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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 851. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full list of the individual projects/schemes funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €5.5 million by his Department; the amount of funding allocated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person can apply with a late application after the closing dates for CAO if at the time to apply they were unable to, due to medical complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33434/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Supports (11 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 883. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a full list of the projects/schemes a full list of the individual projects funded under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund spend of €37.3 million by his Department; the amount of funding allocated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34370/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I have a quick question that some of the representatives might not be fit to answer. What is the number of cases that are waiting to be aired now? Has it grown over the past few years? What size is the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Has that increased over the past couple of years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Are those cases on the books of NewsBrands Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: If NewsBrands alone has 250 libel cases, not to mention all the private individual defamation cases that are in the Circuit Court, and then all the others-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Are cases from 2018 to 2022 all waiting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Right. There are 250 cases outstanding over five years so it would be 50 a year.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: While I appreciate the Minister's response regarding the disgraceful situation with the children and young people at the hospital, he had a debate instead of providing information on the Order of Business. If we did that during the Order of Business, the Ceann Comhairle would be very quick to jump on us and say we were making statements and having a debate. The response to this question...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It was a five-minute speech.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Recently, a constituent of mine wrote to me for the third time in less than a year. She stated: This month will mark one year since I joined the waiting list for an insulin pump in Sligo University Hospital, and still there is no end in sight. In fact, I have been informed that almost no one has been taken off this list in the past year and I am essentially in the same position I was in...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I was distracted there for a bit, a Cheann Comhairle. I was listening to that contribution. It was very interesting. One would wonder what Fine Gael did to local authorities at any stage. They participated in the fiasco that we have in terms of local authorities - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party and every Government - and that is the problem. Out-of-government control would...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: The legislation does not scratch the surface of the local government reform that is so badly needed. It is completely unambitious and does not go far enough in addressing major issues with our local authorities. It is for this reason that I think this legislation will fail and I cannot support it. I believe that it will ultimately set back the reform of local authority. It will also mean...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 6. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for genetic testing for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, disaggregated by waiting times between zero to six months, six to 12 months, 12 to 18 months and 18-plus months, in each hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39630/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I was not expecting to be up this quickly. This question requests the number of people and waiting times for genetic testing for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and if it could be broken down by the length of time they are waiting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: That is interesting because I have been trying for some time to get an answer from the Department of Health to this question. I have submitted a number of questions and emails to try to get a response. The day after I submitted this question as a parliamentary question, I got a reply from the HSE, which is different from the reply the Minister for State just gave. It states that it talked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It is important.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: The point I was making is that it is the exact same question, word for word. This one was answered on 11 September by the HSE. There is a problem, which must be recognised. The Minister and Minister of State come to the Chamber and read off scripts that are clearly different from the information we can get from other sources. Straight away, there is a problem. The political system needs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: There is no point in that either.