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- 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 point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: What about the Dutch?
- 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 why the Dutch want them. They do not want the observers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: They definitely should be on the factory ships.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: I thought the Chairman was going to let Deputy Ferris back in again. I thank the Minister for the presentation. In his opening comments he said he is constantly being told that he should get more quota for Irish fishermen. We do not seem to have a high-level vision at European level of Ireland’s position in terms of fishing. In the past five to six years we were constantly told...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: Could we not put the issue on the table?
- 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 a 100% worse, not 10% worse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: There is a big difference between the two.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: Those who have repeatedly raised the shambles that is the health service in this House over the years have been treated by contempt by this Government, which has come up with excuse after excuse for why nothing seems to change. The situation in the mental health services has gone largely unmentioned. This is particularly true of mental health services for older people. Last Friday, the...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: We have been hearing about the so-called "engine" in the economy for the last couple of years, as the Taoiseach has spoken about the so-called recovery, but that engine has not spluttered into life for anybody outside the Pale.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: The Taoiseach has suggested that extra funding is being provided for the health service, but I remind the House that the budget for the health service is still €1.5 billion less than it was before the economic crash. The services are not being provided. The Government has focused on improving the lot of the wealthy, for example, by giving them tax breaks, rather than looking after...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: No. It is obvious that the Taoiseach has not listened to anything I have said.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: What would happen if the mental health services in Mayo closed?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: What would the Taoiseach say?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: I am talking about people.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of electronic tablets to school children to reduce the excessive weight of their school bags is feasible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43865/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal to discuss urgent accommodation matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43864/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the amount directly paid in allowances under the adult refugees programme to persons and their dependants residing in a hotel (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44362/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it will take for payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme to issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44328/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Costs (9 Dec 2015)
Thomas Pringle: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality why she consented to the order of the Supreme Court in Case No. 219 JR of 2003 (details supplied) that provided for the awarding of costs for an unsuccessful High Court action to the applicant, and the striking out of an appeal and cross appeal in the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44368/15]