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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when appeals under the jobseeker's benefit scheme by persons (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36464/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the federation for its submission. Sometimes we get submissions that are pages and pages long; there is a lot of fluff in them and it is hard to work out what information is in them. In the case of the federation's submission, I want the federation to expand a bit on some of the points, particularly in relation to its three main concerns. I would like to hear some practical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the board members for their presentation. There seems to be a lack of communication between the board and the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation. I would like to hear how that will be addressed in the future in order to improve that relationship. Mr. Meaney said the IGB has taken over catering services within the stadia. How much will that contribute to improving the...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 7. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take in response to the funding pressures to child and family services, as highlighted by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; if he will respond to the agency's need for increased funding over a period of three years to fund cases where children and families are not allocated a social worker; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The question relates to the need for a programme over the next three years at least to ensure that Tusla has the required funding to carry out its remit.

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. While there has been a €38 million increase for 2016 and a Supplementary Estimate of €20 million for this year, by all accounts the three-card trick of Supplementary Estimates will not be available next year to the Government because of the pressures under the fiscal treaty. This should not be a once-off increase in funding to make it...

Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: While the increase in funding now is welcome, Tusla has identified a deficit of €132 million required over the next three years just basically to meet what it states are its statutory requirements. That is not to talk about early intervention programmes. Other Deputies earlier spoke about the family resource centres. Those centres' work has the potential to prevent children...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue because it is very important. The credit unions have been established since the 1960s and there are more than 354 credit unions across the country. Fewer credit unions were baled out during the financial crisis than banks. Currently, the credit unions have €8.5 billion on deposit with the banks, which they are not allowed...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: On first reading, the response of the Minister of State looks rather promising in respect of the proposal from the credit unions. When we examine it a little more closely, however, it is somewhat concerning, in particular in the use of language. The social housing clearing house group smacks to me of the banks and the clearing house work that banks undertake. There is a concerning sentence...

National Asset Management Agency: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Government line on this is that this happened across the Border, it was nothing to do with the sales process and that any of the problems lie with the buyers. PIMCO approached NAMA, said it had been asked to provide payments to third parties and had been advised by Brown Rudnick and Tughans. NAMA said it talked it out of the process but PIMCO said it left it voluntarily. Along...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that Bus Éireann provides a comprehensive wheelchair accessible service on Expressway routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36800/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services Personnel (22 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 52. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided for more community first responder teams and more paramedics that will go directly to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36467/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Reports (22 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 75. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take in response to the Health Information and Quality Authority's report which found issues of hygiene compliance at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36468/15]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the concrete and effective pressure that his Department will place on Israel to curb the recent influx of violence in the region and to prevent the possible development of another violent conflict in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36846/15]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the recent upsurge in violence in the West Bank between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli authorities in dealing with that trouble.

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. Unfortunately the response puts blame on both sides for the escalation in violence in the area. This is the typical response of the Government and shows the failure of diplomatic efforts. There is no doubt but that any reasonable person looking at the context of what is happening will see that 42 Palestinians, including children, have been killed by...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister referred to despair. There is certainly despair in the individual who attacks civilians with a knife in the face of armed soldiers and armed police. That is the side where the despair is. Unfortunately, the European Union is building and contributing to that despair by continuously kowtowing to the Israelis and not forcing them back to the table and to the peace process. That...

Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Over the summer months, the news pertaining to the killings of Jock Davison and Kevin McGuigan shook people's confidence as to whether they thought the IRA had gone away, the peace process was moving on and things were developing and moving on. This has shaken the confidence of a great many people nationwide as to what they can foresee for the future and what they envisage about how things...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department's contacts with the independent chairperson of the review regarding the situation in Maghaberry Prison, and the working out of the issues in the prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36847/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (3 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 327. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his intentions to commence certain provisions of the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012, as part of the Consultation Paper 88 issued by the Central Bank which is to be enacted by 1 January 2016; if he is aware of the concerns raised by members of credit unions, such as the imposition of a €100,000 cap...