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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 33. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring in greater access to health services in County Donegal and thereby establish regional balance within the Government's health policy; if he will grant special recognition of the peripherality of County Donegal and the health needs of the county, as a result of consistent under-investment in health infrastructure in the region; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 68. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to attract a greater number of general practitioners to rural counties like Donegal, and how he will retain medical staff in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42929/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for taking this issue today. It is a sign of the extent of the damage throughout the country when one sees that many Deputies submitted a Topical Issue matter on this subject today. I pay tribute to the members of the emergency services and staff of Donegal County Council who worked tirelessly over the weekend to help residents and citizens across the county....

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Prevention Measures (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister of State's response gives a good outline of the long-term programme and the planning that has taken place regarding how some of these problems can be alleviated. The catchment flood risk assessment and management programme has produced flood maps and so on, but there is a need for urgent funding to be made available to local authorities to take some measures now to alleviate the...

Establishment of Independent Anti-Corruption Agency: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support the motion on behalf of the Technical Group and commend Deputies Murphy, Donnelly and Shortall on tabling it. It is very timely and should be given serious consideration and supported by all Members of the House. It was really brought home to us when we saw the "RTE Investigates" programme at 9.30 p.m. last night, which featured images which were shocking for many. While we...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 208. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the €250 million fund for the Action Plan for Jobs will fund all the regional action plans, or if each regional action plan will be granted €250 million separately; if a specific amount of funding will be ring-fenced for each county, or if funding will be distributed on the basis of job creation proposals,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 439. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a medical card to all children in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance to ensure that all children with life-limiting conditions and profound disabilities receive the full medical care they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44148/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 445. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the ongoing situation of fourth year nursing students who are earning half the living wage and who cannot afford the long distances of travel to work or for accommodation closer to their work, which is a particular problem for student nurses from County Donegal who are automatically disadvantaged by its distant location; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response, although it probably raises more questions than it answers. There are a number of issues. There has been much concern over the past four to six weeks about the operation of these vessels off the west coast. As the Minister has said, there are four vessels there today and at various stages there have been four or five operating continually over the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: It is the towing away of fishing gear by these vessels. It is a civil criminal matter rather than a matter for the SFPA. On receipt of such a report, how would gardaí interview the masters of these vessels when they stay offshore and do not land into Irish ports? Could they be asked to come in? These are major questions on how this is policed and we can do that as a member state....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: That is the information I was given.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The SFPA advised me that it only has a quota for horse mackerel in Irish waters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The SFPA has given the wrong information in that case when I queried the operations of the vessel. I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: That swap might have only taken place after the vessels started fishing here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The EU allocation for Lithuania was 164 tonnes of mackerel at the start of the year in areas 6 and 7. The vessels might have only got that swap in the past couple of weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: When these vessels land in Holland or wherever and discharge what they caught off the west coast, I understand they are required to inform us of what has been caught here and the figures for the amount of fish they land so that they match up. Does that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: It does not happen in the case of Spanish hake caught in Irish waters. How do we know it happens? Surely the Minister, in terms of negotiating at Commission level and monitoring how the CFP is operating, should be aware of whether that happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Just to be clear about the reporting structures in terms of when they make their landings, it is up to the SFPA to follow up on that. It is also up to the SFPA to follow up with a member state if it is not receiving the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: When the penalty points were issued to the Danish vessel in the Irish Sea during the summer, the Danes said they would not allocate them to the vessel and that was the end of it. The SFPA had to take it up with the Commission. At what point does the Department, as policy maker, become involved in ensuring that these policies are working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: It is not a question of political views or policies, but a question of whether the policy is working. At what point does a member state become involved in talking to other member states about how the policy is or is not working?