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Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: It would appear that indigenous home-grown job creation plans are being relegated to the subs' bench in favour of high-optic photo-calls of international announcements. Although all Members welcome the recent jobs announcements by SAP, Apple and other foreign direct investors, I have concerns as to the backbone of the job creation portfolio of this Government because it seems, in part, to be...

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: -----down at 21,000. It seems this is the only answer the Government has for reducing unemployment in the north west.

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: What are the Government's rural job creation priorities? Why has a report of such potential, issued from the Western Development Commission, been completely ignored?

Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Those are fine words but they do not mean much on the ground when over 1,200 small businesses across the country have failed in the past two years. We should be building our indigenous sector to stand up and service itself and the country rather than serving the foreign direct investors already here. The report from the Western Development Commission clearly sets out how it can be done. I...

Private Members' Business. Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion (8 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and thank Deputy Catherine Murphy for moving the motion on behalf of the Technical Group. Some of the most common queries raised at my constituency office are from parents who are applying for the domiciliary care allowance. They have spent the duration of their children's lives in a struggle to get services for their children and in...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is very disappointing that the Government has not accepted this very worthwhile and timely legislation. I commend Deputy McGuinness for his work. When the Government established the practice of having Friday sittings of the House the Taoiseach said that the Government does not have a monopoly of wisdom. However, it now...

European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the European Arrest Warrant (Applications to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011. I note from the Minister's contribution that this is not the end of the process and that he is initiating a comprehensive review of the European arrest warrant legislation to ensure it is streamlined for the legal practitioners and the...

Written Answers — European Stability Mechanism: European Stability Mechanism (15 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the following matter (details supplied) regarding the European Stability Mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23843/12]

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Last week the Government published the European Stability Mechanism Bill. Article 15 of the ESM treaty provides for the recapitalisation of financial institutions across Europe. The panacea of the ESM, which the Taoiseach says is needed for future funding of the Irish State, is going to sign up Irish taxpayers to the continued funding of bank bailout debt right across Europe. The only...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: The question about whether we have a referendum on the ESM will be decided by the courts, and I hope to see the Taoiseach down there. My question related to the substance of the treaty itself and its provisions. Article 15 provides that the ESM may decide to grant loans for the specific purpose of recapitalisation of the financial institutions of an ESM member state. To clarify, those...

Written Answers — Regeneration Projects: Regeneration Projects (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the expenditure of regeneration funding on consultants, firms providing professional services and organisations providing community support in respect of a regeneration project in County Sligo, for the years 2008 and 2009; the names of the said consultants, firms or...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 286 of 6 December 2011 and No. 511 of 21 February 2012, the number of gardaí in the Donegal division serving in Gaeltacht areas who are available and able to conduct business through Irish with members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24363/12]

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appropriate assessments completed on Natura 2000 sites as part of the aquaculture licensing process; the number of AAs which are currently underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24366/12]

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (16 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected waiting time for an aquaculture licence following the completion of an appropriate assessment on a Natura 2000 site as part of the aquaculture licensing process; if he considers this reasonable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24364/12]

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I wish to share my time with Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan.

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. The Bill is being considered in the context of the crisis we have been enduring for the past four or five years. It attempts, in a small way, to address some of the deficits indigenous SMEs have had to encounter in recent years. I am led to believe over 60% of SMEs are refused funding by their banks when they approach them. The...

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: It is good the Minister of State met them but they need more than meetings. They need somebody to take ownership of these issues and take a lead on them. The Taoiseach stated he met them but there is no point in meeting them if one will not take up these issues and run with them. This is a statutory agency that should be supported and listened to because the measures to which I referred are...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (22 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 123: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will intervene in the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is being held at Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim, where they are receiving inadequate medical treatment for a life threatening disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25085/12]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (22 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his involvement, if any, in relation to the conditions at Maghaberry Prison, County Antrim, in which numerous Irish citizens are imprisoned and subjected to these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25084/12]

Leaders' Questions (24 May 2012)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister for Health talks about money following the patient in our health services and the Labour Party claims to have a policy of providing universal health care to ensure everybody receives timely treatment, but in recent months a policy has emerged in the Dublin hospitals that is preventing seriously ill patients from receiving treatment. Patients from outside Dublin are being refused...