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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Housing Clearing House Group (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for further details, including background informmation, on the companies (details supplied) which made submissions to his Department, and which met with the social housing clearing house group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40487/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Housing Clearing House Group (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the last date for submissions from interested groups to submit to the social housing clearing house group; if these submissions will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (18 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance when a consultation with the Central Bank of Ireland will commence and conclude in relation to drafting a ministerial order pursuant to section 67 of the Post and Telecommunications Act 1983; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40375/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the issue of single parents who reside in this jurisdiction, who are not in receipt of child benefit and whose families reside in Northern Ireland, but who cannot access the single person child carer tax credit; if he will recognise the value and costs of shared parenting across Borders in Ireland by extending the scheme to parents...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (18 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill 2012 will be brought before Dáil Éireann; if Government amendments will seek to amend the Bill to such a degree that would warrant the Bill going back to Committee Stage for effective debate; if Opposition Members will be given adequate time to review those amendments and make their own proposals; and...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: In recent weeks much anger and concern have been expressed about fishing by factory super trawlers off the west and north-west coast. This morning there are three factory super trawlers fishing off the Donegal coast. One vessel has a Lithuanian flag, another vessel has a Dutch flag and the third vessel has a German flag. All of the vessels are more than likely owned by a single Dutch...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Successive Governments have refused to attempt to address that wrong for fear of upsetting the EU. Today, more than 1.1 million tonnes of fish are caught in Irish waters every year and less than 20% of that is caught by Irish fishermen. The Government's only response to the situation is to encourage foreign vessels to land their catch in Irish ports, hoping they can be processed here,...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Those vessels will not land in Irish ports, they will land in Holland, and the Government's only option is to hope that the Dutch authorities will accurately report what they have caught. Some of this company's vessels have been exposed for fishing illegally in recent years, catching fish to order and falsifying logbooks in order to under-declare their catches. Since January this year there...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Tánaiste has not addressed the direct questions I asked of her.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: As I speak, these vessels are destroying the livelihood of an Irish fisherman from County Donegal, who depends on the gear he has at sea to try to feed his family and keep his vessel going. It would be a simple matter for the Government to tell the Naval Service to intervene with that vessel and to stop it from destroying the livelihoods of Irish fishermen. This is happening as I speak....

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: It does no good for Naval Service personnel to be sitting in Haulbowline watching a computer screen showing these vessels.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Naval Service should be out there now intercepting these vessels to protect fishermen's livelihoods. The response simply is not good enough and this issue must be addressed urgently. In addition, the online pressure group, Uplift, has created a petition with more than 30,000 signatories condemning the actions of such supertrawlers off the Irish coast. All along the coast, fishermen...

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: It ignored completely the Common Fisheries Policy rules in a flagrant breach and yet Ireland does nothing. The Government continues to allow this to happen. Will the Government today protect Irish fishermen by ensuring these vessels are held to account for towing away the gear of this County Donegal fishermen?

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: What the Government can do is to protect Irish fishermen. The Tánaiste will wash her hands of them.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: A family's livelihood is being destroyed right now, as the Tánaiste speaks.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Today we are witnessing yet another piece of legislation which seeks to further preserve the private health insurance industry. I am opposed to the Bill because I am opposed to the special protection afforded to private health insurance companies which profit off the backs of citizens in this country. The Government’s priority has never been to establish access to health care based...

Credit Union Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Born from a sense of community service, the credit union movement grew from its original three pioneers in the 1960s to the almost 2.9 million members it has today. When one considers that the UK credit union movement celebrated 1.6 million adult members yesterday, it shows the success of our credit unions. Through such growth in numbers the movement has maintained its sense of community...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Exports (24 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking on the Chinese demand for certificates of compliance with cadmium levels of 0.5 milograms per kilogram or less of live crabmeat, and the decision by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority to cease issuing certificates for exporters from 15 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41383/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (24 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will regulate the farrier trade to ensure that horse owners have access to a register of qualified farriers, and to ensure that the farrier they employ is suitably qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (24 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 284. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the north west herring fishery will re-open; if he will ensure that there is a ring-fenced quota for vessels under ten metres in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/15]