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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: If I make an application relating to a bay that has been decided on, how long will it take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: So for anyone who applies now, it would be sorted in two years. That would be on a par with everywhere else.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2019 (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific provisions within budget 2019 which will phase out the lower salaries of post-2011 teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in County Donegal on a lower salary as a result of the 2011 reduction in incomes; when the two tier salary system for teachers in primary and secondary education schools will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason budget 2019 did not prioritise the restoration of the capitation grant in view of the fact that austerity measures reduced the grant by €30; the way in which schools are expected to make up for the continued shortfall in funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43176/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are updates from the meeting held recently in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43193/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an issue with the dedicated phone lines for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to access illness benefit sections in view of the fact that they are not contactable at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a number of regular recipients of illness benefit are not receiving weekly payments; the measures being taken to address the payment disruptions in view of the fact that delayed payments cause distress for persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43317/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduced rate of illness benefit; the reason they received no payment the following week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43315/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to illness benefit in view of the fact they are required to have an emergency operation and they are unable to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43316/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties which have applied for the repair and leasing scheme; the number of properties accepted into the scheme in County Donegal since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43194/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the process that is used to inform persons who have been referred for further examination by the CervicalCheck scheme of the results of the tests; the reason they would have to wait for up to three months for those results; the number of persons who have had further examination and have been given further tests; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the roadmap for the retrofitting of the public and private housing stock to comply with the housing and heating portion of Ireland's EU renewable energy directive targets for 2020 and 2030. [42711/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan Implementation (17 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the committees, working groups and related co-ordination bodies that are involved in the implementation of the national mitigation plan 2017, the climate elements of the NDP and the development of the draft national climate and energy plan; the details and minutes of all of these meetings since the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Carbon Tax Implementation (17 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide all correspondence with the Minister for Finance from his Department relating to the proposed and then scrapped increase in the carbon tax as part of budget 2019. [42710/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (17 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish and provide copies of all PLUTO 2040 reports that have been completed to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment; the process and guidelines under which these projects will be assessed for their climate impacts; and the way in which they will be funded. [42708/18]

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: The real losers in this process are the people of rural Ireland, particularly those who do not have broadband and may now never get it. These same people would also have lost out if the Government had proceeded with the current plan in that the Irish people would have ended up paying through the nose for a system that probably would not work. I agree with previous speakers that the...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: As everybody else has noted this is not the event we were expecting to debate in the Dáil today. The statement from the former Minister, as he is now, raises many more questions than it solves. It is interesting that the text of the speech circulated does not reflect Deputy Naughten's comments to the Dáil. That raises questions in itself. He said in his speech it is clear to him...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Will any of them be willing or able to answer the very serious questions that need to be answered very quickly? This is a very serious issue that demonstrates the Government is totally in hock to the likes of Mr. David McCourt and others like him. How many other Ministers have met people with an influence on the decisions made by the Department? I wish the former Minister well and this is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Data (11 Oct 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of rivers in State or private ownership, in County Donegal; if in State ownership, when they were taken into ownership in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41548/18]