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

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the knowledge transfer groups and whether farmers will be allowed to participate in more than one group. There is a concern that farmers who have sheep and cattle will gravitate towards the cattle groups, and sheep farming could be undermined because of this.

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

Thomas Pringle: I can see the difficulty the Minister has with double payments. Perhaps a sliding scale could be used. If a farmer has sheep and cattle and is in a cattle discussion group, the measures recommended in a farm improvement plan might be slightly different for the sheep element of the farming activity. There should be a way to get around this. When does the Minister expect to reach a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an increase in the budget allocation for areas of natural constraint in order to reverse the cuts from previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34204/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the integrity of the penalty points system of the Common Fisheries Policy has been undermined by the recent refusal of the Danish authorities to allocate points to a vessel detected fishing without a quota in Irish waters over the summer of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34207/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will remove the 10% threshold for compensation for farmers with tuberculosis reactors; if he will remove the prohibition on purchasing into restricting holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34205/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is downgrading the low input permanent pasture measure in the latest round of the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34206/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Government has presented a striking message to the electorate this year in the form of a pre-election manifesto whereby people seeking equality should get a job because the best form of social protection will be that job. Most people had assumed the State should act as the best form of social protection but it appears they have been wrong all along. Today the Government has made clear...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Job Initiatives (13 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the work of the Killybegs employment implementation group; the number of jobs created, and in what sectors, since the announcement of the Group in July 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35674/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider a ring-fenced special education needs support fund, accessible at local level through the county child-care committee, to enable children with special needs to attend the early childhood care and education programme; if he is aware that in County Donegal 65% out of 170 children with special needs are unsupported by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 334. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns raised regarding the future of Dunfanaghy health centre in County Donegal, including the need for an upgrade, to avail of facilities such as wheelchair access, disability access and extra space to carry out its clinical functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35769/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (13 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 335. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to vacant posts not being filled in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, his plans to recognise the peripherality of Donegal's location and its unique geographical circumstances as part of the process of recruiting hospital staff and retaining them in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35770/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (13 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill 2013 to be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35673/15]

Other Questions: Missing Persons (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take in a missing person case (details supplied) in view of recent allegations; her plans to authorise a new investigation into the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35185/15]

Other Questions: Missing Persons (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to Ireland's longest-running missing person case, the case of Mary Boyle, who disappeared in Donegal in March 1977, and the two very serious allegations that were recently made in relation to that disappearance.

Other Questions: Missing Persons (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister. The case has been very harrowing and has destroyed the lives of the family involved over the years, particularly Mary Boyle's twin sister, Ann Doherty, who justifiably feels the person she believes is the prime suspect was never interviewed by the investigating gardaí. There have been allegations of political interference to ensure the person was not considered a...

Other Questions: Missing Persons (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Garda authorities are aware of the allegations and the substance of the investigations. Earlier this year, Ann Doherty wrote to the Minister requesting a meeting to outline her concerns about the handling of the case, but the Minister declined to meet her. In light of the fact that two weeks ago the Taoiseach said he would be happy to meet her, would the Minister reconsider her decision...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the security costs for the MacGill Summer School held in the Glenties in County Donegal in July 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35186/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Membership (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 157. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Cabinet committees in the current administration; and the names of the Ministers and Ministers of State who are members of each committee. [36558/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection given that the recent budget aimed to benefit children and families, why she did not increase the weekly living allowance for children in direct provision centres; the reason she did not see this as a budgetary matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36430/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Direct Provision Allowance Payments (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the annual cost to her Department of increasing the living allowance for children living in direct provision centres by €5 per child per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36440/15]