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Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to share time with Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It has been very interesting to listen to the contributions that have been made to this evening's debate by Deputies from all parties. I think everybody in the north west and along the west coast recognises that the fodder crisis has been around for a while. The Government has been responding to it. The Government's response to the motion before the House seemed to suggest that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of individual contracts for school buses (details supplied) in each county; if there are large differences from county to county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16280/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 858. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that new medicines are available to persons with MS in a timely manner; the efforts he has carried out to date to ensure new medicines are available in a timely manner to those that need them most; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15784/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Activities (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1052. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of Coillte farm partnerships in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1057. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the consultation process as part of the consultation paper to review the options for more restricted access for large fishing vessels trawling inside Ireland’s six nautical mile zone is expected to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15322/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1068. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the consultation on fishing inside the 12 mile limit is likely to commence; the time limit for submissions; when the results will be known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15434/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1077. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recommendations by an association (details supplied) to address the growing number of farmers experiencing fodder shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15787/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (17 Apr 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 1202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, under the current section 145 of the Broadcasting Act 2009, a statutory body can be appointed at his discretion as the collection agent of the television licence fee and continue to have the full powers of enforcement as currently utilised by An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16797/18]

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

Thomas Pringle: 1204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) - who has been waiting for more than two months - will receive a certificate of competency from the marine office and the reason for the delay in the marine office in his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the consequences this has on persons who cannot apply for work until they receive it...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (29 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Hard cases make bad law. There are cases, however, in which a school is not facilitated by the system in operation. Scoil Mhuire is in that situation and is not ticking the boxes as far as the Department is concerned. If the school can get additional information, will the Minister reconsider the matter? That is vital. The school is trying to fit the criteria set by the Department rather...

Topical Issue Debate: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (29 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for taking this Topical Issue, because it is important for Scoil Mhuire in Donegal that this is dealt with and some form of redress is found. I know the school has gone through the processes available within the Department of Education and Skills, but I think that the Minister needs to look at it again because it comes under the criteria that the Department has outlined....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (28 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 257. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to launch a further round of the town and village renewal scheme in 2018; the status of phase 1 and phase 2 of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14406/18]

Services for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputies Catherine Connolly and Joan Collins. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this timely motion, a few weeks after Ireland officially ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I am disappointed that the optional protocol was not enacted at the same time. I believe the failure to do so further entrenches existing inequalities...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of each director and chairperson of the Donegal Education Centre in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of companies that applied for the competition following the recent tendering process to appoint auditors to the education centre network; the name of the successful tenderer; the agreed price for the awarding contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13596/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason external auditors have been appointed to audit all 21 education centres despite the fact that each centre will be carrying out internal audits by independent auditors; the reason each centre is being audited twice; the audit which will be considered the official audit for the annual report; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all 21 education centres publish their annual reports from 2016 onwards on their websites; the reason this has not been the practice to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13598/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Centre Network (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report commissioned by his Department regarding governance and accountability of education centres will be published; the key recommendations contained in the report; the fee paid to a company (details supplied) to carry out the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13599/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 Mar 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if foreshore licences or other licences have been issued for Lough Foyle in the history of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13759/18]