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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (18 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the introduction of an earned regularisation scheme that would give undocumented migrants and their families living here an opportunity to earn their way to permanent residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54533/13]

Planning and Development (Transparency and Consumer Confidence) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I congratulate Deputy Catherine Murphy and her team on putting together this Bill and bringing it to the floor of the House for debate in the next two nights. This is an important Bill. There have been indications that the Government is not opposing it and that is a welcome step. If that is the case, I commend the Minister. This...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of any research undertaken that informed the recommendation not to recognise Down's syndrome as a low-incidence disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54211/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (17 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review on the regulation of e-cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54196/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (12 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate his intended position at the December Fisheries Council meeting in relation to member states that do not catch their total allowable catch in the nephrod fishery in Irish waters; and his views that it is sustainable that member states that are not active in a fishery should continue to receive a total allowable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will remain available under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development for the rural broadband scheme should suitable projects be identified between now and the end of 2014; if areas are identified as not receiving an adequate service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53137/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (12 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 29. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a scheme to deal with unwanted horses and equines around the State to ease the burden on animal welfare groups that are inundated with rescues and the costs involved in dealing with abandoned animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53139/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Offences (12 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections and detentions of Dutch pelagic fishing vessels that have taken place in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53136/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (12 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to use the new Common Agricultural Policy measures to increase the area of land in use for organic farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53138/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (11 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of applicants refused a social welfare payment who do not go to the Social Welfare Appeals Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53278/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (11 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish marine safety notices in the relevant industry publications to ensure that the information is disseminated as widely as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53279/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to today's debate on the Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013. The Minister's contribution today focuses entirely on the defined benefit schemes in operation in the State and deals with the single insolvency and double insolvency situations that may arise in the future and the restructuring that may take place within schemes. It is amazing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Sale of State Assets (4 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to sell Bord Gáis Energy in the future despite the final bids being lower than he expected; his views on whether extending the deadline would have any impact on the value of any bids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51688/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Six-monthly Report on Developments in EU: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (3 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Moran for his presentation. On the Common Fisheries Policy and the conclusion of the new policy, individual transferable quotas are part of the policy at a European level with individual countries having at this stage the right to opt out. If Ireland decided to opt in, is that an option? What would it require for that to happen? As I understand it, all that is required is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (3 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the claim that EirGrid has not fully engaged with the public in relation to public consultations on its plan for the construction of electricity pylons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51717/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (3 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 383. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the situation involving five Irish families and their difficulties in finalising Russian adoptions they were in the process of completing; the action she will take to assist these families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51845/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time for follow-up exams from the school eye-screening system can be up to four years; if he will consider using community based optometrists to carry out routine follow-ups from the school eye screening system to help address waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51833/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the current school eye-screening system methodology sufficiently tests for close vision problems; if his attention has been drawn to the Association of Optometrists Ireland's 6 Point Vision Check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51834/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (28 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined pension schemes that are currently in deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50840/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (28 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of pensioners on defined pension schemes of less than €12,000 per annum, between €12,000 and €60,000 per annum; and the number of pensioners on defined pension schemes over €60,000 per annum. [50839/13]