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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the specific grounds identified by his Department and HSE on which a maternity unit is exempt from lifting partner restrictions for maternity service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26667/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the specific grounds identified by his Department and HSE, including but not exclusive to the Covid-19 pandemic, on which a maternity unit is justified in implementing partner restrictions for maternity service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26668/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if women’s rights to a partner may continue to be restricted on the basis that there has been a failure to invest in expanding services and infrastructure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if women’s rights to a partner may continue to be restricted on the basis that the national maternity strategy has not been implemented; if restrictions will continue because a unit is understaffed or other non-Covid related reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26670/21]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am standing here again this year to oppose the rubber-stamping of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 in our criminal code. This has become a moot point every year, but I think it should still be opposed because we cannot simply give a carte blancheto the Government on this. The right to silence and the inference included in...

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on the debate on this welcome Bill - a piecemeal and belated Bill, as usual, but welcome, nonetheless. The Bill will extend the emergency period as set out in the Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 from July 2021 to January 2022 because, unsurprisingly, Covid-19 is still having a devastating impact on our economy and...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute briefly to the debate on this motion, which I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward. It was 1 December 2020 when we last debated a Sinn Féin motion on pension age, in support of the STOP67 campaign. Fortunately, there was enough public pressure on the Government at that time, and in the lead-up...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy Connolly. The agenda for the European Council meeting includes Covid-19, economic recovery, migration and external relations, including relations with Turkey and Russia. Will the leaders also discuss the TRIPS waiver issue and the lack of equity in regard to vaccine distribution and the epidemiological situation pertaining to Covid-19? "None of us is safe...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I listened with interest to the Taoiseach's response earlier in regard to the Common Fisheries Policy and the Government's attitude towards the review of the policy that is coming up in the next year or so. He said he wanted to reset the relationship with Europe in respect of the review of the CFP. How is he actually going to reset that relationship? I believe, and the truth of it can be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It got more than €100 million from us.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, we can.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: We need to acknowledge the past.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the trial events that will be taking place in the north-west of the country for the reopening post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include those who bought property after 31 January 2020 and were not aware of the presence of mica in the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will propose a call for a global ban on fracking at the United Nations General Assembly on climate mitigation, public health, environmental protection and human rights grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the processing of foreign births registration applications has resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary and secondary school for the Finglas East area including Jamestown Road, McKee Avenue, Hampton Woods and Lansborough especially given the recent rezoning of lands on Jamestown Road to Z14. [33230/21]

Regional Airports and Aviation: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: As the Minister of State is aware, Stobart Air ceased trading at the weekend. The 480 staff learned of the closure and liquidation of the company on Saturday morning and flights were halted immediately. On Monday, The Irish Timesreported that Nordica, the Estonian state-owned airline, offered to take on the Kerry-Dublin route. Connectivity from Donegal is needed for work, tourism and...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Much has happened to fishing communities recently, with very little debate about it in this House. That says a lot about how these communities are thought of in this House. We had the shambles of the Brexit negotiations and the complete lack of attention the Government paid to fisheries. There has been the fiasco of the weighing investigation court case and the impact it has had on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be any free public transport days over summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31924/21]