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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witness. My other question relates to costs. The expert group recommendation is that we do not bill households for individual bill charges. In order to feed into the committee's work, will the witnesses give a breakdown of the cost of the billing cycle, the reading of meters, sending out the bills, the revenue collection process, and the costs of the tender for selecting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Marley. The final question - I believe I am still just about within time - relates to the metering programme and the efficiency of the expenditure on the metering programme. According to Irish Water's own figures, the first-fix scheme has saved 70 million litres of water at a cost of €465 million by means of the installation of the meters to detect the 1% of unaccounted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: So the metering programme was not a conservation measure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: We were told it was a conservation measure and that the programme was important in terms of saving water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: It was not cheap.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for local community groups such as the Donegal refugee response group to help them facilitate the integration of refugees arriving in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41629/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees arriving in County Donegal in 2017; if not, if she will provide details of the process involved in deciding the persons who will be relocated to County Donegal; if local community groups can be informed beforehand so they can meet the needs of refugees arriving to the area including arranging supports for them to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 206. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has a confirmed destination for future refugees coming into Ireland; if County Donegal will be one of those destinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 671. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way he will ensure that information given to Seetec, the company registered in the UK which runs the JobPath programme, will continue to adhere to data protection regulations in line with the EU and Ireland as Britain undergoes Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1830/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 697. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has reviewed the role the Government and the UN played regarding the siege of Jadotville, including the secrecy surrounding those events upon the return of the men of A Company 35th Infantry Battalion following the ambush; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41687/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1031. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from County Donegal under consultative care in metabolic, neurology and genetics departments in each of the children's hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41683/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1115. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that outpatient appointments for the paediatrics urology surgeon at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin have been cut by up to 50% since October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41893/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1715. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will make available the findings of the military investigation into the siege of Jadotville, which left the men of A Company 35th Infantry Battalion to fend for themselves without support; the number of soldiers interviewed as part of that investigation; the reasons A Company were detailed in Jadotville with only a verbal order while...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 1716. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will release the radio recordings made to and from the A Company 35th Infantry Battalion during the siege of Jadotville; the reason their calls for back up support during the ambush were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41686/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I apologise for being late. This meeting clashes with that of another committee. I have two questions but if they have already been answered, we can move on. In the opening statement there was an indication that the UK would have some obligation to open tariff rate quotas under World Trade Organisation, WTO, rules and provide market access to traditional exporters. I presume the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The mutual recognition agreements obviously need to be in place before Brexit happens. As Professor Matthews has stated that the UK is going to leave the Single Market, should we not, therefore, be starting that conversation with the Commission now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: And the North-South situation will be particularly important, for the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Discussion (17 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Professor Matthews. What is the rationale behind his recommendation that national co-financing should be required for all CAP expenditure? I was amused when he spoke about simplification of the CAP. I find it very complicated and, supposedly, it has been simplified. It could go a long way yet before it is simplified. Professor Matthews also said that decoupled direct payments...

Priority Questions: Third Level Funding (18 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take on board concerns represented by the Union of Students in Ireland and other representative groups if an income contingent loan scheme is established on the basis of the Cassells report; his views on whether it is a viable solution to third level funding as a graduate debt of more than €20,000 will create a two-tier system...

Priority Questions: Third Level Funding (18 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The question relates to the Cassells report on funding for higher education. I wish to hear the Department's views on a proposed student loan scheme that could potentially add €20,000 of debt to graduating students.