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A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I do indeed. This is actually local to my area. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak to this motion and Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. More than anyone, I want to thank the A5 Enough is Enough group, which was established in November last year in response to the horrific and untimely deaths on the A5 of too many in their community. I welcome them to the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I echo the calls from Deputy Connolly and other Members to have a discussion and debate about the ongoing Palestinian situation in the West Bank. It is vitally important for the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill to be progressed too. The Government should take that on board.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the engagements his Department has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and his Department on resolving the disparity in pay and conditions of section 39-funded workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that, in light of the recent EPA emissions projections and the subsequent confirmation by his Department that any overrun of total greenhouse gas emissions in excess of the 2021-25 carbon budget will be subtracted from the 2026-2030 carbon budget, the 2024 Climate Action Plan will introduce...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that the projected carbon emissions data provided by the EPA for the cumulative carbon budget period 2021-2030 may, if realised, entirely eliminate the 2031–2035 carbon budget provisionally proposed by the Climate Change Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32266/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Donegal had to wait over a year to have an appeal of special education teaching allocation decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32593/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the NCSE review panel refused an appeal of special education teaching allocation despite two NCSE reviewers recommending an increased allocation for a school in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects the review of the draft service level agreements for citizens information service companies will be completed, as it appears from the board minutes of the Citizens Information Board obtained under FOI that the delay in rolling out these contracts sit with her Department, and it is almost two years since the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the appointment process for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment, which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the positions for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment, which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries, will be advertised;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the positions for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries, will be open to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended to fill the positions for Ireland’s two expert representatives on the Expert Committee for Fisheries and Environment which is being established to advise the Commission on implementation and monitoring of the EU Action Plan: Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department is accepting proposals for accommodation related to the temporary protection directive or international protection, where the proposal is causing displacement of students from student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 593. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being put in place to alleviate lengthy waiting list times for breast reconstruction surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 594. To ask the Minister for Health whether private hospital resources are being considered to alleviate the backlog of breast reconstruction surgery times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32259/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for a mastectomy for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 by each waiting time period in each hospital, in tabular form. [32260/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for breast reconstruction surgery for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form. [32261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on a waiting list for an oophorectomy for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form. [32262/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for genetic testing for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 at by each waiting time period, in each hospital, in tabular form. [32263/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am going to continue on the jury trials because it is an important matter. My preference is to have a jury deciding the facts and a judge deciding the compensation. Surely it would be better to allow juries to be questioned on why they made decisions rather than just calling for their abolition? As for the assumption that juries can take a dislike to somebody, judges can do the same....