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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is correspondence or documentation in the possession of her Department that confirms that a person (details supplied) suffered from a psychiatric illness as a result of a workplace incident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49457/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to say I am disappointed by the lack of green vision in yesterday's budget but, unfortunately, I am not, despite the fact that the country's Green Party supposedly forms a part of the Government proposing this budget. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, must have been joking when he said the budget would be "very green". A different type of green it might have been because I see...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to review the current blood donation ban on sexually active gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49999/21]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (13 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: There is something I wish to bring forward on Report Stage in relation to An Garda Síochána having not complied with obligations under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in relation to providing Irish-speaking gardaí in Gaeltacht areas. I wish to bring an amendment at Report Stage in relation to that so I want to flag that.

Rental Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support this motion's intention to support renters, who are stuck right in the middle of the worst housing crisis that we have seen in the history of the State, and whose situation only seems to look more and more bleak, despite the fact that this same crisis has been going on for years. I recall the former Taoiseach, or perhaps the present Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, declaring the...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality are a stark reminder of how far we still have to go to ensure gender equality in this country. It is clear from these recommendations that we will never have a gender equal society until big, institutional changes are made. That is the simple fact. If this Government is as serious about gender equality as it says it...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: They very much felt there was a very brief interaction with them by the Minister and the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, outside Leinster House today. They had travelled for many hours to be here-----

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I have letters from them that I will forward to the Minister.

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It struck me when reading this report that there seems to be a solution that would address most of these recommendations, that is, proper funding of our public services. This is, again, an argument of ideology. The Government's pro-market thinking that the private market will provide is extremely flawed. It is not good enough to expect the private sector will fulfil the public need. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Donegal division in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51723/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: This question is similar to a number of other questions on the Question Paper today. It relates to the number of gardaí assigned to the County Donegal division in the years from 2016 to 2020. I would like to see the figures.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I listened to the figures for Garda numbers in Donegal and compared them with the answers to similar questions, for example, on Garda numbers in Longford. It is interesting that Donegal has three times the population of Longford and is probably five times its size but has proportionally fewer gardaí available to it. This is very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Deployment in a fair manner is key. Based on the figures the Minister of State provided today, by comparison with those provided in response to other questions, it does not seem to be fair. I ask him to impress on the Garda authorities that deployment should be fair and that every part of the country has to be policed in the same way. This is important for community safety. It is...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak to this very important issue. Being the third most common cancer in Ireland, it is likely that we will all have had mothers, grandmothers, aunts, spouses, sisters or daughters affected by breast cancer at some point in our lives. This is a disease that affects us all and one that has taken too many too soon. I take a moment to...

Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: As an aside, perhaps we should take all Bills on Thursday evenings because they would progress very quickly. I was supposed to speak when the Bill reappears on the agenda the week after next or whenever and then I informed that I was to contribute at 8.15 p.m. Five minutes ago, I was told I was due to speak now. We would get through Bills very quickly if they were all taken on Thursday...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the changes to the asylum process which were approved by the Government; the details of the delays in the implementation of same; the new timeframe for the implementation of the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48971/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles assigned to the Donegal division; the age profile of the vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in relation to the Brandon Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (19 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of all disability services provided by the HSE is planned in response to the Brandon Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50028/21]