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Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support the legislation, which is an attempt to solve an existing problem. It was said earlier that the Minister has proposed we should wait until the end of next year to pass Second Stage. However, if the Bill passes Second Stage on Thursday, by the time it gets through Committee Stage and Report Stage in the Dáil and then goes to the Seanad, it will be well past the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Carbon Budget (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the revised public spending code recommends that the shadow price of carbon is set at the December 2017 level at €7.29 per tonne in project appraisals up to 2019, in view of the fact that the cost of carbon credits in the EU Emissions Trading System has risen significantly in the past few months to nearly €20;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Carbon Budget (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will require all projects under the NDP to be appraised using a shadow price of carbon in view of the fact that the current EU Emissions Trading System price of nearly €20 may serve as a guide to assessing the long-term climate impacts of NDP investments. [48146/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Carbon Budget (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will devise and use a carbon budget methodology to ensure that Government spending and tax policies are in line with the required reductions in greenhouse gasses in order to meet the national transition objective and EU climate and energy targets for 2030. [48148/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the accounts of companies managing direct provision centres are scrutinised, including those which are unlimited companies with accounts not open to public scrutiny; if this is done prior to the awarding of contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47987/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the transport arrangements that will be put in place for the new direct provision centre in Moville, County Donegal, to ensure asylum seekers will not have to cross the Border into Northern Ireland to access key public services and services related to their application for asylum; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if overnight accommodation will be put in place for asylum seekers living in direct provision in remote areas (details supplied) when travel to Dublin is necessitated to attend their interview at the international protection office and access associated supports and services; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 469. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary No. 404 of 13 November 2018, if he will consider the prohibition by clinics here to engage in the activity of proactively arranging for couples to seek anonymous gametes in clinics located in other jurisdictions in which it may be legal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48310/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 672. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding a centre (details supplied) receives; the amount of funding it has received since 2012, in tabular form; if the funding was obtained from capital or public expenditure sources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47711/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 673. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding a centre (details supplied) has received in each year since it was established; the funding which is from capital or public expenditure sources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47712/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: This is a very interesting session and I thank our guests for their presentations. What I take from what has been said is that ownership of the problem is key. We have a real problem in Ireland in that none of our farm organisations take ownership of the problem and our Department does not either. How do we address that? That is probably where I want to go. I will quote a submission the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Can something more be said about the possibility of Ireland offsetting the emissions of other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: The problem we have is that farmers and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine do not agree that they are part of the problem. Who is going to do it? As far as they are concerned, they are not causing any problems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Can our guests comment on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's quote on methane?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It is trapping more, which is the problem.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (27 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 20 November 2018, the extra bed capacity in the direct provision centre in County Sligo for overnight stays for residents from a centre (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling en route to Dublin for interviews arranged by the Reception and Integration Agency and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will carry out a review of his Department's design-and-build programme of school builds; if this will be carried out by an independent entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49503/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: This question is related to one answered earlier. It concerns the design-and-build programme, which has been in the news recently, and what the Department is doing to determine the cause of the problem.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. The final part is important and the key. There is no doubt that the schools have done great work in opening and dealing with the issues that have arisen. The fact, however, is that these are brand-new schools and they should not have to deal with these issues. That also has to be recognised by the Department. As the Minister said, more than half of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It probably will have to be done. The Department has been neglectful in regard to such checks. The constant drive always to get projects constructed as cheaply as possible is at the root of this problem. These schools will no longer be value for money in the light of the costs incurred in recent months for investigations and remedial works. None of that was considered when the cheapest...