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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (23 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of childcare identifier code key (chick codes) that were issued by the national childcare sponsorship scheme in 2023; the number of these codes that were activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23458/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Before I start, will the Palestinian flag be flown at Leinster House next Tuesday?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Thank you. The fishing industry in Ireland has been in serious and rapid decline since the introduction of the Common Fisheries Policy. Due to this, fish factory workers, who once worked ten months of the year, are now lucky to get six weeks' work in factories. This decline has meant that it is no longer possible for workers to work up enough stamps. They are forced to apply for...

Dentistry Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to this motion regarding dentistry services and thank the Social Democrats for bringing the motion forward. I fully support this motion and its calls for the Government to expand the capacity of public dental services for children and special care patients, reform the dental treatment service scheme, publish the dentists Bill and address the funding...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It has been two and a half years since Housing for All was published and what has the Minister to show for it? The answer is record-breaking homelessness, crumbling houses, defective dwellings and tents of asylum seekers. One thing is certain; the Minister, Deputy O’Brien, has not provided housing for all. Far from it. The housing situation in this country has never been so...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Like many other Deputies and many members of the public, I was shocked to see the Israeli ambassador at the Famine commemoration at the weekend. This was a political decision on the part of the Government. Having the Israeli ambassador commemorating the Famine as Israel is busy committing genocide in the occupied territories was pure hypocrisy. We need to have a debate on this matter. We...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he would consider implementing plans to remove VAT on factor 50 sun cream in order to encourage people to use it, in the context of the growth in skin cancer in the country and the important preventative role it can play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 564. To ask the Minister for Health whether he has any plans to increase awareness about the importance of the use of sun cream in combatting skin cancer; whether he has had any discussions with his counterparts in the Department of Finance regarding what concessions could be made in this area, including a reduction or exclusion of VAT applied to products. [22442/24]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Although I completely disagree with the overall model of care for nursing homes and residential homes for people with disabilities in Ireland, I recognise that this legislation is important in the context of the current model that we have in place. The recent significant increase in the number of nursing homes in private ownership...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: On 28 November 2022, Judge Geoffrey Shannon informed survivors of child sexual abuse that he had submitted his report to the board of St. John Ambulance Ireland. In February, I raised the fact that it had been nearly a year since the publication of the damning report but that survivors were still waiting on St. John Ambulance to implement the recommendations. Today, survivors are still...

Delivering Universal Healthcare: Statements (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The healthcare system in this country is on its knees and needs a complete overhaul if we are serious about delivering universal healthcare. Waiting lists are constantly breaking record highs and access to sufficient healthcare is becoming increasingly difficult. Last month, Letterkenny hospital broke another record: the longest ever waiting list for beds. Some 594 patients were...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I have been contacted by a number of residents of The Forest, Ballymacool, Letterkenny, County Donegal. They originally qualified for the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme and were waiting for their home to be purchased by the Housing Agency, but then received an abrupt email from the Housing Agency stating it would not proceed with the purchase, with no explanation. Understandably, the...

Road Safety and Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (15 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I an grateful for the opportunity to speak on this motion and to the Labour Party for bringing it forward. This year has been devastating for road fatalities. My heart goes out to all the families and loved ones affected by road deaths and road accidents. There have been 67 fatal collisions with 72 people killed on Irish roads so far this year. This is the highest we have seen in a number...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak on this motion on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. I would like to welcome the survivors, relatives and the Justice for the Forgotten campaigners to the House today. I fully support this motion which calls on the Government to urgently address the matter of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings directly with the British Government in order to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Ó Luain and everybody else for their contributions. I have a couple of questions. Obviously, the model we have in Ireland for student workers does not work. Do the witnesses have an idea of a model that works in advance for people to prepare themselves for coming here? If so, can they explain what it is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Earlier, Mr. Ó Luain spoke about the agents and so on. Just so I understand it, is it the case that schools give the role of dealing with the students over to the agencies and that there is no legal basis for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: There is no follow-up. Nobody who oversees the whole situation and identifies that agencies are wrong and should not be there. There is no Department that is responsible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank our guests for presenting their evidence. I will ask a couple of questions. EEA students have the ability to work at any time of the day or night while in Ireland in order to support their studies, but students from outside the EEA are restricted to morning or afternoon work. While the witnesses are not the ones who decide this, what are their views on the matter? Should students...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Regulation of the English Language Sector: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: The MEI has no problem with a change.