1422. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for Údarás Na Gaeltachta in 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6526/20]
1421. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met formally with the new director of the Arts Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6518/20]
1406. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process followed in the sale of a building (details supplied) which was owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta; the locations the sale was advertised; if the sale price is in line with market value for the area; the number of other sales there have been in the past ten years of land and property owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6183/20]
1144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost if the budget for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services increased by 9%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6517/20]
1028. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the regional co-operative market access scheme of Tourism Ireland was doubled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6527/20]
927. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the roll out of the National Broadband Plan will commence in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5987/20]
620. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year cost if the budget for local enterprise offices increased by 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6519/20]
479. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda Youth Diversion Programme in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6528/20]
478. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a new contract to supply new marked Garda vans has recently been put out to tender; if so, when new Garda vans will come into the fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6521/20]
314. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost if the capitation paid to Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, schools increased by 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6525/20]
313. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from Singapore studying here; if he in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland is taking additional steps to attract more students from Singapore to come here to study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6514/20]
309. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Teaching Council is requiring the completion of a two-week Gaeltacht placement for certain cohorts of students before their qualifications from a college (details supplied) will be recognised in 2021 while for others who started the relevant course six months earlier, the requirement has been waived; the reason for this divergence and inequality of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6500/20]
212. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on home tuition for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5985/20]
146. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Donegal Garda division that were refurbished by the OPW in 2019 and to date in 2020, in which the value of works was in excess of €5,000; the works carried out by station; if the works project is still ongoing or completed in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6524/20]
111. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the dividend paid to the Exchequer by each commercial State company in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/20]
110. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated if the betting intermediary duty rate increased from 25% to 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6515/20]
36. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the embassies currently without an ambassador; the length of time each embassy has been without an ambassador; when each post will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6523/20]
35. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have recently contacted the US Ambassador to Ireland regarding the decision of the US Government to temporarily halt funding the WHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6522/20]
997. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; and when the roll out will commence in County Donegal. [4857/20]
696. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the checks made into the qualifications of doctors coming to work here from other countries; and if an English language exam is required before they take up a position with the HSE. [4856/20]
255. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on home tuition for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4858/20]
1251. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost of provision of a house through the State both with and without land cost included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3871/20]
1072. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the post of chairperson of Tourism Ireland will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3500/20]
979. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if changes to EU payments would have an additional cost to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/20]
908. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 10,000 hours of HSE-provided home help support in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3869/20]
456. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to have a trade and investment mission to Dubai in the first half of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3503/20]
413. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available in 2020 for the purchase of additional Garda public order unit vans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3501/20]
286. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher in a school who has been teaching through the medium of English prior to the school entering into Scéim Aitheantas do Scoileanna Gaeltachta can be instructed to teach through the medium of Irish, notwithstanding the confirmed lack of competency in the language of the teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3387/20]
285. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in cases in which a school participating in Scéim Aitheantas do Scoileanna Gaeltachta has a majority of the teaching staff who are not competent to deliver their respective subjects through the medium of Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/20]
96. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost in a full year if the income tax band for a single person increased from €35,300 to €37,000; the estimated cost for a married couple in which the income tax band for one earner increases from €44,300 to €47,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3499/20]
95. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance his plans to have a bilateral meeting with the managing director of the IMF, Ms Kristalina Georgieva; the issues that are likely to be on the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3498/20]
44. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the three new Irish embassies will be opened in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3502/20]
450. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of accreditation a trainer must offer to participants in disability awareness training in order for the client to avail of the 90% grant available from her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53653/19]
45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recently published report by an organisation (details supplied) and its statement that the rule of law should respect freedom of expression and peaceful assembly; his further views on the report in the context of Catalan political prisoners and their rights on freedom of expression and peaceful assembly following on from the Catalan independent referendum in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52869/19]
752. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the research carried out into the relative cost of leasing a development (details supplied) under the enhanced long-term social housing scheme as compared to the cost of building public housing on public land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52898/19]
751. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the financial modelling used in relation to the leasing of a development (details supplied); the projected range of overall costs that will be borne by his Department over the course of the 25 year lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52897/19]
750. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the process by which a development (details supplied) was leased under the enhanced long-term social housing leasing scheme; and the role played by a company. [52896/19]
749. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the current market rental rate for a development (details supplied); the rate he views as acceptable; the way in which the figures were arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/19]
748. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the annual rent which will be paid in the first year for a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52894/19]
661. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the draft childminding action plan public consultation was advertised; the reason the public consultation process only ran for six weeks; if her attention has been drawn to a large number of parents who were unaware of the public consultation and have concerns regarding the drafting of regulations including the crèche-based model at the centre of proposals and the overall lack of engagement with childminders in the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53069/19]
390. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve the diagnosis, management and treatment of endometriosis here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52877/19]
207. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to implement the national positive ageing strategy in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53071/19]
164. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for SNA access made since the May 2019 allocation of SNA posts for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52576/19]
163. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for SNA access made for County Donegal to the NCSE during the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52575/19]
87. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the integration of Ireland into PESCO in view of the upcoming second anniversary of the participation of Ireland in same; the level of engagement and lobbying his Department has received from European arms manufacturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52870/19]
74. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenditure to date on the European Defence Fund by Ireland; the status of the integration into the European Defence Fund by Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52907/19]
70. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider the proposal to increase the defence budget of the EU in the coming years as mentioned at the recent NATO summit; his views on the proposal that Europe needs to contribute more to NATO defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52906/19]
365. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he plans to remove the planning restrictions on roof-top solar for households and businesses. [52479/19]
309. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for limiting the RESS auction category for solar energy to a maximum of 10% (details supplied). [52481/19]
308. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to require the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to facilitate private wires between renewable energy generators and energy consumers. [52480/19]