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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I have a question on the Brexit adjustment reserve, BAR. I am looking for a breakdown of where the funding is going. I have the response, but I have not seen the answer. The answer did not fully respond to the question. One thing I would like to impress on the Minister is the need for our offshore islands to be included in that and for them be funded significantly for piers and harbours....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Supports (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I would be interested in seeing the breakdown of those in particular. The Minister mentioned that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will be one of the sectors that will be funded. That is vitally important. It should be funded additionally, rather than the current spend being put in under this and governing it that way. In particular, in that context, the Irish Islands...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for the update on the process as it stands. I wrote to him approximately four weeks ago in general terms regarding a recent response to an FOI request I submitted to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the mica issue. I am still awaiting a response from the Minister's office in that regard. As I indicated in my correspondence to the Minister, I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Will the way in which the FOI bodies look at applicants be part of the review?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The review should also examine how FOI officers deal with FOI requests across different Departments, bodies and such. The standard of response people get and the way requests are dealt with are very mixed. That is very important. The Minister spoke about the costs of an FOI project. That is true. The raw cost to the Exchequer can be calculated with a very high degree of certainty....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the public consultation process on the Freedom of Information Act 2014; when a further round of submissions will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11027/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Freedom of Information (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Recently, I got some woefully inadequate freedom of information, FOI, responses from a number of Departments. I note the Minister's FOI review roadmap indicates quarter 1 of 2022 for the publication of the consultation paper and commencement of the public consultation. We are fast approaching the end of quarter 1. Is the Minister on schedule to meet this target?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood defence projects the OPW has planned for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department gathers and collates data from sponsoring agencies and Departments concerning quality assurance compliance with the Public Spending Code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11028/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EXEED scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is consistent with EU state aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10939/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way the veracity of incentive effect declarations are to be measured in relation to large multinationals availing of EXEED scheme funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10940/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body whose decision it is ultimately to approve local authority mortgages; and if it is the decision of the local authority or a decision of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in each individual case [11742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the one parent allowance payment is considered a temporary payment and is not taken into account for local authority home loans given that the payment is guaranteed for a specific number of years unless the parent's circumstances change and is therefore no more temporary than any other source of income; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Scholarships (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply to correspondence will issue to this Deputy in relation to Gaeltacht placements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11230/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if GLAS participants received two extra years payment whereas AOS participants did not receive extra payments on their scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11316/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: In yesterday's Irish Examiner, Aoife-Grace Moore reported on the continuing controversy surrounding Donegal County Council's acquisition of five houses that, as the council's engineer stated in writing prior to the purchase approval, have mica and will require significant remedial work. At the crux of the matter is openness, transparency and accountability and whether proper procedures and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current waiting times from application to completion in relation to each individual grant scheme operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (24 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 30 November 2021 and No. 232 of 1 February 2022, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10464/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be given to provide funding for a number of facilitators to assist applicants to the defective concrete block scheme to navigate the complex digital application form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Island Communities (24 Feb 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of island communities in relation to funding under the Operational Programme of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; the reason a specific line for island fisheries was not included given they are recognised by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10525/22]