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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance appeal will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27134/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications, the time taken for a decision and whether the decision has been to grant or refuse applications for visas, by country of origin for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27223/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to expand the range of tests carried out under the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27001/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic; and the absolute number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [27002/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic; and the absolute number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a lung rapid access clinic; and the absolute number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023, in tabular form. [27004/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a prostate rapid access clinic; and the absolute number who were offered an appointment in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Ireland East Hospital Group within ten working days of the date of receipt of a letter of referral in the cancer office in each quarter from 2016 to 2023 [27005/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the privatisation of the NowDoc service in Donegal; if the service is being taken out of the hands of the HSE to be run by a private provider (details supplied); the consequences for the service provided; the repercussions for the staff who work for the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27145/24]

Statutory Home Care: Statements (27 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is shocking there is no statutory entitlement to formal home care in Ireland or even a regulatory framework for home care services. Despite the Government committing in the 2020 programme for Government and Sláintecare to introducing a statutory home care scheme, it has yet to do so. Although this is incredibly disappointing, it is hardly surprising. Given we are coming to the end...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the committee for the invitation to attend. I represent the Independent Group in Dáil Éireann. We are a group of Independents, as the name suggests. Any views I give are my own and are not representative of the group. I was elected to Donegal County Council in 1999 and left to come to the Dáil in 2011. I have some experience from my time in the local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will sanction the appointment to provide two advanced nurse practitioners for the adult type 1 diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27718/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 250. To ask the Minister for Health if every adult with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital will receive an OPD appointment to be held in 2024; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27719/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the patients with type 1 diabetes attending the adult diabetes service in Letterkenny University Hospital have commenced insulin pump therapy; the number still on a waiting list to commence insulin pump therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27720/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I visited the Ardara Community Childcare centre yesterday and I was horrified to see the effect the defective blocks are having on the building. Ardara Community Childcare opened a purpose-built premises in the heart of Ardara town in 2007 after securing funding from the EU's special support programme for peace and reconciliation and with the help of many local funding initiatives in Ardara....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I also thank the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, because it is vital that this is recognised. This requires a whole-of-government approach. This is a crisis that will only get worse. Community buildings, private buildings, factories and farm buildings across Donegal will all be collapsing over the next few years because of the defective concrete crisis....

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I will start and Deputy Connolly will continue after me. I have already expressed my disapproval of this Bill being rushed through during a meeting of the Joint Committee on Justice on this legislation two weeks ago. I would not call it pre-legislative scrutiny because that is not what it was. Members of the committee were given a short note by the Department regarding its contents, after...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Maybe the reason for that-----

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: -----is that people know there is going to be no discussion.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence what procedures are in place for the reporting by army personnel of the discharge of a weapon during duty periods; if the military authorities keep track of discharges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28245/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of the pass and failure rate for the small public service vehicles test for applicants from County Donegal and in all other counties in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27826/24]