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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will an update on any plans of proposed changes to reduce the voting age to 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19518/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to allow Irish-born citizens living outside Ireland to vote in Irish elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and total value of contracts her Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20040/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the situation in relation to agricultural payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a landowner who is getting his agriculture payments (details supplied) is allowed to deny access to people with turbary rights to cut their own turf for their own use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20023/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 500. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical card levy, which places a financial burden on many older and vulnerable people, will be removed completely in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to ensure that all employees who are entitled to the €1,000 payment are paid out, particularly a person (details supplied); if they are entitled to the payment; when it will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19069/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 553. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1385 of 21 March 2023, when there was a full case conference in relation to the patient; if a patient advocate had been appointed on his behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and total value of contracts his Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20031/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 658. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when local authorities will be informed of the outcome of their applications for funding from the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19157/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 674. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and total value of contracts her Department has had over the past 12 months with KPMG; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (20 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason not-for-profit community centres, sports clubs and small businesses can only get a grant of 20% for solar PV through SEAI, yet farmers can avail of grants of 60% through TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18701/23]

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Hopefully Deputy Connolly will be in before I am finished. If not, maybe she can go after somebody else. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I welcome the Bill’s intention to lift the cap on the number of judges in Ireland and to appoint 24 additional judges, which would bring the number of judges in Ireland from 173 to 194. A recent report published by the...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. There has been a significant rise in human trafficking in Ireland and across the European Union. I welcome the attempt to address this. I particularly welcome the directive's intention of protecting victims but I hope it will not only be an intention. We need to be very careful in how we address...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It seems the most recent European Council meeting was, once again, completely dominated by discussions of the conflict in Ukraine. This is an important issue but I note there was no mention of the increased violence in Palestine, where many Palestinians, including children, are suffering from Israel’s apartheid or of Yemen, where the war is getting more and more violent and where it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I thank everybody for their contributions today. It has been interesting. The discussion so far about what the committee and the board will do when it is established has been interesting. It is clear, to my mind, that as set up in the legislation here, it will unfortunately not achieve its aims. It would be good if suggestions from the committee and the witnesses' contributions were taken...