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Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Energy Policy
Thomas Pringle
192. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an elderly person living in a rental accommodation scheme flat that has a coin meter and no separate MPRN number from the main building would be eligible for €600 electricity credits; the way in which they could apply in order that they could also benefit from the credit allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51446/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Bus Services
Thomas Pringle
239. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of bus drivers in Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead; his plans to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51456/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Departmental Correspondence
Thomas Pringle
313. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she will reply to this Deputy’s correspondence of 4 October 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51123/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Children in Care
Thomas Pringle
548. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Tusla will publish its fostering service improvement plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51122/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Healthcare Policy
Thomas Pringle
753. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the reason that mammograms cease for women at the age of 69 years when the incidents of breast cancer are higher over the age of 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51455/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Hospital Appointments Status
Thomas Pringle
754. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery in Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Health Services Staff
Thomas Pringle
788. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the progress to date of negotiations on a special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees with long-Covid; the expected timeline for the commencement of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51753/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Thomas Pringle
805. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health when it is scheduled to begin the independent review of radiation therapy, as committed to by his Department at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51826/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Thomas Pringle
806. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the cause of the delay in setting up the independent review of radiation therapy, as committed to by his Department at the Workplace Relations Commission in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51827/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Health Services Staff
Thomas Pringle
807. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current vacancy rate, that is the number of WTE posts, for radiation therapists in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51828/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Thomas Pringle
808. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time to start radiation therapy in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51829/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Thomas Pringle
809. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting to start radiation therapy in each of the hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51830/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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National Minimum Wage
Thomas Pringle
176. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the national minimum wage rate in Ireland in each of the years 2007 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51003/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Thomas Pringle
221. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature and extent of his engagements with the Taoiseach in relation to access to child benefit, the back-to-school allowance and the once-off payments for foster parents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50835/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Thomas Pringle
222. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the possible options or changes in relation to child benefit, the back-to-school allowance and the once-off payments for foster parents as averred to in the statement by the Taoiseach (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50836/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Thomas Pringle
223. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with a delegation (details supplied) prior to the passage of the Finance Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50837/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Departmental Data
Thomas Pringle
278. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the rate of income inequality in Ireland both before and after transfers in each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51002/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Official Engagements
Thomas Pringle
322. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dates on which he met with the CEO of Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50831/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Official Engagements
Thomas Pringle
323. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the nature and extent of his engagements with the Taoiseach and CEO of Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50832/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Official Engagements
Thomas Pringle
324. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the outcomes from his engagements with the CEO of Tusla prior to the passage of the Finance Bill 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50833/22]
Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Official Engagements
Thomas Pringle
325. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to meeting with a delegation from an organisation (details supplied) prior to the passage of the Finance Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50834/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Energy Policy
Thomas Pringle
196. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the procedures that ESB Networks has in place for distributing details of clean-export guarantee eligibility to each energy provider in respect of NC6 submitters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50131/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Energy Policy
Thomas Pringle
197. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide weekly figures for the number of NC6 forms that have been received to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50132/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Energy Policy
Thomas Pringle
198. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide weekly figures for the number of confirmations of clean-export guarantee eligibility that have been issued to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50133/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Energy Policy
Thomas Pringle
199. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of staff that ESB Networks has assigned to NC6 processing and issuing clean-export guarantee eligibility to providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50134/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Energy Policy
Thomas Pringle
200. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the remedies and penalties in the legislation establishing the clean-export guarantee scheme for non-compliance by energy providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50135/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Aviation Industry
Thomas Pringle
229. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he has taken to date in 2022 to reinstate the direct flights from Donegal Airport to Glasgow and to also establish a direct flight from Donegal Airport to an airport in the London area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49733/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Tax Code
Thomas Pringle
277. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the rationale to justify the benefit-in-kind rise in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50143/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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School Transport
Thomas Pringle
403. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reason that the school transport section of her Department has failed to reply to correspondence on five separate occasions from a Donegal school (details supplied) in relation to a transport application for 30 students who are now over five weeks without transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49810/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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School Transport
Thomas Pringle
404. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when an application for school transport submitted in June 2022 for 30 Ukrainian children by a Donegal school (details supplied) will be processed and the school informed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49811/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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School Transport
Thomas Pringle
405. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when the tender will be awarded for an application for school transport submitted in June 2022 for 30 Ukrainian children by a Donegal school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49812/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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School Transport
Thomas Pringle
406. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the number of applications for school transport through the REALT system which remain to be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49813/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Thomas Pringle
434. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a comprehensive account of the circumstances that have caused a school building project (details supplied) to be delayed and ultimately having to be retendered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50150/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Thomas Pringle
435. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a detailed revised timeline for the completion of the school building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50152/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Adoption Services
Thomas Pringle
525. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that adoption information applications can be received from people resident in the United States and that the inability of the system to accept US phone numbers will not be a barrier to them lodging an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49456/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Ferry Services
Thomas Pringle
805. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new Tory Island Ferry will be commissioned and will be in operation to allow for safe and reliable service to and from the Island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49723/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Ferry Services
Thomas Pringle
806. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the new Tory Island Ferry which is being commissioned will allow for dignified access to the ferry for persons using wheelchairs or with limited mobility using a ramp or similar without the need for a hoist or other mechanical aids to access the ferry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49724/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Ferry Services
Thomas Pringle
807. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available for piers on some of the islands off the coast of County Donegal, to provide for infrastructure such as ramps and so on, which will allow persons using wheelchairs and who have limited mobility to access the Islands with dignity using such piers given that roads have been improved on some of the Islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49743/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Primary Care Centres
Thomas Pringle
387. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the Finglas primary healthcare centre; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49333/22]
Wed, 5 Oct 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
376. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional monies will be made available for the local improvement scheme for the remainder of 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48922/22]
Wed, 5 Oct 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
377. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money has been allocated to Donegal County Council for the local improvement scheme for each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48923/22]
Wed, 5 Oct 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Thomas Pringle
381. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of roads in County Donegal that were improved with funding from the local improvement scheme for each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48924/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Employment Rights
Thomas Pringle
144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he proposes to take to address the security employment regulation order, which should see security workers on a wage of €12.90 per hour from 1 February 2023, but has been injuncted by a number of employers causing hardship to this sector of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48448/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Tax Code
Thomas Pringle
217. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove the local property tax due to the difficulty which many householders are encountering with the cost-of-living crisis being experienced at present (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47980/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Housing Policy
Thomas Pringle
285. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be changing the income threshold for getting on the Donegal County Council social housing list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48231/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Educational Disadvantage
Thomas Pringle
357. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has not met the DEIS criteria; if she will list the criteria it was refused on; if the school will be reassessed given its staff are of the opinion the school ought to qualify for DEIS funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47986/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Public Sector Pensions
Thomas Pringle
418. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection when the ex-gratia payment will issue to community employment supervisors in County Donegal given that persons in other counties have received the payment will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47955/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Fishing Industry
Thomas Pringle
755. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the roll out of a diesel and fuel subsidy scheme for the fishing industry to help it meet spiralling fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48173/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Defective Building Materials
Thomas Pringle
143. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to commence the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022, which was rushed through the Houses of the Oireachtas at the end of the past term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Housing Provision
Thomas Pringle
144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has collated figures from local authorities to assess whether the number of housing units with funding approved will actually be delivered within the timeframes indicated in local authority plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47397/22]