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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I apologise to the witnesses for missing their presentation. I also apologise if my questions have been asked by other speakers already. IFI favours the development of closed containment salmon farms, and that we should move to land-based closed containment. What role will it play in making that happen? Will the IFI have an input into making this happen? I would like to tease out what its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: There is no exploitation at sea of salmon stocks or fisheries of which the witness is aware but what about the krill fishery in the North Atlantic? I have heard stories of hundreds of thousands of smolts being caught in krill fisheries by Russian fleets. Has that been examined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I asked a question on the removal of gigas oysters from Lough Swilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Is it the aspiration of IFI that they should be removed and can it make that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Is it an aspiration rather than a policy?

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Like other speakers, I question the timing of the introduction of this legislation, which has come down to the wire. As I understand it, we have two years to transpose European directives into national law and I fail to see why it takes one year and 363 days to get it to the floor of this House. It does not make much sense and it does...

Social Services and Support: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Deputy Tom Fleming for introducing this Private Members' motion and dedicating the time to issues around elder care in Ireland. It is a timely issue, coinciding with yesterday's Dáil motion expanding the Ombudsman's remit to include private nursing homes. As I stated yesterday, our over reliance on private residential care and our approach to elder care has led to under...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the Regional Action Plan for Jobs 2015 for the Border region, which includes Donegal and which is due for publication this month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28658/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the effects seasonality has on work practices experienced by seasonal workers in counties such as Donegal, taking into account the potential effects fluctuating demand in seasonal work may have on the quality of work and that little research has been done into further understanding the work trends in this sector;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount it would cost to reinstate the payment levels under the farm assist scheme to pre-budget 2012 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29376/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Payments (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount it would cost to re-instate the income disregard levels under the Farm Assist Scheme to pre-budget 2012 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons claiming under the farm assist scheme, by county, for each year since 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29377/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Data (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to assess the impact of changes made in the 2012 and 2013 budgets under the farm assist scheme on those families depending on the scheme and in respect of access to secondary supports, since those changes were made; if she will clarify how the scheme is kept under constant review by officials in her Department, as...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the recent consumer protection legislation will regulate credit service providers, but not the special purpose vehicles which handle their loans, as in the case of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the number of adult residential services units available for persons with intellectual disabilities by county since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29467/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he has made in relation to a person (details supplied) who is facing a 12-year prison sentence in the Philippines, without a fair trial; the consular services that are available to the person; the representations his Department has made in relation to corrupt practices in the judicial system in the Philippines; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to include a clause in contracts for commercial entities providing broadband roll-out services, which states that rural areas such as County Donegal will be prioritised as part of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29412/15]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider raising the housing assistance payment rental levels for applicants in recognition of the fact that it is impossible to secure rental properties at or near the current levels in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28765/15]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the housing assistance payment in County Donegal which has been rolled out in the past four or five weeks. I refer to the possibility of increasing the levels of payment.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The levels set for the HAP are in line with the rent assistance and I suppose the only positive difference with the HAP is that one does not get refused if one is paying a rent above the HAP level that is set. The rents are not based on the market in the local areas. In County Donegal, this morning there were five properties available under the HAP limit for a family with one child in a...