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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: On the social protection examinations that been undertaken since Covid-19 and the areas of deprivation that go along with that, it is no surprise that the areas of highest incidence of Covid-19 are also the areas of highest deprivation and dependence on social welfare payments, together with low pay. Has the Minister's Department looked at and has it got any figures on that issue?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for the information which is, nevertheless, widely available. Has the Department looked at this issue? As the Department of Social Protection, it should be looking at how people are surviving, and Covid-19 is the main event that is taking place. It is not enough for the Department of Health only to be looking at this. The Department of Social Protection...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: Does the Department of Social Protection not consider that it is something it should be interested in, because I believe it has a direct bearing on people? I ask the Department to look at it and see. I do not think that is too much to ask.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the proposed introduction of a cost of disability payment; the studies undertaken in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39844/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: Today is International Day of People with Disabilities. When Covid hit earlier this year, hundreds of thousands of people were temporarily out of work and were provided with the pandemic unemployment payment of €350 per week. It was the first time that the Government kind of admitted that people cannot really live on €203 per week. Shockingly, the maximum rate for disability...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: In the spirit of "Nothing about us without us", last Friday, I released a survey called It's Your Day, Your Say, to ask persons with disabilities what they would like to say to Ministers. As one can imagine, there were some heartbreaking and awe-inspiring responses. One young woman wrote to me about the disability allowance of €203 a week and how insufficient it is. Another...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubt that the number of people in receipt of these payments has increased but that is because the number of people with disabilities has unfortunately increased. In 2018, the at risk of poverty rate for people with disabilities in Ireland was nearly 10% higher than the European average of 36.9%. Some 46.9%, almost half, of people on disability allowance were at risk of poverty...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Reduction (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she will address inequalities relating to poverty during 2021; the specific improvements she will make in 2021 for persons with disabilities experiencing poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39850/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 101. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the preparations his Department is making to enable provision of personal data to survivors of mother and baby homes in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39848/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 118. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the sixth interim report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes will be made public; when the final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39847/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (3 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s assessment of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40852/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: There is a bigger issue here and Deputy Mac Lochlainn alluded to it. I raised it last week at the Business Committee, and it relates to what becomes Dáil business and what becomes Private Members' business. The reality is that if I or my group wanted to put this motion forward, it would be way after Christmas before it would be heard, going by what the Ceann Comhairle said about how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which she will prioritise schools in need of permanent buildings in County Donegal during 2021; the timeframe for phasing out of the use of temporary prefab buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39851/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the data being collated by her Department on the infrastructural needs of primary and post-primary schools during the Covid-19 pandemic; if a report will be produced and provided early in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39852/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 360. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the European peace facility, EPF, proposed off-budget €5 billion that would fund EU military operations and maintain a contingency fund for emergency defence force deployments; the details of Ireland’s contributions to same; the parameters of this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40400/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 368. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the meaning of deployment of critical capabilities when looking to explore ways to improve the financing of military missions and operations in the context of the EPF Council decision, in particular regarding the deployment of EU battle groups and, in due course of the deployment of critical capabilities based on lessons learned from ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 361. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, projects in which Ireland has observer status; his plans to participate in further PESCO projects; the criteria that will be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40401/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 366. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will be submitting permanent structured co-operation, PESCO, project proposals with an operational focus in order to facilitate joint deployment in the field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40406/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 362. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the meaning of deployable and interoperable forces that can be used by participating member states within the EU framework for national needs relating to PESCO; if German and other troops could be used in Ireland in the event of civil disturbance, strikes and so on and would be under EU control; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Permanent Structured Co-operation (1 Dec 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 365. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position on the commitment to explore the possibility of common strategic planning, training and exercises of member states' armed forces, built on and supported by existing EU military tools, for example, the EU battle groups, and also other multinational structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40405/20]