Results 61-80 of 145 for going forward speaker:Thomas Pringle

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It was interesting listening to Government Members before I came into the House and hearing their take on what is happening with the health services. In the same breath we hear that they have got extra money - a record amount of money - and then we hear about all the problems. There should not be any problems because they have this record amount of money. The reality is that the record...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...However, I wonder about its value and what the outcome will be. While we are in this caretaker situation it seems to me the Dáil has abdicated its responsibility or role to direct the caretaker Government to actually do things. We can establish a committee and by 17 June there might still be a caretaker Government and we will not be able to do anything to direct the Government to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: If the committee has received it, I have not seen it, but I apologise for saying nothing had been received. With regard to the total allowable catches, TACs, for next year, every year we go through a phase where doom and gloom is predicted in December, but then the negotiations take place and it never turns out quite as bad as had been proposed initially and the result is deemed to be good....

Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: An Dara Céim - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (8 Oct 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...Bill amends the 2003 Act, which has not been fit for purpose for a long time, and attempts to ensure that the Irish-speaking population can engage with the State through Irish. It is useful to consider how we got here. In 2011, the programme for Government set out the intention of the then Government to review the 2003 Act with a view to ensuring that expenditure in this area was best...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Geilleagracha, Comhdhaonnacha agus Cultúir), 2014: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2014: First Stage (17 Dec 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú.I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.For too long economic, social and cultural rights have largely been excluded from the political and legal systems. It is almost 25 years since Ireland ratified the International Covenant on...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Thomas Pringle: ...is completely different in every other European country. The explanation for this seems to be that we took a court case and they did not. That seems to be the only reason we have been forced to go down this road and through this whole procedure. One reason I am disappointed is because this is a torturously long process, but I understand the data sets must be built up and the research...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Regional Group for putting forward this motion. It is important that we talk about the disabled grants and the various grants that are available from local authorities. It has been striking that they have not been raised for discussion in the House in the form of Topical Issue matters and so on. They are vitally important. In my Donegal County Council days in the early 2000s,...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...would wonder what Fine Gael did to local authorities at any stage. They participated in the fiasco that we have in terms of local authorities - Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party and every Government - and that is the problem. Out-of-government control would make a big difference to it. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. There is...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Jul 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...told they have to leave the hotel today and others have been told they must do so by Saturday. We should be sending a clear message to those families to stay where they are, that this issue is going to be resolved and that the hotel will be leased to Dublin City Council. This will at least provide them with some form of stability for a while during which time they might be able to source...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Thomas Pringle: .... It was very difficult to listen to that testimony and, for me, very difficult to accept that in 2013 Irish society would force women to make those journeys with a baby they had been looking forward to having, knowing that baby had no chance of survival outside the womb and they had to make a very difficult decision. Our society and our community would not accept that they should make...

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...That is the main problem. While this Bill is about putting on a legal footing arrangements that were previously in place, it arises from companies around the coast taking cases to assert their rights. They fought the Government the whole way along the line to vindicate their rights and practically bankrupted themselves in doing so. Mr. Gerard Kelly is on hunger strike and is outside...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...influence on the services." The Minister for Justice said she is confident that the hospital will be secular. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, said that the past two weeks have provided absolute clarity on the secular status of the new hospital. The women of Ireland know that talk is cheap, particularly talk from Fianna Fáil,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report: Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (9 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...interesting discussion. The one thing that probably many people have not realised is that making peace is a generational issue. Many of us have not come to terms with the fact that it is probably going to take another 20, 30 or 40 years for it to work its way completely through all of society in Northern Ireland. The one thing that would worry me slightly about getting the two...

Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...involvement in pacifist movements; to the freedom of the press and observation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and; — calls for the UN to immediately engage with all parties in pursuit of an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing slaughter of innocent people and negotiate a settlement in line with international law, and; " C. To insert the following after...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Thomas Pringle: .... In the normal course of events, that would have happened. I say this because the Minister held a briefing with Opposition spokespersons on 9 September to signal that this Bill was coming forward, but at that meeting I do not think he signalled it would come forward two days before the Dáil's rising and the thing itself happening. Between 9 September and today is six or seven...

Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...attempt in the past week or two to get the institutions back up and running and the discussions held in Belfast with the various parties to try to do so. Ultimately, the institutions must be got going again, and the Irish Government will have to be very strong in arguing for their reinstatement. Ultimately, the flaw in the Good Friday Agreement is that the British are seen as being...

Nationalisation of Energy System: Motion [Private Members] (14 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...the opportunity to speak on this motion today, which calls for the renationalisation of the energy system. I completely support this motion. I thank Solidarity-People Before Profit for bringing forward such an important and much-needed motion. We all have constituents who are struggling to make ends meet and hearing their stories is truly heartbreaking. There is no doubt that the...

Maternity Leave Benefit Extension: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: We definitely could keep on going because it is right that we should keep talking about this. It has to be restated that the Minister's statement here today is shocking. I fully support the motion and it is right that it is brought forward in response to the NWCI and the very good campaign it has run. Like my colleague, I pay tribute to Deputy Bríd Smith and the work she did in...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Deputy Harkin and her staff for bringing forward this very important motion on the challenges facing the childcare and nursing home sectors. I support this motion and its calls on the Government to put in place specific policies to ensure that, in the childcare and nursing home sectors, there is an equitable local and regional spread of affordable quality services. I am going to...

Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...interdepartmental working group on mortgage arrears was published, people across the board greeted it with a sense of huge disappointment. The report clearly finds in favour of the banks and puts forwards solutions which benefit the lending authorities. This is hardly surprising, particularly when one considers the membership of the working group, namely, 16 civil servants, five bankers...