120. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding is available for an event (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/19]
39. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the justification for allocating €20 million in funding for homeowners affected by MICA in County Donegal as part of the MICA redress scheme; his views on whether €20 million is sufficient to address the outstanding structural issues facing homeowners due to MICA; if further funding will be allocated to ensure there is no funding shortfall for any family in need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23872/19]
79. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding paid to catering contractors for each direct provision centre, temporary or permanent, in each of the years since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23157/19]
472. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on his or her application for a working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22707/19]
334. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his officials and all State bodies with functions in relation to agricultural policy and advice accept and endorse the findings of the IPCC fifth Assessment Report, Working Group I in relation to the emissions metric values used to describe the global warming impact of methane, CH4; his views on and if he endorses the use of global warming potential to capture the global warming potential of methane; his views on the statement (details supplied) in AR5; his further views on whether the failure to address methane emissions in agriculture here in the short-term means that more stringent measures will have to be deployed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in other sectors of the economy instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22665/19]
316. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on the priority list to access child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in County Donegal; if other emergency services can be accessed across the Border in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22898/19]
199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22131/19]
115. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of young persons resident in direct provision aged 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 years of age, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22144/19]
110. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to work here or in Northern Ireland while they are awaiting their naturalisation to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22132/19]
163. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding mechanisms available for organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21191/19]
247. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will seek to preserve a service (details supplied) in County Donegal for women and children seeking refuge from domestic abuse; if a reply will issue to its request for urgent funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20999/19]
502. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average length of time applications for housing and mobility grants are waiting in County Donegal; the number of persons granted housing and mobility grants for each year since 2016; the amount spent by Donegal County Council by year; the number of persons that were turned down applications for each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20696/19]
338. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the actions carried out to bring about diagnosis and treatment facilities for those suffering from Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20697/19]
133. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to solve the issue of community employment supervisor pension and redundancy claims since the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection met a delegation alongside representative unions recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20695/19]
118. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a compulsory purchase order was confirmed by An Bord Pleanála in August 2011 for Lough Foyle; the amount paid for the order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20164/19]
82. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns by cancer patients in County Donegal travelling to a hospital (details supplied) in the context of a hard Brexit; the steps that have been taken to ensure patients having to travel to Northern Ireland will not have their cancer treatment interrupted by Brexit-related events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20166/19]
1568. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will progress the maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delays in its progression to date; the timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19564/19]
1334. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been give to a report (details supplied) commissioned by his Department; if he has requested the National Transport Authority, NTA, and relevant public transport and local authorities to adopt shared mobility solutions as a way of improving access to public transport and public services for all; if priority will be given to pilot shared mobility schemes in Dublin and a suitable rural county such as County Donegal as per the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20122/19]
1247. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the efforts taken to date to ensure a timely implementation of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19225/19]
497. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the recommendations for refugee or subsidiary protection received from the International Protection Office, IPO, that are outstanding and awaiting a decision and that have been rejected in 2018, respectively. [19226/19]
249. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a national school-based counselling initiative to support the existing structures available in schools and which would be beneficial to students if increased mental health supports were provided in the school environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18388/19]
118. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will amend and deliver the payslip of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of payslips for substitute teachers; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18685/19]
67. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason requested helicopters and backup had not arrived in a timely manner to combat the gorse fires in the Rosses, County Donegal; if emergency plans and protocols will be put in place to deal with similar future incidences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19550/19]
235. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a list of all high-power multi-charger sites and new faster charger sites for electric vehicles by county will be provided; the timeline for the instalment of the recently announced new charging hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18165/19]
17. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will discuss the implementation of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors who have no access to an occupational pension scheme despite a 2008 Labour Court recommendation in their favour; the reason members of the Lansdowne Road agreement high forum have met only once since December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17813/19]
16. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason little progress has been made in the implementation of flood and coastal erosion measures along vulnerable coastal areas in County Donegal and which were announced by the Minister of State in May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17780/19]
557. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the provision of financial supports for persons affected by mica in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17328/19]
478. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of a pilot project to help fund insurance costs for rural hackney licences for new businesses; the 17 areas to be involved in the pilot project nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17289/19]
476. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the potential impact a hard Brexit will have on cancer patients in County Donegal seeking to access care at a hospital (details supplied) or travelling to Dublin from Northern Ireland, in view of the fact that they will require a green card for their car insurance to travel to Northern Ireland in their own vehicle; if a fast-track service for a green card will be arranged for those who cannot wait for the waiting period of one month for a green card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17435/19]
83. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he is addressing the negative consequences to the current cobalt rush in the Democratic Republic of Congo resulting from increased popularity of electric vehicles in developed countries; the way in which he plans to address the wide spectrum of corruption in the cobalt trade combined with abuses such as child labour at and around cobalt mine sites and links to state sanctioned violence and grand corruption; the extent to which he has incorporated the findings from a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17477/19]
80. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the escalating anti-Cuban rhetoric of President Trump including his latest threat to establish lawsuits against Cuban companies under Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996, known as the Helms-Burton Act; if his attention has been further drawn to the damage this could pose to the continuity of co-operation that Ireland and other countries share with Cuba; the representations which have been made to the United States of America regarding the hardening of the blockade against Cuba in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17478/19]
42. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to incidences in which JobPath providers insist on seeking a commission for persons that sought work on their own accord after having attended an initial meeting with JobPath employment services despite the new employer verifying this to be the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15369/19]
8. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the procurement process for future employment services; if a payments-by-results model for employment services will be sought despite the unsuitability of this model having been demonstrated in other jurisdictions including here; if the new model will acknowledge distance travelled by which the focus is on the development of the individual as opposed to the sole focus being on the end result of obtaining work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15368/19]
5. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the timeframe for the upcoming tendering process for the future provision of employment services nationally; the reason active consideration will not be given to a public procurement process despite the success of local employment services in successfully achieving full-time employment for over 28% of referrals each year and the progression of the remaining caseload to part-time jobs and other pathways to work; the reason successful not-for-profit community holistic models are not being given an equal opportunity to tender for the services despite the problems experienced in countries adopting a privatised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15621/19]
116. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stages of building of each of the schools due funding from the 2016-2021 capital plan; if each of the projects are on schedule; the schools and status of each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15520/19]
38. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for rescheduling funding from the upgrade project of the A5 motorway; if funding will be provided for same in the future; the revised timeline indicated for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9752/19]
80. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Teaching Council can investigate and make a decision against a registered teacher under existing complaints procedures if it receives notification of an historic alleged complaint of sexual abuse by a student against a former teacher (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14559/19]
234. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish his response to the BAI five-year review of public broadcasters received in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14434/19]
227. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason hedgerows are not included in the calculation of CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13922/19]
72. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that recent submissions to the European Commission under the climate and energy governance regulation and national energy and climate plans will ensure that Ireland will meet the EU 2030 climate and energy targets; the quantitative assessment and modelling carried out to ensure the measures are robust and specific enough to achieve these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14204/19]
51. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to revise the 2017 national mitigation plan under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to take account of criticisms of the plan by the climate change advisory councils, environmental organisations and the European Commission in view of the fact that an all-of-government plan will not be on a statutory footing unless the national mitigation plan is formally updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14203/19]
1092. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a wheelchair accessible bus route between County Donegal and Sligo IT for students living in County Donegal taking up courses in Sligo; if students can block book accessible buses for each semester instead of having to book each journey 24 hours in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13351/19]
621. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if a union (details supplied) or its members involved in the ambulance staff dispute in County Donegal over the lifetime of the Letterkenny dispute have been issued with the threat of injunction by the HSE; if he has been provided with the list of actions being taken by the union; if an offer of settlement has been made to the union to resolve the dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12790/19]
620. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the contingencies agreed with a union (details supplied) and the HSE to ensure that no patients are adversely affected by a dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12789/19]
619. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if there is an ongoing dispute between a union (details supplied) and the HSE in the north west since December 2017 specifically involving ambulance staff in Letterkenny; if so, the length of time this dispute has remained unresolved; the action or actions taken by the union and staff since the dispute started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12788/19]
174. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports by an organisation (details supplied) of severe malnutrition in refugees and migrants in Libyan detention centres particularly in the case of children; the way in which the interception of those attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea and returning those refugees and migrants to these detention centres is justified; if he has made representations to have food items recognised as part of EU funding for the EU Trust Fund for Africa, which aims to improve conditions for detainees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14229/19]
141. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that Ireland will take to engage positively in the process of elaborating on a UN treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in 2019; if Ireland will attend the OEIWGW in Geneva in October 2019 and participate formally in the discussions to elaborate a new UN treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12903/19]
104. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to prevent beef factories absorbing benefits targeted at farmers in the production of beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13921/19]
97. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is time to commission an independent review of the Forestry Act 1988, which established Coillte (details supplied); if a review of the legislation will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13923/19]
85. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedure for certifying Lough Foyle oysters after production as they enter the market; the body responsible for carrying out health and safety certification of Lough Foyle oysters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13920/19]