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Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Workers Register (8 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 574. To ask the Minister for Health the current turnaround for processing of CORU registration for new social workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20514/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (8 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 575. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, a list of properties leased and used by Letterkenny University Hospital, disaggregated by location, services provided from the property, cost per annum and length of lease remaining in years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20523/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (8 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 576. To ask the Minister for Health to provide, in tabular form, a list of properties leased and used by the HSE CHO1 in County Donegal, disaggregated by location, services provided from the property, cost per annum and length of lease remaining in years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20524/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (8 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 645. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the cost of reforming and passing the Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20936/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 291. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 16 April 2024, the reason the question was referred to the National Women and Infants Programme section, despite the relevant programme not having scope over the relevant policy area as the question refers to the diagnosis of, and supports for, children with FASD, as opposed to prevention; and if he will make a...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak on this motion on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. I would like to welcome the survivors, relatives and the Justice for the Forgotten campaigners to the House today. I fully support this motion which calls on the Government to urgently address the matter of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings directly with the British Government in order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Ó Luain and everybody else for their contributions. I have a couple of questions. Obviously, the model we have in Ireland for student workers does not work. Do the witnesses have an idea of a model that works in advance for people to prepare themselves for coming here? If so, can they explain what it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Earlier, Mr. Ó Luain spoke about the agents and so on. Just so I understand it, is it the case that schools give the role of dealing with the students over to the agencies and that there is no legal basis for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: There is no follow-up. Nobody who oversees the whole situation and identifies that agencies are wrong and should not be there. There is no Department that is responsible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank our guests for presenting their evidence. I will ask a couple of questions. EEA students have the ability to work at any time of the day or night while in Ireland in order to support their studies, but students from outside the EEA are restricted to morning or afternoon work. While the witnesses are not the ones who decide this, what are their views on the matter? Should students...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The MEI has no problem with a change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Earlier, we heard about the use of agents to collect fees. How does Mr. O'Shea view the use of agents? Does he recommend agents to MEI members? Could the use of agents cause problems for students?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: When will the IEM be implemented?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Earlier, we heard from ELSU about a meeting that it and the MEI had with the Minister at the time - the current Taoiseach. It was explained to him that the schools were going to reopen after Covid with existing students. When they did reopen, however, new students were mixed in existing students. Was that good practice? Did it happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: So new students were not recruited at that time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Earlier we heard about the discussions between SIPTU, Unite the union and MEI on remuneration for teachers, etc. How is that coming along and when is it likely it will be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Is that in the next couple of months or the next couple of years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: So, under the Canadian model, or if we had a similar type of model here, you could apply for your PPS number and all that before getting here, and it would be here waiting for you. When you come in now, you spend months waiting and waiting for those to arrive. That is a problem.

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I an grateful for the opportunity to speak on this motion and to the Labour Party for bringing it forward. This year has been devastating for road fatalities. My heart goes out to all the families and loved ones affected by road deaths and road accidents. There have been 67 fatal collisions with 72 people killed on Irish roads so far this year. This is the highest we have seen in a number...