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Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I am not taking other Members' time. The time is allocated to us under Standing Orders. However, I will cut my contribution short to facilitate other Members. First, I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, on his appointment. The motion is not his direct responsibility but local authorities should have a far greater role in building control and regulation in the State.

Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Perhaps the Chairman can calculate it and advise us when it takes place. However, it is something that will have to be taken up with the Business Committee because our group was not aware of it. We have no objection to sharing with Deputy Fitzmaurice when it is required, but it is something that must be addressed. This motion from the Green Party is timely and worthwhile and I support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 126. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide support for persons that have to travel long distances for cancer treatments across the country from County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (21 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department will implement a diabetes proactive care pilot for County Donegal; and if the proper resources will be provided including the doubling of staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (22 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress made on the implementation of a heritage licence in the inshore fisheries sector which was a recommendation of the report on sustainable island and fishing communities published in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (22 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the landing obligation; the reason over quota catches are being taken from the national quota for the following year and not from the individual person that incurs the over quota catch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (22 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he is dealing with the land eligibility issues raised by an association (details supplied) for persons under the direct payment and scheme systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27935/17]

Other Questions: National Mitigation Plan (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for publication of the national mitigation plan; if the plan will be debated in both Houses of the Oireachtas before it is enacted in view of the fact it will be a vital document which will solidify the State's response to climate change for future generations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I support this Bill. When the previous Government decided to abolish town councils, people on this side of the House who opposed the legislation providing for their abolition made the point that it was a regressive step. It is good to hear that the Labour Party has realised the error of its ways. Deputy Howlin has outlined that his party now recognises that it was a mistake to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the development of the biomass sector, in particular the development of local biomass supply chains for the domestic renewable heat sector and the transition from peat burning power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29771/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department declared only 1,000 submissions were received as part of the public consultation process on the role of religion in school admissions; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 1,600 further submissions were sent via email raising the number of submissions sent to his Department to at least 2,600 in total;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the Mulcahy report into allegations made concerning planning matters in County Donegal to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29992/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: This is my first time sitting on this side of the room, so it seems a bit strange. I thank the members of this committee for the opportunity to speak today and for the members' openness and willingness to engage with the important issue of fossil fuel divestment. There has been much criticism of the so-called new politics in the current arrangements and, in some ways, rightly so. Without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: This arose on Second Stage and is one of the concerns that arose in drafting, particularly with regard to Bord na Móna and the ESB. It is vital that there be a transition plan and active transitioning, such that any investment may be clearly delineated to support implementation of the plan. That is something at which we probably could arrive and it would probably be acceptable. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: There should not be the offsetting of other investments. It should not be possible to continue to invest in fossil fuels by finding another source of funding, for example. The fund would have to be clearly accountable. That is very important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I do not have information on the fund's direct investments in Ireland. The Bill is important in that respect. The argument was made on Second Stage that the ISIF should be able to retain the possibility of investing in fossil fuels externally, if necessary. Retaining the possibility would, however, undermine the whole purpose of the Bill and divestment. Therefore, it is important to send...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: For example, Bord na Móna has spoken about creating wetlands, with cut-out bogs, as part of its climate mitigation plan and the carbon sequestration process. If it requires investment for that transitional purpose and provided it was not allowing it to continue pumping money into other schemes, we should be able to come up with amendments, if required, to provide for these developments....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: By the same token, one can not invest in an offshore wind farm because the same infrastructure will be used that is already in place in the State. Electricity is generated at the Moneypoint plant, by wind farms and peat-burning stations in the midlands. By the same token, one could make the argument that electricity supplies generated by an offshore wind development on the Arklow Bank or in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Discussion (27 Jun 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The definition, as it stands, does not include marketing, but it does cover storage. If there was a need to include marketing, it is something we could look at relatively easy on Committee Stage. There is a provision dealing with pooled resources and that the ISIF have a bundle of investments. This relates to the first part of the Deputy’s question. It may legally be tied to a...