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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 279. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Passport Office to have a passport application cancelled (details supplied) and the documents and fee returned to the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12396/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; the date in which her Department foresees the school building project commencing; the date they foresee the project being completed and the children moved into the new building from the cold and damp prefabs which currently make up the school; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regular weekly supports that are available for a person (details supplied). [12662/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 470. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12330/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department has taken to establish a working group under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the Integrated Care Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12358/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 778. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the community service programme contract between POBAL and community and voluntary groups given that there have been no pro-rata increases since 2015 even though the minimum wage has increased from €8.65 in 2015 to €10.50 which is an increase of 21.4%; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 784. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the restrictions in service on the Tory Island ferry departing from Magheraroarty Pier, Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal which are being forced due to the build-up of sand and sediment as they wait for dredging to commence at the pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12633/22]

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputies McNamara and Fitzmaurice. This financial resolution is the Minister's response to the crisis we are facing at present. I have a slight amount of sympathy for the Minister with the current crisis, but it is only a small amount. It is interesting how it has been undermined by all the oil companies before it is even implemented. We have been treated to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We saw a small acknowledgement of the cost-of-living crisis from the Government. In reality, however, it will not even begin to alleviate the pain and suffering I am seeing on the ground in County Donegal. We need action on rents too, and one aspect of that is the housing assistance payment, HAP. HAP limits have not increased since 2016. Rents have increased significantly in that time,...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 74: In page 11, line 23, to delete “incorrect” and substitute “illegal”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I propose these amendments for the same reasons. Amendment No. 77 is important. It just shows the power of language and what is meant in this Bill. The substitution of the word "records" for "information" is vital. Information implies that whoever is the holder of the record can decide what is released, and that is the crux of the problem. We are going to have a situation where that is...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Perhaps we should submit them on Report Stage and withdraw them at that point, when the legislation is provided.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Amendment No. 79 makes changes with regard to what is relevant to individuals who are adoptees. That is important.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister has said that he is going to publish guidelines as to what this means. For clarity, when will those guidelines be published? Will it be after the Bill is passed?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider making temporary policy changes to the operation of the school transport scheme in County Donegal to accommodate eligibility anomalies that arise for those parents and students in MICA affected homes forced into temporary accommodation while availing of the defective concrete block scheme; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that have been taken by her Department to realise the Government objective to regularise the employment, terms and conditions and pension rights of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11030/22]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I agree with those sentiments. It is vital to expand the list to include those. This goes back to what we were saying on the last grouping of amendments about the need for people to be assured that the legislation will provide for all those bodies to be included. This ties in with GDPR and the information available for people to request. I fully support these amendments.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support what the Deputies have said. It is amazing when you read it because all this information can be accessed from other sources anyway and people have been doing that. To single out adopted people and tell them they must go through this process is completely wrong. I would even have doubts about using a registered letter to them outlining the responsibilities or the fact that...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The point has been well made regarding the problems with this part of these amendments. With regard to GDPR, was that in place at the time this was going through the Seanad? The GDPR obviously has an impact on this, which supersedes the court case to which the Minister referred. It is a right for people to access their personal information. That must have a bearing on the Supreme Court...