312 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal which was approved by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta under the warmer homes scheme but has yet to be allocated to a contractor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the circumstances in which formal consultation is required in relation to licence applications for exploration or development in Northern Ireland that could have a transfrontier element.
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59 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants posts that were held back for the start of the new school year that have now been filled; the number of applications on hand and when schools that have applied can expect to hear about their application.
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58 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the special needs assistant is approved in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal.
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57 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works scheme grants for primary schools are to be paid this year; when the payments will start; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding autistic children in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will recognise the traditional rights of fishermen of Inver Bay, County Donegal, to use draft ring net fishing as an artisanal fishery and to ensure they can continue to fish mackerel and sprat as they have done for over 100 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the rules and regulations for a person in receipt of the household benefit package who is hospitalised for an extended period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending the restrictions on the skipper limited certificate of competency to qualify holders to operate outside the area between 62°N and 48°N, recognising that fishing vessels are obliged to operate outside these areas from time to time during their season in order to make a living; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the meetings that have taken place between him, the Health Service Executive and the Diabetes Federation of Ireland to decide on the appropriate model of care for children and adolescents with diabetes; the progress, if any, that has been made on the roll-out of specialist paediatric nurses to manage the care of diabetes on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants for improvement works and extra classrooms that have been received by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in the past two years.
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366 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the new speed cameras being operated on behalf of the Garda and its own speed camera vans are not located in certain areas only to generate revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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211 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have been paid their agri-environmental options scheme payment; when he expects that the payments will be up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the area of inshore fishery that can be exempted from the Common Fisheries Policy restrictions on fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason he has set the minimum size for landing lobster at 110 mm when the European Commission has recommended 90mm placing Irish lobster fishermen at a disadvantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any consultation has taken place with him on recent issuing of an exploration license to a company (details supplied) for hydraulic fracturing in County Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the questions he has asked the Environmental Protection Agency to report on regarding the process of hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on allowing controlled burning of grass and heather when weather conditions are favourable in order to prevent the wide scale damage experienced this spring in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on amending the pay related social insurance for self-employed persons to allow them through extra contributions to be able to claim jobseeker’s benefit in the event that their business closes or they are out of work, the new system would require an additional contribution and a qualification period; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that personnel within the new centralised medical card section will respond to phone calls within the time frame agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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451 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will review the applications for a motorised transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason the application was refused having been approved twice before; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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450 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his plans to add Crohn’s disease to the long-term illness list to allow the 15,000 sufferers here to benefit from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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368 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will issue on an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied)
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367 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue.
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212 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to prevent the below cost sale of alcohol in supermarkets to restrict the access to alcohol for young persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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375 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of share fishermen and women who paid class P social insurance contributions for each of the past ten years; the number of persons who paid class S social insurance contributions; and the total value of the contributions for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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135 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the tender documents have been received for the Donegal Bay waste water management scheme group B waste water treatment plants; and if not, when he expects to receive same.
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112 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have designated Mountcharles, Pettigo, Ballintra and Laghey in County Donegal post offices for the collection of their benefits, pension, child benefit, unemployment and so on.
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85 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requirements for contractors who are not based in this jurisdiction to be allowed to tender for work here, specifically in relation to PRSI, registering with the Revenue Commissioners and construction industry pensions.
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75 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if higher education grants are available for students who wish to study in European universities outside the common travel area; if any supports are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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472 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will delay the awarding of further exploration licences offshore until the joint Oireachtas committee has reported on the terms of the licences already awarded and made its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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471 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that shale fracking will not be used for the removal of natural gas in the recently awarded Lough Allen Basin exploration licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the development of a wood biomass industry to offset home heating oil imports, to create indigenous jobs and to reduce carbon emissions here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 14 July 2011, if he will answer the first part of the question and explain the purpose of the Secret Service.
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363 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received from Donegal County Council to lift the employment embargo on posts in the public sector; the number that are or will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the survivors groups that have been consulted about the establishment of the statutory trust fund envisaged by the Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009 are satisfied with the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the purpose of the Secret Service; the reason its budget increased by 72% in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health his staffing plans for opening the primary care reimbursement service in Finglas, Dublin 11, to ensure speedy processing of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he plans to close 24 hour accident and emergency departments across the country; the measures will put in place to ensure access to emergency services for citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not tendered the supply of fruit and vegetables in the County Donegal area and continued the existing contract; his views on whether this represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will approve the provision of a new fire station for Glencolmcille in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will sanction the provision of two new fire stations in Ballyshannon and Bundoran; his views regarding the assessment of Donegal County Council that a station in each town is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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668 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the upgrading of Donegal International Airport; and if he will continue the public service order for the operators at the airport.
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407 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the situation regarding the Glenties and Dungloe waste water schemes, County Donegal; and when he expects they may go to construction.
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215 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will delay the introduction of the dropping of the central/closed school rule for school transport in view of the financial hardship it will cause and the difficulty in getting transport in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to alleviate the burden of costs on parents of mock examination fees in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount by which the education budget has been cut in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of transport for school buses per pupil in County Donegal each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost each post-primary school in County Donegal charges per pupil for education purposes per year on top of the capitation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will authorise the Health Service Executive to re-open the 14 beds that have been closed in Dungloe Community Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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