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Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue of the circumstances of special needs assistants. SNAs are the vital links between children with special needs and the school community. This important relationship should be protected and supported in every way. However, the cuts imposed on SNAs to date have disproportionately impacted on children with disabilities and their...

Commission of Investigation: Motion (26 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the motion to establish a commission of investigation into the handling of complaints against the convicted Waterford child sex abuser Bill Kenneally. Most important, I wish to commend the courageous individual men who stood up and pushed for an inquiry from the beginning. That was after having been denied justice initially when they revealed Bill Kenneally's crimes to trusting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (26 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 344. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on services for persons with lymphoedema and lipoedema will be published; the reason for the delay to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27606/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (26 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to issues following recent changes which now allow persons on JobPath to also take part in a community employment scheme (details supplied); the reason persons are unable to leave JobPath once they are on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27602/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 330. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the chronic delays for cataract surgery and limited eye care services for children particularly in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (19 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the ambulance stationed in Killybegs, County Donegal has no crew leaving a single ambulance to cover the area from Dunkineely to Glencolumbcille, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26378/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26376/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (19 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location at which a housing assistance payment, HAP, applicant can redeem the full cost of borrowings they have had to make in order to pay the rent while the HAP application is being processed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a HAP application can take 12 to 15 weeks to be processed and is not backdated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (19 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a redress scheme will be announced for homeowners with homes affected by mica in principle; if a ring-fenced promissory tranche of funding will be allocated as part of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (19 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason no funding or communication has been allocated for major repair works to a structure (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26270/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of principal release days and changes to the way they are calculated as expressed in correspondence by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be prioritised; if greater resources will be allocated to teachers and schools as part of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Migration Crisis (14 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the single largest tragic incident in 2018 in the Mediterranean which saw 112 Tunisian migrants die crossing to Greece on an overloaded smuggler's boat on 5 June 2018; the way in which he will contribute to talks regarding EU migration reform from the viewpoint of the safety and well-being of migrants and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of principal release days and the way they are calculated as expressed in correspondence by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal will be prioritised; if greater resources will be allocated to teachers and schools as part of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications Data (12 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age profile of asylum seekers currently resident in direct provision by age and gender in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal, in view of a recent meeting that took place between the organisation and the Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24845/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (12 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1034. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts which have been taken to date to reduce plastic use here; his plans in place to ban single use plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks (12 Jun 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a redress scheme for homeowners affected by mica will not be committed to despite its prevalence in County Donegal; the reason a redress scheme cannot be committed to until the consultation process is completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25134/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Assistance Payment (30 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location a HAP applicant can redeem the full cost of rent which they have had to borrow in order to pay the rent while the HAP application is being processed; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a HAP application can take 12 to 15 weeks to be processed and is not backdated, therefore the applicant will have...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (30 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a report on part-time and seasonal workers in County Donegal will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23832/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (29 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 97. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been little progress to date on the appointment of consultants to Letterkenny University Hospital, including a consultant paediatric post vacated in County Sligo over a year ago still not approved by CAC with the incorrect calibre level of consultant being advertised; if the crisis in diabetes care in County Donegal will be addressed;...