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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what additional measures have been put in place by his Department to screen aircraft seeking exemptions under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 to ensure that Ireland is not being used as a transit point for weapons which may be exported to Israel; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of exemptions under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 granted for weapons going to or coming from Germany in the period October 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18999/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a substantive reply has issued to email correspondence sent to his office from a person (details supplied) dated 18 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19178/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is envisaged that the vacant property grant will have a timeframe when it will no longer be available (details supplied) [19341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 5 March 2024, if the technical working group has deemed suitable for progression under the emergency refurbishment (Ukraine) programme any of the properties that are currently subject to an open enforcement case by a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications which were submitted in the period 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of applications which were successful on first processing; the number which were eventually successful following a review; the number eventually successful following an appeal, in tabular form; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications submitted in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of applications which were successful on first processing; the number which were eventually successful following a review; the number which were eventually successful following an appeal, in tabular form;...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications which were submitted in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of applications which were successful on first processing; the number which were eventually successful following a review; the number which were eventually successful following an appeal, in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the actions her Department has taken in relation to the entitlement of an unmarried co-habitant to a widows, widowers or surviving civil partner’s contributory pension following on from the recent Supreme Court judgment of 22 January 2024 including the legislative changes required;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prisoners Abroad (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, if she will provide an update on the progression of an application by a person (details supplied) to move from a prison in Britain home to Ireland, as their father is extremely ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19181/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Ms Egan for her opening statement. It was interesting. It is timely that she is here today because we will be discussing the EU migration pact in a later session. In relation to the international protection element of the board's work, I wonder what impact the new procedure envisaged under the migration pact will have. Obviously, it may be a wee bit early for Ms Egan to comment on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is clear from Ms Egan's submission so far that she is not resourced. This is not a reflection on Ms Egan, but she is not resourced and there does not seem to be any indication that she will be resourced. The reality is that those people seeking international protection will get inadequate legal advice through no fault of Ms Egan's practitioners or anything like that, but because the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: When Ms Egan spoke about solicitor recruitment and retention, she said that new "solicitors are paid less than their comparators in the Office of the DPP and the Chief State Solicitor's Office." This may be a bit unfair but I will say it anyway. Is it a judgment on our society that we look at people in need of legal aid as being something less and, therefore, they do not get the resources...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I have a final question. Ms Egan referred to the ICT update which needs to be adequately resourced in order to bring it to fruition. In the context of her vision and short-term priorities for the role, surely sorting out the budget and getting an adequate budget would be a priority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: However, it is not mentioned in the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Legal Aid Board: Chairperson Designate (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It might have been better to have clearly stated that because the Government will ignore it when it suits it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank everybody for the presentations to the committee. We are going through this procedure today but it does not have any bearing on the actual decision that is being made. The decision will take place in the Dáil when it is scheduled to come up. This committee hearing is basically around the information to inform the decision-making process when we get there. Last week at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The witnesses and all the bodies here are probably hedging their bets in terms of their submissions. That is probably because there is a sense that the UN would have a wider remit maybe. Mr. O'Neill seems to be giving a lot of hope to this new pact, that it is going to work. The view from the other organisations is that it is detrimental to asylum seekers. In practice, maybe what they are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Can I come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Regarding DNA testing and the retention of DNA statistics of children that is included in this pact, last week the Minister was of the view that it is a good thing, it is good for children’s safety and so on. What do the witnesses think about that? If it is such a good thing, why is it not rolled out in respect of children all over the rest of the country? I recently came through...