Results 5,841-5,860 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing sections 10 and 17 of the EPSEN Act 2004; if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing section 14 of the EPSEN Act 2004; if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8226/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing section 8 of the EPSEN Act 2004; if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing section 39 of the EPSEN Act 2004; if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing sections 3 to 7, inclusive, 9 and 18 of the EPSEN Act 2004; if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has established the estimated costs of fully implementing sections 11, 12, 15, 16 and 38 of the EPSEN Act 2004; if so, the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8232/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8235/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if dyslexia assessments will continue to run for children referred by their schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a direct provision centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the first families will be moving in following the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7859/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Payment Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if residents in a direct provision centre (details supplied) in County Donegal will be provided with vouchers for food instead of the points system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7860/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has published guidelines for behaviour for persons employed by the State in the health services on the use of social media; the regulations in place; the way in which they are enforced with regard to use of offensive or racist language on online platforms by current staff members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7865/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 792. To ask the Minister for Health if those providing HSE home support services are being vaccinated for Covid-19 as part of group 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8397/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 793. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE home support services workers in the St. Johnston area of County Donegal will be vaccinated for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8399/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 905. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing and categorising kidney transplant recipients and those on kidney transplant waiting lists as a distinct cohort to be considered for a higher priority grouping under the national Covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8736/21]

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Unfortunately, we cannot believe the homelessness statistics provided by the Government. We have known this since the previous Minister's days in charge of the Department. Figures were re-categorised to hide the real and distressing extent of the crisis. We know that the number of adults and children in domestic violence refuges and direct provision centres are not included in official...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I want to go back over the exchange the Tánaiste had on Ulster Bank during Leader's Questions and the difficulties that will happen tomorrow when NatWest announces its decision on Ulster Bank. It is vitally important that Ulster Bank is maintained to generate that third force within the banking industry in Ireland. The Minister for Finance is not an innocent bystander in this. We own...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am glad to get the opportunity to contribute to the debate. However, as I sit here listening to the contributions, I wonder whether we should be debating this Bill because the LDA will do nothing to solve the housing problem in this country. That is not what I think it is intended to do anyway. I think it is intended to open up housing land to the private market and to private...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (18 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the official position of the State on the military coup in Myanmar; if it has been conveyed to the coup forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9079/21]

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the New Decade, New Approach agreement. It is certainly hard to see progress in the North when the assembly and institutions are constantly in flux. This is the nature of the peace process and we have become used to it. This should not really have been the outcome but sadly it is. Partly it is the nature of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Feb 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when further details on the Covid-19 business aid scheme will be available when the scheme opens for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/21]