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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (6 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in relation to flood prevention measures in the Finn Valley area of County Donegal. [19903/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Flood Prevention Measures (6 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the devastating flooding that took place in County Donegal last December in the wake of storm Desmond. Large parts of east Donegal through Ballybofey, Castlefinn and Lifford were severely flooded. The flooding dissipated very quickly and in the weeks afterward there was very severe flooding in the rest of the country. I want to make sure the incident in Donegal...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (6 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will contact the high level forum on the community voluntary sector regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19558/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (6 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact the establishment of the national procurement guidelines has had on job retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Co-operation (6 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he envisions co-operation in the public service will proceed on a cross-Border basis in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19557/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Teachers' Remuneration (6 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his engagement with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland regarding the renewal of financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation; the way he will seek to minimise the effects of legislation on pay and work conditions into the future; and if he will make a statement on...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: A TASC publication entitled Enforced Flexibility: Working in Ireland Today documented the trend in a number of different sectors where flexibility is now an enforced condition placed on workers. This is most obvious in the hospitality and retail sectors where many workers are effectively on call, or in the construction sector where compulsory self-employment continues to be the norm....

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I will be brief. What are the strategic implications for Ireland of the European foreign and security policy? Why is the Minister of State responsible for defence attending an EU-NATO conference on the signing of the pact in Warsaw this week?

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: The one thing that is certain since the Brexit vote, which is clear from the outcome of the informal meeting on 29 June, is that nothing is certain. Nobody really knows what will happen over the coming period while we wait for the British to initiate the Article 50 procedure, or what the outcome of negotiations will be during that period. The only thing we and our Government can do is to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose of his recent visit to Israel and if he made representations to Israeli Government officials regarding the ongoing issues surrounding the occupation of Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19134/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises the importance RTÉ Longwave 252 will have for elderly Irish citizens in the United Kingdom now that the UK has voted to exit the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19133/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: European Council Meetings (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 68. To ask the Taoiseach if he participated in the section of the European Council meeting on 28 June 2016 that was attended by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Tready Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19593/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure effective mechanisms to facilitate children in opting out of religious instruction in publicly funded schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19122/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cross-Border Educational Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which children from the Republic of Ireland attending schools in Northern Ireland will be affected by the Brexit outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19288/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 491. To ask the Minister for Health the implications for radiotherapy patients from Donegal attending the north west cancer centre in Altnagelvin Hospital in light of the Brexit outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19289/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 648. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which the European Commission will present a proposal to the Council of Ministers asking the Council to vote to give the Commission the authority to sign off on the final text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, with the Canadian Government that is to adopt a decision concluding the agreement as per...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 649. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make public the Commission’s Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, proposal prior to the Council’s vote on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19572/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make public the Government's position as to provisionally applying the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19573/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 651. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Article 29.5.2 of the Constitution places a constitutional imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds approved by Dáil Éireann and that as such, should the Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 652. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Government can claim that CETA and its investor state dispute settlement, ISDS, will not be enforced upon Ireland prior to the CETA being approved by Dáil Éireann (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19575/16]