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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: Has the pelagic sector grown?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: Employment has not grown in Killybegs in the sector.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: How many jobs have been lost in Killybegs in the past while?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: There is no way there are 70 extra jobs in the pelagic sector in Killybegs in the past two or three years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: When the grant aid is announced for a company, a number of jobs is placed against that grant aid, but there is no requirement on the company to create the jobs. It is not a condition of the grant aid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: If a company receives grant aid of "X" amount to support eight jobs, there is no requirement on that company to create eight jobs. The grant aid is not linked to the creation of those jobs. This looks nice in an announcement and it is great for a politician to be able to announce jobs, but there is no requirement for these jobs to be created or for them to materialise on the completion of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: That is grand. I thank Mr. Kelleher.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: We have half the number of fishermen and a lot fewer people working in the processing sector as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: I wish to make two quick points. Mr. Buckley referred to LYIT in Killybegs and the engagement with the pelagic sector. What has the level of engagement been? Are there projects in the pipeline or are people actively looking at projects in that regard? In terms of the €12 million expenditure on the FLAG scheme, is the funding from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: Is the total amount of grant aid €12 million?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: When an announcement is made for the processing sector the announcement says it is worth €500,000 but the grant aid is €125,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: Yes. I wanted to make sure that the €12 million would leverage €20 million because what we get is an announcement of €500,000 but the grant aid is only €125,000.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that JobBridge positions recently advertised in (details supplied) County Donegal are internships and not jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12015/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current arrangement for part-time auxiliary staff, including caretakers who are employed in primary schools in County Donegal; if they have a contract with her Department, Donegal Vocational Education Committee or any other State body; if they are entitled to benefits such as sick pay, holiday pay and pensions; if they have specific...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (24 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 948. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the carbon footprint of a wind turbine, for example, Turbine No. 1 on the Mount Lucas Wind Farm in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11575/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: I certainly would not choose the Eircom network. I have looked at that company's plans for rolling out fibre to cabinet and I suspect that many people living close to the towns served will not actually receive an adequate service on that basis. The Government can make a strategic decision to roll out fibre to every house in the country, at which point the service can be opened up to the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the roll-out of high speed broadband in rural areas that will be delivered by fibre wrapped cable on the electricity network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10594/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: My question pertains to the potential for wrapped fibre on the electricity network as a means to deliver high-speed broadband to all parts of the country and not just areas covered by commercial operators.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: I cannot avoid the conclusion that many parts of rural Ireland are going to be left with mobile broadband. One of the few good things the Government did was set out a legislative basis for using the electricity network to provide fibre wrapped broadband throughout the country. In respect of state aid rules, surely the Government could decide to provide a fibre wrapped network to every house...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (12 Mar 2015)
Thomas Pringle: The Minister of State says that we have a well-balanced fuel mix in terms of our energy supply. I would disagree with that. Our total renewable energy focus is on onshore wind. At the time the plan was developed, back in 2007 or so, wind was probably the only viable technology, but technology has moved on. Biomass has huge potential for meeting our renewable energy targets as well as for...