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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2023)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: The difference is that we would have kept people who are now homeless in houses, on a temporary basis, while new houses were being delivered. The Government is not doing that. The Government's help-to-buy scheme and other schemes do not meet people's needs. What we need is a public housebuilding programme. The eviction ban should be kept in place while that is getting up and running. The...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this legislation. First, I condemn the last-minute publication of this Bill. I have been forced to raise this issue quite often recently, but I will continue to do so as long as the Government continues to facilitate such last-minute publications, which completely undermine the democratic process. The issues addressed in this Bill...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this very important issue and I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling it. I support the motion's calls to ensure that the use of digital payment methods is voluntary and not mandatory, and to instruct all banks that operate in this jurisdiction to provide access to cash for all communities. There is a societal demand for cash and there is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information on the septic tank grant will be provided to a person (details supplied) who was unaware of the need to register the septic tank in 2013, has registered the tank since but has to wait for the seven-year period to be up before they can access the grant; how much funding was made available in 2022 for the septic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the start date for the new school building project for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal which is due to start in Q1 of 2023; the date which the building company have given her Department for which it will start the construction phase of school building; and the date it foresees the project being completed; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation where the school roll numbers have increased by over 22% year-on-year in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal, therefore meeting the appointment figure threshold for an additional mainstream teacher, yet based on the September 2022 returns, they have been turned down; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding the allocation of an additional mainstream teacher will be determined; if the unique situation of its mid-year enrolment increase will be properly considered in any decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding funding for the Cleary Centre capital project in Donegal town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11103/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an underrepresentation of specific expertise from both academia and practice in the areas being reviewed by the recently appointed expert advisory panel to review opportunities for new programmes in dentistry, pharmacy, medicine, nursing and veterinary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport is needed for travel from Carrickfinn Airport, County Donegal to Dublin Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (7 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a travel pass which is issued by the Department of Social Protection can be used as a valid identification when traveling from Carrickfinn Airport, County Donegal to Dublin Airport by plane given that the travel pass is produced as proof of identification for travel on buses, trains and other public transport but a...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Tá áthas orm cur leis an díospóireacht. Gabhaim buíochas le Conradh na Gaeilge as na pointí cainte a chur ar fáil dúinn inniu. Táim sásta ceist na pleanála i gceantair Ghaeltachta a ardú. Tá sé ag éirí níos deacra i gcónaí do mhuintir na Gaeltachta cead pleanála a fháil ina gceantar...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (8 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether it is the view of the Government and his Department that the obligations created by section 6A(5) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 remain to be fully discharged; if so, what specific obligations remain to be discharged; on whom does these outstanding obligations fall to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the commercial banks are fully informed, through the Central Bank, of the subordinate nature of the charge against the property that is part of the vacant property refurbishment grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the Refined DEIS Identification Model, namely when the updated model of identification and classification for DEIS will be fully implemented; the number of schools that are captured within the new most-disadvantaged DEIS category; the additional supports and resources that are planned to be offered to schools falling within...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 335. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding announced in Budget 2023 to aid Section 39 organisations in the context of the cost-of-living crisis will be made available; whether, in addition to once-off payments, his Department intends to restore funding to these organisations in order that workers in the sector will see their increments reinstated; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Opt-In Regulation (EU) 2021/2303: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: My apologies for being late. I was at another meeting. I am just reading the proposals. Will the organisation link in or work with Frontex? The Minister talks about how good the European policies are. Surely he would agree that Frontex has not covered itself in glory in how it treats immigrants in Greece and places like that where there have been documented cases of people being put back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Opt-In Regulation (EU) 2021/2303: Discussion (21 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Is Frontex one of the agencies that the Minister would look to for best practice or expect best practice from?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all the schools on the school building programme which have recently been put on hold for all counties, including the stage at which the building project is currently at, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14129/23]