Results 1-14 of 14 for waste management speaker:Thomas Pringle

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...was to ensure that the perception was that it was in Donegal only and that these things only happened up there, when we knew they were happening across the board throughout country. It was not only Garda management that wanted to do that; the Department of Justice also wanted to make sure of that. 2 o’clock I believe this is rowing back from that, which is wrong. These things...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...making the scheme work have had to put that statement on the record to show how the Government has ignored them. That is sad. That echoes in my mind as I speak here. I think what we are doing today is a waste of time. The deadline for amendments has passed. The Minister of State is not listening to us. He is sitting there uncomfortably. I am sure there are many other things he would...

Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. There is no doubt there is a need for a stronger focus on a circular economy and stronger accountability in terms of waste management and our personal environmental impact. It is important we start to consider the lifetime of products rather than see them in a linear, take-make-waste approach, as currently we tend to do. According to the...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...investigative work, the Ombudsman for Children found Cork County Council failed to maintain the site, failed to maintain the toilet and showering facilities, failed to ensure that there was consistent waste management and pest control and failed to provide a clear and safe passage to school, or play areas for children. Anne told me that she found the Taoiseach’s response to the...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Thomas Pringle: .... It is absolutely in our power to do this. The amendment proposed by the Council, supported by Ireland, is completely unnecessary. We must consider the wider implications of this. Without properly-managed landscapes, which require farmers and agricultural activity to achieve, what direction are we headed in? Will it be a depopulated landscape or will we have unmanaged land which is...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...this increase requested as part of the contract negotiations? We need to know that. Has the Secretary General of the Department been involved in the vaccination strategy? This week has seen reports of family members of hospital management, construction workers and others receiving leftover vaccinations. What involvement has the Secretary General and the Department had in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Services Provision (1 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: ...I am disappointed is because, despite my best efforts, I have been unable to get a response from the HSE locally on the situation regarding the Seaview respite home. On 24 April, I emailed the manager of social care in the area and I followed up with a phone call to him on 15 May but still received no response. I spoke to him on 15 May and he said he would get a response for me. Four...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Dec 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...meters, costs will continue to spiral. That is just one example of the disaster that is Irish Water. I was someone who felt that having a national utility to deal with water services made sense. It is a fact that the management costs built into local authorities for water services have been too burdensome and expensive. There are not enough people working on the ground within water...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: ...legacies of previous Governments is their failure to make any attempt at real local government reform. Similarly, this Bill will continue the exact same system we have at the moment, whereby the manager has all the power and the councillors are the opposition, in effect. It will not confront the charade I saw in Donegal County Council for 12 years. The largest party - most of the time...

Gas Regulation Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2013)

Thomas Pringle: ...to use this crisis for the benefit of multinational energy companies to avail of a fire sale of state assets in Ireland, Greece and other programme countries. Angela Merkel was not joking when she said some years ago that we should not waste the opportunity of this crisis. This is not about making life better for European citizens but making opportunities for big business. The...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Thomas Pringle: ...from the Minister. If the examples I have given are not bad enough, it should be noted they are not what the Minister intends in this Bill. The Bill will provide for the establishment of a new management structure in the health service, creating a tier of directorships that will operate alongside the existing HSE structure of national directorships while he prepares to abolish the HSE....

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (29 Sep 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the tender documents have been received for the Donegal Bay waste water management scheme group B waste water treatment plants; and if not, when he expects to receive same. [26782/11]

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (11 May 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Killybegs WWTP will go to tender as part of the Donegal Bay waste management plan group B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10853/11]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Apr 2011)

Thomas Pringle: ...by the end of this year. We can see that the need to increase the landfill levy is purely to add to the environment fund. A 2009 study by Eunomia claimed the relatively low cost of sending waste to landfill in Ireland has created an over-reliance on landfill. It is clear the Government will use the levy to increase the cost of putting waste into landfill which in turn will increase the...