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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1070. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report into seasonal workers in County Donegal will be published and made available in view of the fact that two budgets have passed since a commitment was made to examine barriers facing seasonal workers accessing social welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45132/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1078. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason for the delay in issuing a weekly illness benefit payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1079. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the reason for the delay in issuing a weekly illness benefit payment to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45210/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1085. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be able to reapply for illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties in County Donegal secured under the buy and renew scheme which facilitates local authorities or approved housing bodies to purchase vacant properties for social housing use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45018/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made to date under the buy and renew scheme in County Donegal; the number of successful applications to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45139/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his efforts to date in addressing the high council housing vacancy rate in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45136/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the criteria which homeowners in County Donegal affected by mica must meet in order to access the redress scheme; the amount of funding that will be provided to facilitate the redress scheme; if those that did not come forward during the consultation process will still be included in the scheme; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (6 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the wind energy planning guidelines; the reason for such a delay; his plans to introduce more onshore wind turbines in the absence of such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45618/18]

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I will start by paying tribute to Maurice McCabe and his family. It is of vital importance to wish them well. He and his family have had to wait 12 years to get to this stage. It is only because Maurice McCabe was resilient enough and was able to withstand the process that we are at this stage. That is the really sad and worrying thing about the system we have at present. Unfortunately,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I want to raise the same issue as Deputy Paul Murphy. I agree with much of what he said on the problems highlighted. It was scary to hear the response of the Tánaiste on this because we will see the same problems arise in years to come. The Letterkenny Educate Together national school in Donegal is one of the 42 school buildings throughout the country that faces structural...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: There are two aspects to this. One is the current response and one is what Deputy Paul Murphy outlined earlier with regard to the historical case. I will deal with the current response first. The Tánaiste said that information is being provided. I contacted the unit today and eventually received an email in reply to thank me for my email and that the Department will reply to me as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: As I understand it, the role of the Department of Rural and Community Development is not to actually do anything but to liaise between communities and the rest of Government, pointing out to communities where they can do stuff and tie the Government in with that. Would that be right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: When a community applies to and gets funding from LEADER, how does the Department roll that out around the rest of the country? Does it have any role in that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, if a community does something that works how does that get out around the rest of the country through the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: That is what I want to get at: if something works well in Waterford, how does that get through to Donegal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: What role does the Department play in making that happen, apart from putting up that information and hoping that people will pick up on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: What work is the Department doing to develop new sustainable business models for indigenous and new industries, for example, within towns and villages and so on? Is that done under LEADER?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, to make rural towns and villages sustainable and capable of growing.