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Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: As we enter the school holiday season, for some children with autism, nothing will have changed. According to the National Council for Special Education's recently published policy advice on autism in 2017, there was and still is a significant body of children with autism within the community who do not go to school at all and will this month see no difference in their usual day-to-day...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (9 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring technology will be made available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if a finding from an organisation (details supplied) will be included as part of the decision making process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29775/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (9 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be considered for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29765/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (9 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 878. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be considered for a project (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29764/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector and Climate Action Plan: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: While the Minister of State mentioned climate change mitigation factors, there was very little detail regarding what is involved. Senator Lombard hit the nail on the head when he talked about buy-in among dairy farmers regarding what needs to be done. That is important. Would the Minister of State expand on the measures he proposes or is considering in the context of increasing the amount...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Walsh for his presentation which was concise and straightforward. Coming from County Donegal, I do not know a great deal about how ash dieback is affecting forest owners in counties Limerick and Tipperary. Unfortunately, we do not have much need for hurleys in my county. It is disappointing that the forest service has not responded to the submission made by Limerick and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is advertising for a new director in a centre (details supplied) in view of the fact that the current situation has been left unresolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Allowances Eligibility (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30443/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reports (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the report commissioned by his Department regarding governance and accountability of education centres; the key recommendations contained in the report; the fee paid to a company (details supplied) to carry out the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct a centre (details supplied) to publish a report commissioned in the governance of the centre which was undertaken by a company; the amount of financial backing supplied to the centre to fund the report; the key findings of the report; the recommendations and changes which have been made in the centre since; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the accounts of a centre (details supplied) are not available on its website in view of the fact it is funded by taxpayers money and that his officials undertook to consider publishing education centres' annual accounts on websites as part of the governance modernisation programme; the number of the 21 centres that publish their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the price paid to a company (details supplied) to carry out an audit on each of the 21 education centres on an annual basis since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30447/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the examination of tissue samples as part of the BVD screening programme in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form. [30384/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tissue samples examined as part of the BVD screening programme in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form. [30385/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of laboratories contracted or approved by his Department to carry out analysis of tissue samples as part of the BVD screening programme in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form; and the number of these laboratories that carry out tissue sample analysis operations here and outside of the State, respectively....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Department stated it renovated to the building energy rating of B2 or cost-optimal equivalent. What is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Is that acceptable in terms of climate change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: That sounds a little counterintuitive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It makes sense. It seems counterintuitive to a climate change committee when we are trying to counteract climate change, however. It might be an easier way out of doing a B2 rating and may not achieve climate change resilience. Is the timescale referred to earlier a building or a funding one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Is it timed around the funding option and not around the optimal time to do work?