18. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the details of the proposals outlined in the bioenergy plan to optimise the contribution that energy from biomass can make in achieving our renewable targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31652/14]
306. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider banning the sale of unseaworthy dinghies by supermarkets in view of the large number of rescues by the coast guard in recent weeks of members of the public at sea in unsuitable dinghies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31745/14]
160. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the annual cost of REFIT in relation to wind energy; the projected cost in the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31801/14]
144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the recent inspection by officials from the National Parks and Wildlife Service to Inis Bó Finne Island off County Donegal to monitor corncrake numbers; the rank of the relevant officers involved; the nature of the information recorded; an itemised list of all lands entered during the course of the study; the relevant directives from statutory law, permitting the right of entry onto private lands for survey purposes, without prior consultation and consent of farmers or landowners; if any further visits are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31744/14]
99. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to raise the living standards of low income families within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30928/14]
87. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the cut to jobseeker's allowance for those aged under 25 when considering the negative disproportional impact it has on young persons and that it is effectively a cut to a core social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30927/14]
67. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to provide unemployment and disability benefits for self-employed PRSI contributors; if she will consider introducing changes to PRSI contributions to provide for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31168/14]
65. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on whether 21.8 medical assessors, including the chief and deputy chief medical advisers, is an adequate number to assess applications for social welfare payments in view of the fact that more than 56,000 social welfare applications required a medical assessment in 2013; her plans to tackle the backlog and ensure any such assessments are carried out in a timely fashion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31166/14]
190. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons on the long-term illness scheme who were also medical card holders for the period October 2010 to end of November 2013. [30481/14]
15. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options local authorities have when tendering for construction projects to ensure locally-based businesses can compete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29621/14]
10. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the evidence successful tenderers for public contracts from outside the State have to provide to show they are compliant with our employment and taxation law and are not operating in the black economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29622/14]
734. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any instance whereby eligibility for the long-term illness scheme was revoked on the grounds that the person was also a medical card holder; if there was at any stage a policy whereby a person on the long-term illness scheme could not also be a medical card holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29453/14]
733. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 25 June 2014, if he will confirm that all persons who were on the long-term illness scheme and were also medical card holders at any stage during the three-year reimbursement period will receive said reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29452/14]
332. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the recent announcement regarding the freedom of information, FOI, application fee, his plans to revise the fees applicable to the FOI appeals process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29688/14]
90. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the reform of the allocation of teaching resources for students with special educational needs; when he expects this new model to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29391/14]
179. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will to highlight the urgency of a GMS card for a person (details supplied) to PCRS as this person requires urgent life saving medication for Ischaemic heart disease which they are unable to afford without cover as they are only in receipt of a social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28685/14]
642. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider the introduction of special needs assistants for children attending preschool services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28304/14]
641. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider making the learner fund available to all existing staff in the early childhood sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28303/14]
630. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider extending the free preschool year to 48 weeks to bring it in line with the primary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28047/14]
629. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a graduate staffing fund for the early childhood sector to ensure the hiring of well qualified staff into the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28046/14]
561. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the services that are available to general practitioners for patients who require emergency GMS cover if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/14]
489. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health under the current criteria for medical card eligibility, the steps that are taken upon reissuing medical cards to check whether such persons remain eligible; the cross-departmental checks that are made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28053/14]
445. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide for the extension of BreastCheck to women aged between 65 and 69, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/14]
430. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision who are currently awaiting decisions on either subsidiary protection or leave to remain; the way she proposes to address this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28317/14]
173. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the Association of Civic, Social and Political Education Teachers in Ireland regarding the removal of CSPE as a mandatory subject under the junior cycle student award; his views that the new optional short course will offer the same benefits to students in relation to active citizenship and civic knowledge and engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28055/14]
60. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that will not have their discretionary medical card reinstated as part of the recent announcement to reinstate a quantity of discretionary medical cards; the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27047/14]
57. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that those who will have their discretionary cards reinstated will be reimbursed for any costs incurred while they were unable to access services available under the discretionary medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27046/14]
28. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the operation of the long-term illness scheme; if he will outline the details of this process and when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27044/14]
19. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the term mental handicap as a listed medical condition under the long-term illness scheme; the specific illnesses this term encapsulates; his plans to revise this outdated terminology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27045/14]
5. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will reconsider extending the long-term illness, LTI, scheme list; if he will establish a review to ensure that all those who have an illness that is long term are eligible for the LTI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27108/14]
3. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the time period applicable for the reimbursement of the prescription charge to persons on the long-term illness scheme who are also medical card holders; the number of persons this affects, the number of persons who have been reimbursed to date; when he expects all those eligible for this refund to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/14]
585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons on the long-term illness scheme for the past five years. [26943/14]
486. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 June 2014, her proposals for dealing with those in the direct provision system in view of the fact that the single procedure would not benefit these people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27265/14]
29. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the process of the reassessment of areas covered by the areas of natural constraint scheme; the details of the new biophysical criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26130/14]
18. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the impact on farm incomes arising from the changes in the means testing of farm assist in budget 2013 by the Department of Social Protection; his views on the impact the changes have made to farm income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26129/14]
16. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the details of the beef data and genomics programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26131/14]
12. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plan to introduce a maximum lobster landing limit of 127 mm; if this will include a mandatory v-notching programme for lobster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26128/14]
8. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will put in place measures to support the aquaculture sector in the event of a prolonged natural biotoxin outbreak to assist growers to survive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26127/14]
5. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include a provision in the operational programme of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund to provide for compensation for fishermen affected by storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26237/14]
3. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will specifically recognise high nature value farming under the Common Agricultural Policy; if so, the measures he is considering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26236/14]
198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for vital infrastructure along the Wild Atlantic Way route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/14]
111. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure the viability of the National Collective of Community Based Women's Networks into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26193/14]