167. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of representations which have been made regarding the 6,500 Palestinians currently held in Israeli prisons and detention centres, 300 of which are children; if he has made representations regarding the recent hunger strike which commenced on 17 April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22242/17]
64. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending Schedule 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 to include the designated fishing ports as port of registration in order that vessels can be registered in their home port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22171/17]
53. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on calls for funding for the Donegal mountain rescue team, which has seen an unprecedented increase in demand for its support services, not only in upland areas but also in the lowlands, given the difficulties this presents in view of funding cutbacks made since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20398/17]
648. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all buses operating under NTA licensed routes have an equivalent size specification whether they are Bus Éireann or privately operated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/17]
645. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the rolling out of disability access bus stops, particularly in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21962/17]
303. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the budget allocated for the current publicity campaign being carried out by his Department calling on the public to report suspected false welfare claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/17]
302. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the anti-fraud savings made by his Department through control measures for 2016; the number of reports made by the public to his Department of suspected false welfare claims in 2016; the number of those claims which were valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22036/17]
70. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the deferred pay by weight waste collection system; when it will be implemented; the steps he will take to ensure waste collection companies do not inflate prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21833/17]
69. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the implications stamp price increases will have for post offices as private companies begin to compete with lower stamp prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21832/17]
31. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed areas in the areas of natural constraint review will be published; the impact this will have on new areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21137/17]
25. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the perception reported in the media that Britain could gain hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish quota after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21138/17]
19. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an enhanced capital programme to support the upgrading of local authority harbours that have significant fishing and aquaculture activity and which require more than €150,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/17]
13. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the lifting of tariffs on lobster and scallops imported from Canada under the recent EU-Canada trade deal; the impact the lifting of tariffs will have on the prices fishermen in Ireland will get for their catch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21136/17]
48. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of respite care for families in County Donegal with children who have life-limiting conditions and high complex needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20455/17]
47. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the detail of the proposed amendments to the review of the capital programme for disability and intellectual disability services in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/17]
6. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing delays in the approval for the appointment of consultants at Letterkenny University Hospital including a second breast cancer surgeon and an endocrinologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/17]
1449. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the automated online system necessary for the full roll out of the targeted portion of the new affordable child care scheme will be ready early in 2018 as indicated previously in Dáil Éireann (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20167/17]
875. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing concern regarding access to new pump start-ups for children in County Donegal with type 1 diabetes, in view of the departure of a person (details supplied); his views on requests for a new paediatrician specialising in diabetes to be based at Letterkenny Hospital in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/17]
843. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); if he will address the need for a second breast surgeon, a breast radiologist, radiographer support and the infrastructure and support needed within the breast clinic at Letterkenny hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19419/17]
693. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when she envisages rolling out the share value post office pilot scheme to post offices across the country; when a review will be carried out on the four post offices currently participating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19293/17]
692. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the scheme which is planned to encourage persons to take up residential occupancy of premises in towns and villages as part of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19244/17]
371. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding request by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/17]
317. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19421/17]
313. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in construction of a new school building project under the capital programme for a school (details supplied); the efforts he will make to prevent further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/17]
54. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will address the need for a full-time administrator for a project (details supplied) in Letterkenny taking into account the project is solely run by volunteers yet has potentially huge benefits for local businesses and the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20399/17]
336. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the overall viability of the remaining 500,000 premises still covered by the national broadband plan after 300,000 houses were given to a company (details supplied) in recent changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18481/17]
335. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position for future homes and businesses built on or close to a company's (details supplied) blue lines in relation to broadband coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18480/17]
334. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of bidders' applications to connect the remaining 500,000 homes covered under the national broadband plan since the plan was revised after a company (details supplied) was granted 300,000 premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18479/17]
216. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to review the Tús scheme to allow persons to have a two-year placement and to allow persons over 55 years of age to be eligible for another placement after one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18626/17]
215. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that have applied for placement on a community employment scheme and have been refused a place; the number of community employment schemes that have been unable to fill all their places in County Donegal in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18625/17]
139. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changes to the consultation process on the role of denominational religion in school admissions following the census 2016 figures announced on 6 April 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18485/17]
138. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation process on the role of denominational religion in the school admissions system; the possible approaches for making changes; the number of submissions received; if he will provide a list of those that made submissions; the future plans for the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/17]
115. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the status of developments regarding credit union ambition to facilitate financing for social housing, small and medium enterprises and mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18477/17]
65. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the contents of his Department's report into seasonal workers in County Donegal and the barriers in accessing basic social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17849/17]
26. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in publishing the report on mica; when the report will be made publicly available; if a redress scheme for properties in County Donegal will be included as a result of the report's findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16815/17]
25. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department includes the remit of the maintenance of local authority harbours; the future funding initiatives to be established by his Department to address the need for larger scale upgrades of harbours in County Donegal including the multi million breakwater project at Greencastle harbour and the Inver Pier extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16816/17]
309. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing the paying of a deposit for plastic bottles to encourage recycling and deal with the amount of bottles being discarded around the countryside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16882/17]
297. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to prevent unregulated aquaculture on Lough Foyle, County Donegal, while awaiting the jurisdictional issues to be resolved with the Crown Estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16884/17]
249. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been progress in negotiating with the Crown Estates about Lough Swilly to provide for the regulation of aquaculture in the lough; if he will expedite a conclusion to the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/17]
234. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of updated setback guidelines for wind farms; the reasons for a delay in publishing the guidelines; the setback distance to be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/17]
45. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make the new DEIS assessment process more transparent and more reflective of schools' needs and the needs of their pupils in the further rolling out of the new scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16503/17]
37. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce income contingent student loans as part of the future funding model of the third level education sector despite the concerns raised regarding the introduction of this type of funding model on access rates and problems associated with debt burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16504/17]
595. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if discussions have taken place and, if so, the details of same, with signatories to the 1964 London Fisheries Convention regarding the withdrawal of the UK from the convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16327/17]
71. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance his views on the proposals set out by a group (details supplied) for an alternative banking model which would combine the existing services and capacities of credit unions and post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16247/17]
47. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the contingency plans in place to counteract the negative effects on rural communities brought on by the latest closures of banks (details supplied) in County Donegal and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16246/17]
117. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the existing social welfare payments which are exempt from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14376/17]
69. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the realignment of the N14 road in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14006/17]
65. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the recent delegation from Donegal County Council regarding Fintra and Tyrconnell bridges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14005/17]
1045. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address calls from an organisation (details supplied) and its 6,000 members for representation on the EU monitoring committee for the rural development programme in order that the needs of small family farms will be heard and met through the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13414/17]
944. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in implementing the recommendations contained in chapter five of the review of the nursing homes support scheme and, specifically, work done in implementing recommendations 7 to 9 that deal with additional charges imposed by private nursing homes on fair deal residents. [13772/17]