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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 263. To ask the Minister for Finance when persons retire, the point at which their self-employment status ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33240/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of retirees who are registered as self-employed with the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33241/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (29 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 640. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made by her Department in relation to the ongoing European Union review of development restrictions in special areas of conservation and special protection areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33244/15]

Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support this motion, which is very important. We have debated this issue in the House on a number of occasions in recent months, all in Private Members' time. That shows the importance the Government has placed on this crisis. The most remarkable element to remember about this crisis, and it cannot be said often enough, is that it is a totally manufactured one. It has been...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (1 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the long-term capital spending plan will have a strong focus on rural regeneration, including active targeting of geographical barriers to economic growth, for counties such as Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33420/15]

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (1 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the capital plan that was announced this week and how it will focus on rural areas and assist them in trying to address regional imbalances across the country.

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (1 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: With Dublin making up 42% of Ireland's GDP, there is a need to restructure and rebalance regional development and ensure that other rural parts of Ireland can compete with Dublin, never mind internationally. I will focus on two aspects the Minister mentioned. On the village renewal scheme in rural Ireland, the plan provides for Exchequer funding of €5 million in the budget but...

Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (1 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: On schools, there is a commitment in the plan to do away with temporary accommodation within schools but arising from a question to the Department of Education and Skills, and I accept that is not the Minister's Department, it did not even have a list of all the schools in Donegal that are in temporary accommodation so how can we expect that it will deal with the problem? That leads me to...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I am happy to contribute to this debate, and I commend my colleagues on their tabling of this motion. This is a very timely subject ahead of budget 2016 next week and alongside the OECD's BEPS report, which was published recently. It also falls alongside the EU proposal for automatic exchange of tax rulings, all of which represents the biggest change in the global taxation system in 100...

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Why is the Government not creating an environment to foster SMEs in growing, developing and continuing to create local jobs?

Corporate Tax Policy: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: SMEs and Irish companies would never get away with not paying the 12.5% corporate tax rate. That is not to say that multinational companies cannot play a role in our economy, but that should not be at the expense of society. Ireland is now facing growing economic inequality, with the wealthiest 20% owning around 70% of the country's total wealth, while the least well off 40% of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns of the Irish National Teachers Organisation with regard to schools in rural Ireland, including the issues of class sizes, funding inequality between primary and secondary schools and the increased workload for many school teachers and principals who lack the support of a middle-management infrastructure in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide emergency funding to Donegal County Council for the removal of sand at the pier in An Bun Beag in County Donegal, as the accumulation of sand is in danger of making the pier unusable, and will impact on the ability of the local Coast Guard to launch a rescue boat, if required; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 490. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with section 39 funded organisations to discuss the opportunity of pay restoration, in light of the upcoming budget, as their members have experienced a decline in working conditions, after a continuous cycle of budget cuts, while demand for their services has increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33419/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 24 September 2015, the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal was not included on this list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34562/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on implementing recommendation No. 10 of the Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries report on promoting sustainable rural coastal and island communities regarding the issuing of heritage licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34379/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The question relates to the report of the Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries on promoting sustainable rural coastal and island communities and the recommendations in that regard concerning heritage licences. Could the Minister indicate what progress has been made on the implementation of the recommendations in the report?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The question was really not about the NIFF or the RIFFs. The joint sub-committee compiled a report. It will be two years' in January since the report was published. The committee heard from a wide range of inshore fishing interests, and recommendations were made by an all-party committee of the Oireachtas. It seems to me that no discussion has been taking place within the Department. One...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: As I understand it, the Common Fisheries Policy allows member states, in developing policy in this area, to give preference to coastal and rural communities and small fisheries communities. It is up to each member state to develop that policy under the Common Fisheries Policy. As inshore fisheries is not covered by the Common Fisheries Policy, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 8. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing farmers to be members of more than one knowledge transfer group to offset the potential for sheep groups to be undermined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34203/15]