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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the capitation grant will be restored; if his attention has been drawn to the persistent funding challenges facing schools across County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4820/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce an income contingent student loan system for third level education; when he plans to carry out funding reforms in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4822/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he will address the situation of unequal pay in the teaching profession for new entrants; when the Public Sector Pay Commission expects to publish its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Island Communities (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the ongoing challenges facing island schools in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4819/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Process (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admissions to Schools) Bill 2016 will resume Fourth Stage in Dáil Éireann; if the promised amendment to remove the baptism barrier will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for additional school accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Implementation (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 189. To ask the Minister for Health when the national maternity strategy and national maternity standards will be implemented by the Saolta hospital group; if home birthing will be available in County Donegal by 2019; if midwife led care options in the north west will also be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5000/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the reason chiropractors here will be excluded from conducting or referring diagnostic exposure within the European Union (Basic Safety Standards for Protection against Dangers arising from Medical Exposure to Ionising Radiation) Regulations 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5133/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Registration Service (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to enable notaries public to solemnise marriages in civil wedding ceremonies for persons who do not wish to carry out a humanist or religious ceremony on the weekends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4999/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the latest developments regarding the restructuring of the existing 51 local MABS companies into eight regional companies by the Citizens Information Board, CIB, in view of the recommendation by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social Protection and Dáil Éireann against the restructuring; if her...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding being made available to Donegal County Council for the home loan scheme; the estimated number of persons that will qualify in County Donegal for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5005/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Connolly.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It has not been a great week for rural Ireland and County Donegal, in particular. For one thing, the national planning framework promises to once again bypass an entire portion of the country, while broadband provision has been hit with the latest scandal, after eir pulled out of the tendering process in the past week. I would like to take a moment to consider the national planning...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons brought here under the EU relocation programme in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in tabular form. [5510/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 361. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reconsider the conditions of reimbursement attached to the freestyle libre glucose sensor for diabetes type 1 (details supplied); if he will examine rolling it out to include young adults older than 17 years of age and those with diabetes using pumps including adults, as is the case in other European countries; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the aspects of Bunbeg footbridge that will be upgraded as part of the €40,000 allocated to the project from the specific improvement grant scheme 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5535/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the aspects of Fintra bridge that will be upgraded as part of the €150,000 funding allocated from the specific improvement grant scheme 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5536/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Dr. Beamish might deal with some of my questions as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Many of my questions have been dealt with in the previous contributions. I would be interested to see the implementation plan when the Department publishes it. It would go a long way towards setting the process in train for us. This whole process arises from the European Court of Justice recommendation. Dr. Beamish had told us that the intention in Europe was that this system would be...