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Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: In the past seven weeks, if the HAP had not been rolled out in Donegal, 40 applicants would have got rent allowance because they would have submitted on their form that they were under the rent limits and they would have been approved. What the Minister of State says bears no reality to the situation on the ground. I would be interested to see if he would go back and ask Donegal County...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (16 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will raise the income limits for applicants to qualify to get onto the social housing lists, particularly in County Donegal, in recognition that applicants above the limits cannot secure finance to provide for their own housing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28764/15]

Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The motion is about the Fennelly report. The Minister for Education and Skills has just said the debate should be about values and competence. The debate certainly is about values and competence. It is about the Taoiseach's values and how he dealt with the Garda Commissioner when the information came to light, and about how he did not use the proper channels to convey his message to the...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the role his Department has played in promoting greater financial inclusion; his views on establishing a standard bank account in post offices to ensure everyone, especially those on low incomes, have access to financial services relevant to their needs; and if he will make a statement on...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: This question is indirectly related to the previous one. It deals mainly with the Minister of State's role and that of his Department in providing for greater financial inclusion, specifically in the establishment of the standard bank account and the role the post office network can play in the roll-out of that. I wanted to see where that factored into the work the Minister of State's...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Some 17% of people in Ireland are unbanked and that is why the financial inclusion project was set up. The Minister of State mentioned in his response the pilot project that was run by the Department of Finance. The remarkable thing about that was that An Post was not included in the pilot project. That is why there was such a low uptake of the standard bank account, because people simply...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: No doubt it has to be built on. I would be worried about the commitment of other Departments to build on that, particularly considering the Department of Finance did not even include An Post in the initial roll-out and trial project for the standard bank account and has been dragging its heels on including An Post in it ever since. Given what the Department of Social Protection did on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the high percentage of premises without access to broadband in County Donegal, if he will consider an expediency plan for the most rural counties like County Donegal, as the timeline for formal procurement for State intervention is already running into the end of this year with no delays expected; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Foreshore Licence Applications (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications for foreshore licences (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 712. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will respond to the call for supports for children in County Donegal with special needs attending the free preschool year, as it has been recently revealed by the Donegal county child care census 2015, that 63% of children with special needs participating in the free preschool year are unsupported by any form of grant assistance or...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (22 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 713. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will confirm that no specific budget is available to train staff to provide specialised supports for children with special needs attending the free preschool year scheme; if a commitment will be made in budget 2016 to have funding ring-fenced to increase supports for children in the free preschool year; and if he will make a...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I support the motion. The one sentence that I ultimately agree with in the motion is that the Dáil calls on the Government to "fund the health services adequately and honestly" because something I believe we have not seen in the State in the past 30 years is adequate and honest funding for the health services. The reality is that the health services have never recovered from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (23 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the lack of amenities for tourists in the Malin Head, Errigal and Dún Luiche areas of County Donegal, as well as in other scenic areas in County Donegal; the support he will provide to enable the development of lay-bys, toilets, seating, and rubbish facilities for visitors along scenic routes across County...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Station Closures (23 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will support the reinstatement of the Coast Guard Unit Cliff Rescue Service in An Bun Beag; the other supports he will make available to communities along the Wild Atlantic Way to ensure a high standard of safety is established within the tourism sector, as tourist numbers are set to increase in County Donegal and other counties...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulatory oversight his Department will have on the broadband intervention strategy in terms of supervising universal service obligations, wholesale access conditions, wholesale physical network infrastructure access, retail authorisations, wholesale-retail contract oversight, dispute resolutions, service level...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (24 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will supply a list of all schools, by county and in tabular form, which are currently housed in prefabricated buildings with no permanent structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32584/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank all the witnesses for their interesting presentations. As a former member of Donegal County Council, I wish to start by asking Ms Fullerton a question. I remember when sitting in the chamber in Lifford seeing Eddie Fullerton's picture looking down on the chamber. It is hard to believe that 25 years later we still have no answers regarding the investigation. What she has related...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: What strikes me today is that while the session is on the legacy of the past, it is actually about the present and the future for the victims' groups presenting here today. For most of them, the conflict has not ended because they are still trying to deal with, and get through, it. The focus today is on the Stormont House Agreement and the opportunity it provides. The Committee on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Inequality (29 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address income inequality in the forthcoming budget 2016, taking into account the widening gap between the wealthy and poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32874/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (29 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will enact section 67 of the Post and Telecommunications Act 1987 to allow institutions such as An Post to provide financial services, including a standard bank account. [32873/15]