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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will publish the second national action plan to combat human trafficking which was promised four years ago and which currently exists in draft stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10697/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 165. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to immediately appoint an independent national rapporteur on human trafficking to bring Ireland into line with other European states and to ensure robust measures are in place to combat this crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10698/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to deal with the prohibitively high increases in insurance premiums for small businesses and individual drivers; if the increases in premiums demanded impact on the viability of businesses or the ability of persons to stay in employment and are a threat to the stability of the economy and, in turn, to the ability of the insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of introducing an exemption from property tax for those on incomes below €14,000 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10352/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing the 4% interest rate for those who choose to defer payment of the property tax under the current system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10353/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure the requirement that faith formation in State funded schools is confined to a distinct period of time, not permeated throughout the school day and taught after core school hours so that parents can choose if their children receive religious instruction in a particular religion; to avoid the community national school model of schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to promote faith formation to the end or start of the school day to allow families to opt in as opposed to forcing families to opt out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10303/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Religious Discrimination (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to develop and issue clear guidelines in order that children of any faith and none who wish to opt out of a patron’s religious instruction have the right and opportunity to do so in all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to diversify patronage arrangements in order that it is easier for schools to change patrons while continuing to increase the number of multi-denominational and non-denominational schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10302/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the revision of the 2006 Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government wind development guidelines, given that it is two years on hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10039/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will promote the right to housing as part of the economic, social and cultural rights approach to the long-term solution of homelessness and to the overall housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10305/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Support Services Funding (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 467. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he will cease funding the walk disability project in July 2016 which is currently supporting 170 young persons with disabilities who are in receipt of disability allowance and who do not qualify for employment activation supports or are deemed not job ready by employability services; to reconsider his position and advise on how these persons...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 482. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why young persons on a disability payment from his Department are excluded from the Youth Guarantee and why Ireland is the only country in Europe to exclude persons with disabilities from the Youth Guarantee and other mainstream activation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9549/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 545. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the State pension by €5 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 546. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the living alone allowance by €2.50 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10338/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 549. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of fully restoring the Christmas bonus to recipients of the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10341/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 547. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the telephone allowance to €9.50 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10339/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 548. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of restoring the telephone allowance to its original value of €22.50 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 550. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the savings accrued by changing the PRSI contribution eligibility criteria for the State pension in September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10342/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (17 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 597. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the transparency and clarity of the public procurement regime, which is primarily determined on a lowest cost basis with no effective remedy process for disputes or appeals; if he will ensure that international best practice is applied to public procurement processes to prevent discrimination against small Irish...