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Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I have been contacted by a number of residents of The Forest, Ballymacool, Letterkenny, County Donegal. They originally qualified for the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme and were waiting for their home to be purchased by the Housing Agency, but then received an abrupt email from the Housing Agency stating it would not proceed with the purchase, with no explanation. Understandably, the...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The healthcare system in this country is on its knees and needs a complete overhaul if we are serious about delivering universal healthcare. Waiting lists are constantly breaking record highs and access to sufficient healthcare is becoming increasingly difficult. Last month, Letterkenny hospital broke another record: the longest ever waiting list for beds. Some 594 patients were...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: On 28 November 2022, Judge Geoffrey Shannon informed survivors of child sexual abuse that he had submitted his report to the board of St. John Ambulance Ireland. In February, I raised the fact that it had been nearly a year since the publication of the damning report but that survivors were still waiting on St. John Ambulance to implement the recommendations. Today, survivors are still...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Although I completely disagree with the overall model of care for nursing homes and residential homes for people with disabilities in Ireland, I recognise that this legislation is important in the context of the current model that we have in place. The recent significant increase in the number of nursing homes in private ownership...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Like many other Deputies and many members of the public, I was shocked to see the Israeli ambassador at the Famine commemoration at the weekend. This was a political decision on the part of the Government. Having the Israeli ambassador commemorating the Famine as Israel is busy committing genocide in the occupied territories was pure hypocrisy. We need to have a debate on this matter. We...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It has been two and a half years since Housing for All was published and what has the Minister to show for it? The answer is record-breaking homelessness, crumbling houses, defective dwellings and tents of asylum seekers. One thing is certain; the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, has not provided housing for all. Far from it. The housing situation in this country has never been so...

Dentistry Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this motion regarding dentistry services and thank the Social Democrats for bringing the motion forward. I fully support this motion and its calls for the Government to expand the capacity of public dental services for children and special care patients, reform the dental treatment service scheme, publish the dentists Bill and address the funding...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Before I start, will the Palestinian flag be flown at Leinster House next Tuesday?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Thank you. The fishing industry in Ireland has been in serious and rapid decline since the introduction of the Common Fisheries Policy. Due to this, fish factory workers, who once worked ten months of the year, are now lucky to get six weeks' work in factories. This decline has meant that it is no longer possible for workers to work up enough stamps. They are forced to apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he would consider implementing plans to remove VAT on factor 50 sun cream in order to encourage people to use it, in the context of the growth in skin cancer in the country and the important preventative role it can play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 564. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has any plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; whether he has had any discussions with his counterparts in the Department of Finance regarding what concessions could be made in this area, including a reduction or exclusion of VAT applied to products. [22442/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: A lot of change is taking place in the health services, as the Minister knows. Of the most recent changes taking place, the new health regions are a key to the future health of citizens. However, according to the Royal College of Surgeons and the national doctors training and planning board, the model 3 hospitals are critical in delivering the new model of healthcare. Model 3 hospitals,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. Letterkenny general hospital is one of the hospitals that face these issues but this report, which was compiled by the HSE, the Royal College of Surgeons and the training bodies within them, states that for level 3 hospitals, this has to be done. The statistics I outlined apply to all level 3 hospitals, relating to non-permanency, the age profile of...

Business Support Package: Statements (Resumed) (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: According to the 2022 census, 32% of people in Ireland, including 15,300 people in Donegal, work from home for at least some part of their week. When considering business support packages, it is important that we also consider supporting businesses to offer the option of remote working and support the transition to remote working. There are companies with jobs that exist only online and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the leave arrangements and other supports (therapeutic and financial) available to teachers and SNAs who are victims of violence within the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23459/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension and refurbishment of its facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23468/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of childcare identifier code key (chick codes) that were issued by the national childcare sponsorship scheme in 2023; the number of these codes that were activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23458/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Several deadly US Airforce Osprey aircraft crashes have taken place in recent years, one of which occurred in June 2022 when five US marines were killed in southern California. Following this, the US Marine Corps published its investigation on 21 June 2023 which stated that the mishap was due to an unpreventable mechanical failure and not any error on the part of the pilots, crew or...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: -----before Osprey aircraft were given permission to fly over Dublin in August that year? If not, why not? If so, why was this allowed before the safety recommendations were implemented?

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: All eyes are on Rafah as we are forced to watch in horror the utter brutality of Israel's attack on the Palestinian people. The level of bloodshed and devastation the Palestinian people have had to endure, especially in recent months, is unimaginable. Israel's bombing of a camp of tents of displaced people is indefensible. The images and stories coming out of Rafah are truly gut-wrenching....