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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the application process for the district heating and co-generation elements of the environmental aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Environmental Impact Assessments (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has instituted any mechanisms for determining the environmental impact of certain categories of digital financial transactions, such as the sale and purchase of cryptocurrencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8202/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the OPW ensures that buildings it has responsibility for are built using blocks that are free from MICA and deleterious materials in construction projects in County Donegal; if the OPW has checked existing buildings for the presence of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7651/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 9 February 2022, the definitive timeline for the bringing forward of amendments to the dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks in construction (remediation) (financial assistance) regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8326/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale that his Department is relying on (details supplied) to bolster the suggestion that the costs calculations of the defective concrete blocks grant scheme should be based on typical speculatively built homes to a standard quality specification in compliance with building regulations and standards in place prior...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons with MICA and pyrite defective homes will be able to avail of grants from the new retrofitting scheme to increase the energy efficiency of their home in tandem with defective concrete block scheme grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8338/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department ensures that the buildings for which her Department has responsibility are built using blocks that are free from mica and deleterious materials in construction projects in County Donegal; if her Department has checked existing buildings for the presence of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7652/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7757/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of fuel allowance in 2021 that were recipients of the State pension; the number that were 60 years of age or older; the number of additional recipients of fuel allowance in each case following the expansion of eligibility in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7649/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defective Building Materials (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department ensures that the buildings his Department has responsibility for are built using blocks that are free from MICA and deleterious materials in construction projects in County Donegal; if his Department has checked existing buildings for the presence of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (15 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering a scheme similar to Operation Encompass being rolled out in Northern Ireland for children that are victims of domestic violence incidents to inform their schools in order that a holistic approach can be taken to their support and recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7676/22]

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding mobility and transport supports for people with disabilities. I completely support the motion. As it rightly states, Ireland is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which calls on countries to provide access to transportation on an equal basis to enable persons with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: My question is in a similar vein to that of Deputy Murphy. I was shocked, as everybody was, to read the news that came out yesterday regarding yet another failure of HSE management in the north-west region. Recent correspondence from HIQA expressed concerns regarding a residential disability centre for adults in Donegal, where a resident accessed child sexual exploitation material on three...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: On the CHO 1 issue, the Morris tribunal report covered the actions of the Garda. At the time, official Ireland wanted to make sure this issue stayed in Donegal. That was where it was seen to be, but we know that was not the case. We will end up in the same situation regarding this. That is why CHO 1's relationship, nationally, with HSE management also needs to be investigated. On the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: There is nothing happening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That has to tell you there is something wrong.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: There is something wrong.

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this report, which is wide-ranging in its recommendations and makes for an interesting read. I agree that overall we must continue to resource our Defence Forces to ensure they are properly equipped and trained for the roles that we require them to undertake but ultimately, what should be at the heart of this report is ensuring that we...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022. I support this Bill in part. It is well needed and long overdue and I welcome the fact the Minister has said he is open to amendments to improve the Bill on Committee Stage if they can be put into operation and improve protections for whistleblowers. There are amendments that should be made and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (16 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons with more than one property will receive multiple payments under the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8567/22]