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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the baptism barrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (18 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce his action plan objective to map new approaches to reach the target of 400 multidenominational schools by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2010/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I apologise for being late. This meeting clashes with that of another committee. I have two questions but if they have already been answered, we can move on. In the opening statement there was an indication that the UK would have some obligation to open tariff rate quotas under World Trade Organisation, WTO, rules and provide market access to traditional exporters. I presume the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The mutual recognition agreements obviously need to be in place before Brexit happens. As Professor Matthews has stated that the UK is going to leave the Single Market, should we not, therefore, be starting that conversation with the Commission now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: And the North-South situation will be particularly important, for the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Professor Matthews. What is the rationale behind his recommendation that national co-financing should be required for all CAP expenditure? I was amused when he spoke about simplification of the CAP. I find it very complicated and, supposedly, it has been simplified. It could go a long way yet before it is simplified. Professor Matthews also said that decoupled direct payments...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for local community groups such as the Donegal refugee response group to help them facilitate the integration of refugees arriving in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41629/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees arriving in County Donegal in 2017; if not, if she will provide details of the process involved in deciding the persons who will be relocated to County Donegal; if local community groups can be informed beforehand so they can meet the needs of refugees arriving to the area including arranging supports for them to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has a confirmed destination for future refugees coming into Ireland; if County Donegal will be one of those destinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 671. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he will ensure that information given to Seetec, the company registered in the UK which runs the JobPath programme, will continue to adhere to data protection regulations in line with the EU and Ireland as Britain undergoes Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1830/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 697. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has reviewed the role the Government and the UN played regarding the siege of Jadotville, including the secrecy surrounding those events upon the return of the men of A Company 35th Infantry Battalion following the ambush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41687/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Donegal under consultative care in metabolic, neurology and genetics departments in each of the children's hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41683/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1115. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outpatient appointments for the paediatrics urology surgeon at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin have been cut by up to 50% since October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41893/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1715. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make available the findings of the military investigation into the siege of Jadotville, which left the men of A Company 35th Infantry Battalion to fend for themselves without support; the number of soldiers interviewed as part of that investigation; the reasons A Company were detailed in Jadotville with only a verbal order while...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1716. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will release the radio recordings made to and from the A Company 35th Infantry Battalion during the siege of Jadotville; the reason their calls for back up support during the ambush were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I have a number of questions and hope we will get through them within the required timeframe. I refer back to the question asked by Deputy Jim Daly. I gather from the responses that neither Irish Water nor the Commission for Energy Regulation can state whether a single utility is providing the service at a lower cost than the 34 local authorities. All they can actually state is that Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Yet Irish Water cannot state what the figure was in 2014.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: They were also asked for the figure for 2013.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The presentation by Irish Water showed that nine water treatment plants had been delivered, that 18 had been upgraded, that 32 wastewater treatment plants had been upgraded and that 27 new plants had been built. How many of these projects were initiated by Irish Water since 2014, brought through design and planning stages to construction and delivered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Therefore, Irish Water benefited from the design work that had been done by the 34 inefficient local authorities.