverse disability types and persons from low and middle-income countries are fairly represented [34381/20]
177. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the correspondence his Department has had with the Collaborative Forum on Mother and Baby Homes during 2020; the future plans for the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34375/20]
120. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants on social housing waiting lists in County Donegal; the number of tenants in receipt of HAP and RAS or rent supplement in County Donegal in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34377/20]
119. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of deaths that occurred in homeless accommodation, emergency accommodation and among rough sleepers by county in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; if he will provide additional information where available such as age groups and nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34376/20]
114. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants under the Irish Refugee Protection Humanitarian Admissions Programme in each year; the number of applications which were successful, rejected and still in process; the reason for rejections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34122/20]
97. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if work will commence on the recommendations of the Report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including accommodation to persons in the international protection process before this portfolio is transferred; the way in which these recommendations will be progressed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34123/20]
95. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the eligibility criteria for the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment has changed to only include those that have paid PRSI contributions; her views on whether this has negatively affected self-employed persons and small businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34132/20]
1342. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants for the primary medical certificate programme in 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33297/20]
1008. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if both higher education institutions and third level institutions are moving all classes online for the next six weeks under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32759/20]
983. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the information being collected and collated relating to young persons in rural areas, particularly in the north west; the supports and opportunities available to those young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33697/20]
982. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons in care with a care plan and without a care plan, per region, in tabular form; the length of time they have been waiting for a care plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33696/20]
981. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of young persons in care with an assigned and without an assigned social worker, per region, in tabular form; the length of time they have been waiting to be assigned; the number of urgent cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33695/20]
980. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when personal data access requests will be available through his Department, as per general data protection regulation, GDPR, guidelines relating to the copies of files to be held by his Department following the submission of the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33694/20]
979. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the volume of correspondence his Department has received relating to the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and Another Matter, Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33693/20]
978. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the seventh and final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made available to Deputies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33692/20]
977. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the sixth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made available to Deputies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33691/20]
792. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the position of her Department on educational needs in Swords, County Dublin, in the context of planned development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33293/20]
791. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the content of the discussions that her officials had with Fingal County Council officials in 2019 and to date in 2020 on future educational needs in the Fosterstown area of Swords, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33292/20]
790. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of discussions her officials have had with Fingal County Council officials in 2019 and to date in 2020 on future educational needs in the Fosterstown area of Swords, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33291/20]
737. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if there are plans in place for the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32719/20]
736. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if a student (details supplied) can request another appeal of their leaving certificate results after their first appeal was rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32703/20]
728. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education her plans to have a new school building for a school (details supplied) completed by September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32687/20]
654. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of aid allocated to Sudan by Ireland in the past three years; the amount that has been actually drawn down by Sudanese active organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32297/20]
629. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or his officials have had discussions with local authorities individually or collectively regarding encouraging increased density in housing developments; if so, the number of meetings and contacts and with which local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33296/20]
628. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is appropriate for An Bord Pleanála to ignore the decision of elected councillors in the relevant county development plan for their area and grant planning permissions which breach building height levels in excess of the permitted heights allowed in the relevant county development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33295/20]
627. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the An Bord Pleanála decision to grant planning permissions which breach building height levels in excess of the permitted heights allowed in the relevant county development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33294/20]
564. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for electoral reform with regard to enabling persons such as MEPs and permanent representatives who work in EU institutions to be allowed to vote by postal ballot in elections here in view of the fact that this exists in other member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33709/20]
388. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the primary medical certificate programme; if the programme is accepting new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33297/20]
319. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if driving instructors are classed as an essential worker; if they will be allowed to operate under the level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32760/20]
293. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow access to the testing centre toilets and facilities, or seek an appropriate solution in the interests of public health, in view of the fact that driver instructors are legally required to accompany their learner drivers to test centres for their tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32362/20]
174. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason for adhering to international best practice guidelines in maternity care, such as but not limited to, the World Health Organization position that all women should continue to have access to a birth partner of their choice during the Covid-19 pandemic is allowed to be optional in Irish hospitals [32112/20]
173. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans for the way in which he and the HSE plan to provide for the additional perinatal mental health needs of the many women and families left traumatised by the current policy of some Irish hospitals, including Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal of not allowing women a partner of their choice to be physically present with them to support them throughout major milestone scans, labour and birth, including those women and families that have had to go through the unmitigated tragedy of pregnancy or baby loss alone, scared and devastated. [32111/20]
172. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the evidence-based reasoning that he and the HSE are currently using for choosing to go directly against the World Health Organization guidelines that specifically state that Covid-19 should not pose a barrier to a woman having a partner of their choice physically present with them throughout their labour and birth even in which Covid-19 is suspected or confirmed [32110/20]
171. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the evidence-based scientific study he and the HSE are currently using to justify denying women their internationally recognised human right to a birth partner of their choice physically present with them throughout pregnancy, labour and birth a blatant violation of their human rights [32109/20]
139. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 6 October 2020, the number of deaths in custody covered that took place while a prisoner was outside the prison; the definition of narrative verdict; if she could provide an explanation as to the way in which a death in custody could be an open verdict; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32106/20]
24. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes which have been connected with fibre broadband since National Broadband Ireland took control of the roll out of the National Broadband Plan by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31804/20]
606. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some dentists are refusing to accept medical cards and patients have been forced to pay in emergency circumstances; the options the medical cardholder has to get the money refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31217/20]
591. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on an issue on the reimbursement from the cross-border healthcare directive in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31162/20]
343. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the status of a new school building project for a school (details supplied) which is due to be completed by 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31182/20]
77. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the student assistance fund will be available to students from Northern Ireland that are studying here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31699/20]
437. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his views on the fact that members of the Covid-19 Expert Panel on Nursing Homes may have worked in institutions that have been involved in cases of mismanagement of incidences of Covid-19 outbreaks; if this will impact its work in advising his Department about the way in which nursing homes are managed through the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29642/20]
358. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a person (details supplied) cannot continue their course in further education online; the plans to introduce online classes for education and training board-run courses in a college and other further education facilities in the short term due to the level-3 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30181/20]