Results 1,061-1,080 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expand the current Passport Service and open a number of regional passport offices to cover the different counties outside Dublin and Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Compulsory Purchase Orders (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the prospective compulsory purchase order of a facility (details supplied) in Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of removing the 23% VAT rate on sunscreen products of SPF30 and above; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29327/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the household benefits package to all cancer patients from the point of diagnosis to the cessation of treatment without means testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the expansion of the partial capacity payment scheme will be considered in Budget 2024, to introduce a new statutory payment for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29359/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the decommissioning scheme being operated by his Department; how many applications have been approved; the stage they are at in progression; how many vessel owners have been paid at this stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29792/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland decided not to implement the EMFF 2014-2020 and EMFAF 2021-2027 making crisis support available for the operators in the fishery and aquaculture sectors for income lost due to adverse conditions caused by the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29793/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contractual requirements on suppliers of accommodation to international protection residents to provide supports for children in their care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29084/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 634. To ask the Minister for Health for an update plan for changes to the GP visit card eligibility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 655. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the bowel screening programme to people aged 55 to 74 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 656. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the BreastCheck screening to women aged between 45 and 74 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 657. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing parking charges at public hospitals for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 658. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing medical cards to all cancer patients upon diagnosis to cessation of treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29343/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 660. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the threshold of the drugs payment scheme to a maximum of €72 per patient per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to a nursing home (details supplied); the role the HSE plays in the management and functioning of the facility; if the HSE intends to take over the management of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 715. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the safe access zone legislation in order that women availing of legal services can do so in peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29664/23]

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak tody on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023. I support this legislation and the introduction of a licensing system for the sale of tobacco and nicotine-inhaling products such as e-cigarettes. I welcome the proposed restrictions on sales of these products, including banning sales from mobile premises and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seanad Elections (15 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what consultation his Department intends to carry out regarding plans to respond to the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the Seanad university panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29009/23]

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I am glad of the opportunity to speak on the Government’s rural development policy. This is an area I am particularly interested in coming from a rural constituency and knowing my constituency’s potential. Nobody can dispute that the natural beauty of the west coast, and particularly of Donegal, is unmatched. The area has so much to offer and so much untapped potential and I...