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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1025.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidance that has been made available by him to housing authorities regarding the amount of Traveller accommodation funding they are entitled to apply for in each of the years 2020 to 2024; if there is a maximum figure per year; the criteria for decisions taken in response to such requests; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Industrial Disputes (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1238.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department has not implemented the recommendation of the Labour Court in relation to the National Advocacy Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31106/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1274.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider introducing a scheme of credited social insurance contributions for foster carers in this year’s Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31651/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1275.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider introducing auto-enrolment for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance for children in foster care in this year’s Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31652/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1318.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the blanket ban implemented on the community welfare officer to award a person money through a supplementary welfare allowance for travel to and from hospital appointments, if they hold a free bus pass (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32086/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1444.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Inter-Departmental Working Group examining the operational, policy and legal considerations of simplifying the process for employment permits and immigration permissions is due to report; if family reunification is part of the review, making the participation of immigrants easier in working life in Ireland; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1629.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an issue in relation to an overpayment to farmers on ACRES and the consequences as a result of same (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31323/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1661.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for a compensation scheme for farmers or landowners, not involved in forestry, to remove ash trees growing on hedgerows along public roads due to ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32057/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disease Management (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1662.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans for a compensation scheme for homeowners who are not involved in farming to remove ash trees growing on hedgerows along public roads due to ask dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32058/24]

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

Thomas Pringle: 1784.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider developing a scheme to recognise and cover foster placement start-up costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31655/24]

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

Thomas Pringle: 1785.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost in a full year to reimburse foster carers for mileage at the current Civil Service rates, as opposed to the current method, which has an extremely high threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31656/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1786.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider providing funding for the expansion of the Tusla – Child and Family Agency regional therapeutic teams to ensure children in foster care are provided with early interventions, and access to crucial therapeutic supports and early intervention approaches and initiatives; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 2111.To ask the Minister for Health when a consultant dermatologist will be appointed to Letterkenny University Hospital; when weekly dermatology clinics will recommence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31616/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 246. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a children’s play centre in Donegal (details supplied) has been denied the second phase of the increased cost of business grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 361. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the lack of strategy around regional screen production since the lapse of the s.481 regional uplift; if she will support a dedicated regional strategy as part of Budget 2025 to specifically address the development of the sector in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the recommendations of the Irish Travellers Access to Justice Project have been implemented; her views on the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36760/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that can be taken to assist a US citizen (details supplied) who visits Donegal on a regular basis and needs a visa extension to minister in a church; if there is a mechanism by which they could apply for the visa required while remaining in Ireland, instead of having to return to the US to obtain a visa to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which an Irish citizen will be refused entry into the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36759/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether racial awareness training takes place on an ongoing basis for members of the judiciary and an Garda Síochána; if the organisations are satisfactory in relation to ECRI general policy recommendation No.11 on combating racism and racial discrimination in policing; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (18 Sep 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Council of Europe CM/Rec(2024)4, which impresses on Member States the importance of the need for the criminal justice system to identify, address and take measures to eliminate any institutional bias and discrimination in order to combat impunity, increase the trust of victims in that system and improve the...