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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has sought or received input from the Labour Market Advisory Council on measures to address the high levels of youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4462/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that social care students are currently unable to complete the mandatory 400 hours of placement required to progress in their studies due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4467/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the issue of social care students who are currently unable to complete the mandatory 400 hours of placement required to progress in their studies due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4468/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to publish the apprenticeship action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4463/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the apprenticeship action plan will include concrete targets and measures to increase participation by under-represented groups in apprenticeships such as young women, persons with disabilities, young Travellers and young persons from minority ethnic groups; if the plan will include a national access to apprenticeship programme to support...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 834. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the new standard operating procedure for assessments of needs; the reason this assessment was reduced to a single assessment of 90 minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs; the length of time that children are waiting, by county or CHO area; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times and lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Drugs Strategy (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and process for the mid-term review of Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, the National Drugs and Alcohol Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4465/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development and timeline for completion of a code of governance for drugs and alcohol task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 940. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the examinations being undertaken in relation to the instances of Covid-19 compared with the Pobal areas of deprivation throughout the country; the mapping that is taking place to review Covid-19 clusters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4261/21]

Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I have just a few questions, to which I hope answers can be given within the three and a half minutes I have. I have asked the Department for its views on areas of social deprivation and how the prevalence of Covid-19 is impacting these areas around the country. A recent study by the Donegal Women’s Network reinforces some of the issues I raised with the Minister about deprivation...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion today. I have previously spoken about fuel poverty in Donegal and there have been many studies, reports and papers on the continuing issue of fuel poverty in Ireland. Five years ago, Unite the Union published a report entitled, A Cold Christmas, which examined the rate of fuel poverty on a county-by-county basis. It followed the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It is vitally important that the Dáil is what representatives are accountable to. That is where the discussions should be taking place, not on TV3 or RTÉ or anywhere else. People should be accountable here in the Parliament and let everyone see what they are actually saying in the Parliament. That is vitally important. The Dáil is on restricted time as things stand because...

Reappointment of the Ombudsman for Children: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: A fellow Donegal man, Dr. Niall Muldoon, was appointed as our second ever Ombudsman for Children in February 2015. I absolutely support the motion that Dr. Muldoon be reappointed for another term. Dr. Muldoon has been Ombudsman for Children while we have been experiencing a catastrophic failure in housing policy that has made thousands of children homeless. We have had countless reports...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy Connolly. The purpose of this Bill is to transpose EU Directive No. 2017/137, also known as the PIF directive. It will amend the 1994 and 2011 Criminal Justice Acts, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 and other enactments. In his opening speech last week the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, told us that the European Commission has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the expenditure priorities of Ireland for the EU Just Transition Fund in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Remote Working (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the impacts of Covid-19 on energy poverty and lack of access to working-from-home communications infrastructure are being evaluated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1391/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of UK licences for drivers living here that were not exchanged before the deadline of 31 December 2020; the steps drivers with Northern Irish licences need to take in relation to same; if the Road Safety Authority and National Drivers Licence Service communications strategy will be evaluated; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the continuing forced ownership of cars for persons in County Donegal as detailed in the research paper Identifying Hotspots of Transport Disadvantage and Car Dependency in Rural Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1383/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (3 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 654 of 3 November 2020, the amount of aid allocated to each of the NGOs mentioned in tabular form; the amount drawn down by these active organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5011/21]