Results 201-220 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Fishing Industry Development: Statements (23 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the fisheries sustainable impact assessment. I thank the Minister for giving us a chance to address this important issue. The Common Fisheries Policy is widely accepted as having failed. The policy deliberately set out to hamper and destroy the Irish fishing industry. It has been said by other speakers that prior to our entry into the European...

Fishing Industry Development: Statements (23 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I will ask two brief questions. In terms of inshore fisheries, what scope does the Minister have to allow fishermen to work within the six-mile limit, particularly in the context of cod recovery plan area 6A? The ban on net fishing therein is having a severe impact on the inshore fleet. I welcome the Minister's comments on the completion of the appropriate agricultural assessment of four...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate the exceptional needs payment for persons who are offered accommodation by local authorities under the long-term leasing scheme and contact the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that the contracts with local authorities are reviewed to ensure that houses offered are furnished in...

Report on Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016: Statements (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Government's capital programme. Certain aspects of the programme, such as the commitments to primary care, mental health provision and the national children's hospital, have been praised by the media and experts. However, the programme's commitments mean nothing because they are subject to the availability of financial resources over the coming two...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I have very little time to speak due to the guillotine that has been imposed on it. As there are so many Members of the Technical Group willing to speak on it, adequate time should have been provided in the House to ensure that everybody could make a contribution to what is a very important Bill. It will have a major impact on those living...

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Private Members' motion. Children simply want to do the things they do, that is play, have friends and grow up safe. Parents want to provide for children as best they can. Child benefit is one of the most important payments for low-income families to ensure they can do that. Yet, 96,000 children go without the essentials needed for an acceptable...

Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: This Bill serves to highlight the inequity in our health system in that we must bring in legislation to provide for increases in tax credits to facilitate private companies in making profits on people's fear that they will not get access to the health services they need. That whole market has been driven by fear in that if people want to be sure they can leap-frog the queues when they need...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. I disagree with the Minister - the Bill is timely, given that we have just had a presidential election. The recent election highlighted a number of flaws in the current system, particularly in respect of the nomination process for Independent candidates to get on the ballot paper. The Bill proposes what I believe are satisfactory...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I also wish to oppose the proposed increase in car tax. It is a regressive measure, particularly in the constituency I represent, in which people are forced to travel to try to find work. However, the Government now proposes to increase the burden of taxation on them to make it more difficult for them. In a county such as Donegal that has virtually no public transport, cars are not a...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has concluded his discussions with the proposers of the offset debt method for addressing negative equity in family homes; when he commenced his exploration of this proposal; the number of meetings that have been held; the nature of these recent discussions; if there were any external consultations sought on the proposal; if he has reached a...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to end the process in which large multiple retailers are profiting from VAT refunds on the below cost sale of alcohol when they reclaim the difference between the invoice price VAT and the sale price VAT levied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38887/11]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Property Registration Authority will be brought under the Freedom of Information Act; if the legislation to do this had been prepared for the Land Registry to be taken under the Act; the reason that this had not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38895/11]

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the determination on 22 July 2011 pursuant to the provisions of the Foreshore Act 1933, as amended, to grant a foreshore licence in respect of development on the foreshore related to the Corrib gas pipeline; the person who decided on the conservation objectives; the way they were established...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Donegal division serving in Gaeltacht areas who can conduct business with members of the public through Irish; the stations to which they are assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for residency and naturalisation on hand; the reason it takes more than 26 months to process an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38890/11]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in County Donegal earmarked for closure; the criteria used to decide on the closure; the security arrangements in place for the rural communities that will be left without a Garda presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38891/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (6 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the timetable for the Natura 2000 bays that are being assessed to identify the conservation objectives required for aquaculture; when the assessments on the remaining 84 bays will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/11]

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: This budget is testament to putting things on the long finger and is simply pushing everything down the line. It lacks leadership, insight and foresight. The good-cop/bad-cop routine played out over two days in soap-opera style - so bad, they had to play it twice - did nothing except to pick on the same old reliables: low income earners and vulnerable families. It demonstrated the...

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: It flies in the face of recent launches of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, who in promoting tourism asks people to visit Ireland but they should not drive or hire a car or bus because they simply cannot afford the petrol and diesel. The amnesia of the Government is palpable as it holds the export economy as the bedrock of growth. It must have forgotten...

European Summit: Motion (8 Dec 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this important motion. The EU is in a crisis of epic proportions. It is not of our making, as the Taoiseach acknowledged in his state of the nation address, yet he is forcing the Irish people to pay for the reckless lending of German and French banks. At the time of the bailout, Irish banks owed German and French banks €103 billion and more than...