Results 241-260 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 441. To ask the Minister for Health the current general systematic plan for pain management of fibromyalgia sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28009/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 466. To ask the Minister for Health to detail what is envisaged at page 38 of the HSE National Service Plan 2024 where it states “a foetal alcohol project will be undertaken using a multi-care health sector approach (primary care, mental health services etc.)”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28158/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Further and Higher Education (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 470. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 June 2024, if consideration has been given to supporting medical students studying across Europe, particularly in Poland, with a view to them returning to Ireland to start their careers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases which recorded a primary diagnosis of a condition (details supplied) in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28250/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born in each of the past 20 years where a condition (details supplied) was noted on the birth record, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28252/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Disability is recognised by the CAO (details supplied); what criteria does the CAO require for proof of disability for DARE purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28253/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (2 Jul 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for his views on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28254/24]

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]

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach for the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding primary school funding. I thank Deputy Harkin for proposing such an important motion today. I fully support the motion, which calls on the Government to commit to aligning primary educational funding with the OECD average to ensure the ancillary grant is sufficient to cover the cost of running...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations in Donegal where places for the off-the-job training phase of all newly developed apprenticeships will be accommodated; if a strategy is in place to expand further in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27220/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to off-the-job training for apprentices in the Donegal area. What is the situation and what are the plans and potential for the Atlantic Technological University, ATU, in County Donegal to provide some of those facilities?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for the outline of developments in Donegal. That is welcome in relation to ongoing apprenticeships. There is a need for apprenticeships to be accessed locally and for all aspects of the training to be carried out locally. Apprentices have had to travel to Cork, Dundalk and Dublin to do the college part of their apprenticeship. It would be useful if they...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I will go first. As I have said many times, it is absolutely farcical that we are forced to debate and extend these Acts year after year. It undermines the House and our justice system to keep working off emergency legislation on a permanent basis. This rubber-stamping exercise is just one of the many undemocratic practices that this Government insists on continuously engaging in. I have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The Irish fishing industry has been decimated under the watch of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael since we joined the EU and particularly over the last two decades. Things only continue to deteriorate. Last week, a new trilateral mackerel deal was agreed between the UK, Norway and the Faroe Islands. These are countries that have a history of overfishing and we have previously seen them...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: On behalf of the Independent Group, I support the various calls for debates to take place in the House. As a member of the Business Committee, I will say that the Business Committee basically has no powers. The business it does has to come to the Dáil to be voted on. That is why we have this fiasco every Tuesday. If the Business Committee had real powers, maybe that would be avoided....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance whether a change to the capital gains tax, group B threshold will be reviewed and increased in Budget 2025, as it has not changed since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27135/24]