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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision who are currently awaiting decisions on either subsidiary protection or leave to remain; the way she proposes to address this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28317/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the extension of BreastCheck to women aged between 65 and 69, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28604/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 489. To ask the Minister for Health under the current criteria for medical card eligibility, the steps that are taken upon reissuing medical cards to check whether such persons remain eligible; the cross-departmental checks that are made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28053/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available to general practitioners for patients who require emergency GMS cover if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 629. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce a graduate staffing fund for the early childhood sector to ensure the hiring of well qualified staff into the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28046/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 630. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider extending the free preschool year to 48 weeks to bring it in line with the primary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28047/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 641. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider making the learner fund available to all existing staff in the early childhood sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Jul 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 642. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider the introduction of special needs assistants for children attending preschool services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28304/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Road Network: A5 Working Group (26 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Chairman, I am not formally a member of the committee for the next hour or so. I am glad to be here to support the delegation from the north west. I congratulate Councillor John Campbell on his recent election to the position of cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council. From now on I will be a member of this committee. There is no doubt the Chairman and members have supported...

Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate in respect of the crisis in the beef industry. This crisis affects 100,000 farms across the country. The most recent figures on farm income have shown that the average farm income in the beef sector is around €11,000 and when one compares that to the average income in the dairy sector of somewhere near €64,000, it...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

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State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate on the State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014. It has been generally welcomed across the House and I share in that welcome. It sets up a new commercial semi-State company, Shannon Group plc., which combines the Shannon Airport Authority and Shannon Development and it should act as a lynchpin in terms of the future development of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 5. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider extending the long-term illness scheme list; if he will establish a review to ensure that all those who have an illness that is long term are eligible for the LTI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27108/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the necessity to review the long-term illness scheme and add to the list of conditions-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: -----that are covered under the scheme. I think it came in in 1970 and needs to be reviewed. There are many lifelong conditions from which people are suffering and they need the assistance of the scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I think there is a need to extend the scheme. There are a number of conditions, including Crohn's disease and colitis where people have lifelong conditions involving ongoing medical costs. It is strange to see the HSE recommending that people should apply for a discretionary medical card given the fiasco of the past couple of years with discretionary medical cards. The long-term illness...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I ask the Minister of State to clarify if the expert review will consider a long list of illnesses or the medical need of a person when deciding. If it looks at a list of illnesses, it may result in illnesses being left out and people will be outside the system as happens with the long-term illness scheme. Will it look at the medical need of a person rather than having a prescribed list of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prescription Charges (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: As this matter has been ongoing for a number of months, it seems strange that, even at this stage, we cannot obtain information from the HSE on how many people are affected. I have correspondence from the Minister going back to May in which he stated the process had started, yet we still do not have figures for how many are affected. There is also confusion about the timeframe for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prescription Charges (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Will the Minister of State clarify whether people affected before July 2013 will also receive reimbursements? Prescriptions charges were introduced in 2012. There is, therefore, a period up to July 2013 during which people with LTI books were wrongly charged for prescriptions because they obtained medicines while using their medical cards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Prescription Charges (25 Jun 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 3. To ask the Minister for Health the time period applicable for the reimbursement of the prescription charge to persons on the long-term illness scheme who are also medical card holders; the number of persons this affects, the number of persons who have been reimbursed to date; when he expects all those eligible for this refund to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....