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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: This question is to ascertain what actual support is being given on the ground from other Departments to the Minister’s Department to provide for the urgent housing needs of Ukrainian refugees and for refugees seeking international protection, who I also should have mentioned in this question, because that is vitally important.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is a nice high-level overview of the situation but does not relate significantly to the reality on the ground. There are big problems. For example, in Ballybofey, the asylum seekers being housed there have no GP services available to them because they have no PPS numbers. There were moved up to Donegal without these numbers having been applied for, which means that they are using...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I understand that there will be pressures because of the unprecedented situation but there are also pressures for people trying to live in the areas and it is very difficult for international protection residents and Ukrainians who are coming here. A basic thing like a PPS number allows them to get a medical card and GP services in an area. This is very basic and nobody should end up in an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Ukraine War (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am not questioning the policy here.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It has been reported that the Government is one of the leading voices seeking to exempt financial asset managers and institutional investors from the scope of the corporate sustainability and due diligence directive under discussion by the EU. This is highly significant because financial institutions, assets and institutional investments have some of the highest greenhouse gas emissions in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies that her Department is implementing to tackle the issue of the prevalence of sexual violence against women and girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who works past their 66th birthday in accordance with the new pension laws which are to be introduced, will be able to pay a full rate contribution after their 66th birthday if they work past that date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies that his Department is implementing to tackle the issue of the prevalence of sexual violence against women and girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the UK government awareness campaign on the issue of the prevalence of sexual violence against women and girls, entitled “ENOUGH”; if he will consider developing and funding a similar campaign in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the UK government awareness campaign on the issue of the prevalence of sexual violence against women and girls, entitled “ENOUGH”; if she will consider developing and funding a similar campaign in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (16 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 182. To ask the Minister for Health if exceptions can be made to medical card rules for a person who needs treatment (details supplied); if exemptions are available in emergency situations which would allow them to get the treatment on their GMS card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Finglas primary health care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57238/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on staffing shortages at the Ballymun primary health care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57239/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 314. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that all early intervention speech and language therapy has been removed from the Ballymun area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57237/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: State Properties (17 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 325. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has any plans to develop a historic building (details supplied) for the enhancement of the area and for the good of the local community; if she will open a period of consultation with the community, relevant State agencies and local elected representatives to devise a plan to develop the house as an amenity or...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support this Private Members' motion. I pay tribute to Deputy Connolly, who drafted and presented it. Galway needs to be the test case for carrying out a model of transport that is different and where alternatives to the car are modelled and looked at. It is interesting that the OECD report, Redesigning Ireland’s Transport for Net Zero: Towards Systems that Work for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I have long been raising my concerns regarding staff retention and recruitment issues and the continuous scaling back of essential services in Letterkenny University Hospital. I raised this concern in February and this week we are seeing yet another resignation of a consultant in Letterkenny due, in his words, to "impossible working conditions". He is a consultant urologist who is known for...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: In her opening speech, the Minister stated the measures in the budget were designed to reach the people who need them most. I could not disagree more with this statement. Unfortunately, the budget was clearly not designed to target those most in need. This was very clearly proven in the decision to give everyone in the country, including Deputies, a €600 energy credit. This is far...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (15 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects offshore wind in the north-western waters will be able to be constructed; the plans in place to allow grid access for offshore wind applications in the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56460/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (15 Nov 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to ensure development jobs for the offshore wind sector will be available to qualified Irish sea farers and that tender boats could be built in Irish boat yards to ensure Irish jobs benefit as much as possible from the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56461/22]