163. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to immediately resume the sexual offences Bill given attempts by organised crime to traffic men, women and children in the refugee crisis for sexual exploitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10696/16]
162. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to advance the sexual offences Bill as a matter of urgency following the recent decision in France to introduce sex buyer laws and similar moves underway in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10695/16]
95. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her efforts in conjunction with other Departments and State agencies in implementing the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; if she will resource the strategy to enable its full implementation; if she will use the €10 million European Social Fund for the programme for employment inclusion and learning to develop programmes with cross-departmental potential; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9548/16]
69. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach the status of the reports of the Constitutional Convention from the Thirty-First Dáil Éireann and if he will bring them before the new Dáil, the new constitutional convention or the relevant Oireachtas committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10405/16]
43. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the proceedings from the United Nations universal periodic review of Ireland's human rights record; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10134/16]
12. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to engage further on the issues surrounding the case of the disappearance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10010/16]
151. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service has written to landowners in the Slieve League area (details supplied) advising them to discontinue turf cutting in the special area of conservation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9341/16]
137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason for the recent delay in administering tenders for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9203/16]
63. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason a hydro-pool project for Dungloe in County Donegal has been on-hold since 2006 despite the Health Service Executive making a political commitment to the local committee in 2007; if he will review this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9213/16]
53. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under the European Court of Justice, ECJ, judgment in the Zambrano case by persons who had no current right of residency; the number of persons who have had their status regularised under the ECJ judgment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9221/16]
52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to increase the resources needed for the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal to address the considerable backlog of applications present, before the applications are transferred to the new office of the chief international protection officer as part of the introduction of a single procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9212/16]
51. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to the implementation of the report of the working group on the protection process report this week which found that most recommendations have not been implemented ten months on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9211/16]
34. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9264/16]
265. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the decision not to review an application to establish an Aonad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9097/16]
236. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider a school's (details supplied) application for resource hours for September as opposed to October in order that a person is not without special needs assistant support for over a month and can therefore begin school in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8823/16]
208. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when elderly mental health services provided by the Health Service Executive in County Donegal will commence, given that they were cancelled earlier in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9142/16]
34. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of social protection payments who cash their cheques at post offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9056/16]
9. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 6 April 2016, the number of casual workers and part-time jobseekers who use bank accounts and the number of social protection recipients who use post offices to withdraw payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8083/16]
419. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the unequal pay developing in the teaching profession; her views on the recent Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report, Education at a Glance, which found a direct correlation between teachers’ pay and the quality of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7429/16]
304. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will address concerns on behalf of the Donegal Centre for Independent Living in respect of pay cuts and the rise in employers' pay-related social insurance resulting in the loss of €218,000 per year for operation and development costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7440/16]
174. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application under the agri-environment options scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7508/16]
171. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 6 April 2016, if he will make available the study as referenced in the reply in which a chemical re-evaluation was carried out in 2015-16 indicating at least 85% of sediments near Smooth Point at the Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre in County Donegal is suitable for disposal at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7469/16]
860. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will open the sports capital fund for applications in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/16]
363. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 10 November 2015, when he will announce details of the scheme from additional Exchequer funding as indicated in his reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7040/16]
55. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons on illness benefit from before 2009 prior to changes in criteria and who are on long-term illness benefit will be assessed under new guidelines and only be awarded benefit for a maximum of two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7039/16]
789. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to reduce emissions from Moneypoint, Ireland's largest coal-fired electricity generating station, given the phasing out of smokeless coal in larger towns and cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5770/16]
761. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to meet with representatives of the Irish League of Credit Unions to discuss social housing funding proposals as part of its Six Strategic Steps strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5774/16]
733. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an applicant who signs up to the housing assistance payment scheme is eligible to remain on the local authority housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5773/16]
503. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health why a public patient (details supplied) in County Donegal cannot get a response in relation to the date of an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5797/16]
501. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to preserve the future of Dunfanaghy health clinic in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/16]
345. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Act commenced; the steps a person who wishes to have a conviction considered spent should take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5409/16]
290. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which circumstances have changed to enable dredging immediately north of Smooth Point at the Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre in County Donegal, as in his recent proposal, when during its construction it was deemed too contaminated for dredging and for disposing of at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5771/16]
255. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the fodder aid scheme; when the application will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5412/16]
254. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the grassland scheme, the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5408/16]
146. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the Irish League of Credit Unions on its concerns regarding the one-size-fits-all regulation policy of the sector, specifically the Consultation Paper 88, which imposes considerable restrictions on credit unions increasing the regulatory burden on the voluntary movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5775/16]
49. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the child maintenance system, given that Ireland remains without a statutory means of collecting maintenance payments, meaning lone parents are forced to pursue maintenance through the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5777/16]
48. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why she sent correspondence to jobseekers working casually or part-time encouraging them to use electronic funds transfer to receive entitlements; why she did not use the existing two working groups to consult on this issue with the Irish Postmasters' Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5776/16]
18. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to allow child benefit to be shared between both parents, where separated parents equally share custody; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5411/16]
17. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection to increase the age limit for child benefit beyond 18 years of age for children in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5410/16]
561. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Eir's recent expansion of its rural broadband roll-out scheme will impact on the Government's national broadband plan; if the 300,000 homes covered by Eir include homes earmarked under the Government's scheme; if this will affect the plan's application for European Union funding, as a private company is already providing broadband to a number of areas in rural Ireland; if an updated plan is under way taking into account private sector involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5105/16]
560. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to address the issue of mobile phone coverage in rural areas particularly in the Glencolmcille and Kilcar areas in County Donegal; if he has liaised with representatives from mobile phone companies to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/16]
537. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to address the concerns raised by those in the tyre industry regarding the full PRI scheme; if he will consider an industry-led scheme instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5116/16]
536. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the need for a new fire station in Glencolmcille, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/16]
487. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a decision on a school building (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5113/16]
486. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the issue regarding the retention of a much needed teaching post in St. Peter's National School, Mountcharles in County Donegal; the measures she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5112/16]
430. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Ireland does not sign up to a new agreement with Turkey at the meeting of the European Council this week which, if successfully passed, will be in contravention of our international obligations to protect refugees, in accordance with the United Nations; if Ireland will contribute any further payments to Turkey or accept any more refugees, other than those agreed to in September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5114/16]
368. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to meet with representatives of the Save Our Services group who are campaigning on behalf of the Lifford, Stranorlar and Ramelton community hospitals in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5110/16]
367. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health to reverse the decision to downgrade community hospitals in County Donegal including Lifford, Stranorlar and Ramelton; if a contingency plan is in place to preserve the services into the future and to prevent further downgrading, removal of the residential care units and eventual closure of the three hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/16]