Results 5,241-5,260 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if the restoration of the fuel rebate will be considered for the transport sector in view of the collapse in the tourism and transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9687/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the reclassification of VAT status will be considered for the transport sector to harmonise the VAT system on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9688/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of evidential intoxilyzer machines in each Garda division as of 1 June 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10233/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been secured to update the batons available to gardaí; when batons were last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10234/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Donegal Garda divisional protective services unit will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10235/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when each remaining divisional protective services unit will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10236/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alcohol test purchases that were carried out within the Donegal Garda division; the number of premises that were found in breach of licensing laws; the frequency with which alcohol test purchases were carried out in each of the years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed at the cardiology and the orthopaedic departments at Letterkenny University Hospital; the number of vacancies; the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacant posts by job title in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10239/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increase in funding planned for 2021 for the organic farmers scheme; if changes are planned to the minimum qualifying score which would bring more organic farmers into the scheme; the reason for the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9657/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the National Broadband Plan; when the roll out will commence in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9661/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the introduction of a turnover-linked direct grant will be considered to assist with liquidity for the tourism and transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9686/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider increasing direct support to scheduled bus services to ensure that social distancing can be properly observed while safeguarding the viability of these operations in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the establishment of a public transport recovery task force will be considered to be independently chaired and include all key stakeholders and organisations involved in public transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9691/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects his Department submitted for funding through the Connecting Europe Facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of wheelchair accessible and non-wheelchair accessible bus stops within County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10226/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 616. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost of recruiting 40 extra full-time educational welfare officer posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10227/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fire stations within County Donegal that were refurbished or extended; the number of fire appliances supplied to Donegal County Council; if the vehicles were new or second-hand vehicles purchased; the cost of each item under the 2016-2021 €40 million Fire Service Capital Programme in each of the years 2016 to 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Data (9 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 735. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed on an agency basis in each State agency under the remit of her Department in 2019 and in quarter 1 of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10238/20]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (10 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputies Fitzmaurice and McNamara. The Minister referred to how recent developments have impacted on our greenhouse gas emissions. Sadly, that has nothing to do with Government policy. Rather, we can thank Covid-19 for it. It is probably the only good to come out of the current situation. Is the best we can hope for that that situation will continue? I do not...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, Deputy Fitzmaurice-----