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EU Police Co-operation: Motion (10 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: This proposal seeks to strengthen laws regarding migrant smuggling while, at the same time, MEPs are today voting on the EU migration pact to reform asylum policies, which multiple NGOs have said will make it much harder for refugees to seek protection in Europe and which will force more refugees to seek other methods, such as smuggling. This is nonsensical and completely inhumane. We are...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I think it is a disgrace and an insult but it is actually the way things are going to go, and that is fair enough because the Business Committee is a joke and a waste of time because the Government does not have to pay any attention to it. I am glad the Government is actually being honourable now in not paying any attention to it and going ahead and doing what it wants because that is what...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing with Deputies Harkin, McNamara and Fitzmaurice.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I will take five minutes. I offer personal congratulations to Simon Harris. On a personal level, it is positive for him and his family that he has been made Taoiseach but, sadly, for the country and ordinary people, it is a nothing day. It is a day of lost opportunity. There is no doubt that Simon Harris will not change the focus of this Government. That is the problem with this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 28 November 2023, whether he expects to finalise the sectoral emission ceilings including LULUCF for the first carbon budget consistent with the aggregate budget of 295 million tonnes CO2 eq, before that period has expired (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes can be made to the current LIS rules in order that roads in west Donegal will qualify for the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in relation to a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by one of the teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13884/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Priorities (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in her Department have met with teacher unions in relation to a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by one of the teacher unions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Council (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the Pensions Council has failed to publish an independent evaluation report (details supplied) along with the approved minutes of its December 2023 meeting, as required by Rule 18 of its rules of procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13918/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1281. To ask the Minister for Health how many times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients in Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified to the HSE national risk register in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1282. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to restore physiotherapy clinics to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13886/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of long-term beds which are open in each of the community hospitals in County Donegal, for each of the years from 2019 to 2024, in tabular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14247/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1511. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes who transitioned from the paediatric diabetes service to adult diabetes services in Letterkenny University Hospital in 2023 and 2024; how many of those use CGM technology; how many of those are using insulin pumps; how many of them have had one OPD diabetes review appointment in the adult service; how many of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1512. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with type 1 diabetes attending Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH); the number of those patients awaiting an annual OPD diabetes review appointment for less than 6, 6-12, 12-24 and over 24 months; and the longest patient waiting time for an appointment to see an endocrinologist in LUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1513. To ask the Minister for Health how many people living with type 2 diabetes have been treated in the HSE ECC specialist ambulatory care hub in Letterkenny to date; the number of appointments provided in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14893/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 1588. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to reopen a health centre in County Donegal (details supplied) as a working GP surgery; if it will be advertised for a doctor to take over the practice or if he will enter talks with the previous GP who previously had a practice in the building to get a GP back in the village again; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Harbours and Piers (21 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 341. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the money will be granted for phase 2 of the project to complete the works at the Pier at Ailt á Chorráin, County Donegal; the amount that will be granted for the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13480/24]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is imperative that the issue of Palestine dominates the meetings of the European Council tomorrow and Friday. Europe has been too weak and slow in showing its solidarity with Palestine and it is disappointing to see some countries still denying the fact that this genocide is taking place at the hands of Israel. This is despite the fact that reports show Israel is deliberately starving...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: In light of the fact that we are going to rise for two weeks tomorrow, it is vitally important that we debate the situation in Gaza because, unfortunately, thousands more people will be dead by the time we come back. We need to do that. We need to take an independent stance on that issue. That has to happen.

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: On behalf of the Independent Group, I would like to express our condolences to Charlie Bird's family. We recognise the work he did over the years. As has been mentioned by other Members regarding the Stardust families and the ceasefires in the North, he was very important and well recognised. As Deputy Boyd Barrett said in recognition of public service broadcasting, that is vitally...