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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: That is what I wanted to know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Are the difficulties around the funding mechanisms and not the work being carried out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It is all made to fit the funding envelope rather than the actual work that needs to be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Local authority houses can be rolled on in phases meaning the contractors can be sure of having work. This programme will take time. However, time is one thing we do not have. When is the Department going to stop thinking about it and make things happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: With respect, officialdom has known about climate change for 20 years or more. When the Green Party was in power the last time, we knew about climate change. We are only now getting to do this work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Will we see the implementation ramp up astronomically?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Spent Convictions: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the speakers for the presentations. I apologise that I could not be here for the presentations but I have read the information. This is my first meeting as a member of the committee so I am only getting used to the work. I would say to Mr. Walsh that my daughter worked in Pathways on a job placement for a summer a few years ago, and she found it very worthwhile. It is an excellent...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I am coming to this as a new member of the committee. I take what the Minister of State says, that in his opinion this will be dealt with by later legislation and that that is what he intends to do, but the problem is when that legislation will come before us. Will it ever come? What is the Minister of State's timescale for it? It is vitally important. Regarding the private members'...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I am interested in hearing how the Minister arrived at the figures of €10 and €750. Thirty-five years ago in Killybegs I could have gambled £2 when the stake was 2.5 pence. There was no enforcement of the law. How do we know that there will be enforcement of the law now? If the law provides for a stake of €10, I am 100% sure one can gamble €100 in...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I take on board what the Minister of State has said about the amendments and that work is ongoing on the other Bill, such that there is no need to proceed with these amendments because there is a duplication of work. I take it from that that this provision will be included in the new Bill. The Minister of State said he is doing that work for the next Bill and does not want to duplicate it...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister of State did not respond to my remarks. Although we are not reviewing this matter in legislation, will it be included in the next Bill?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It will not be necessary to table an amendment to make that happen. It will be included in the Bill.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Will it be in the Bill?

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to talk about Brexit preparations for small businesses as they stand. Regardless of whether a no-deal Brexit or a Brexit with a deal occurs, small businesses have a lot to do to get ready for whatever kind of Brexit comes about. They must register for EORI numbers to allow them to trade across the Border and to trade with the UK in the future. That is vitally important. The...

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: That is vitally important. I hope that they will not treat those contacts like every other official letter one gets. One tends to bin it and hope it was nothing.

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: That is good because it is vitally important to ensure that small businesses are ready and capable of dealing with this in order to continue to trade in the way in which they have. They must be made ready to get over any difficulties that will arise. With regard to much of the talk we have heard about a no-deal Brexit, I wish I had the Minister's faith in our so-called European partners...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant or other funding is available for parents of children with autism who wish to avail of early intervention services privately. [31221/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the national standards for direct provision accommodation will be published in view of the fact that the consultation concluded in September 2018; his plans to ensure an independent inspection mechanism will be put in place in line with the McMahon report recommendation to ensure oversight and compliance with the new...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the coroner service holds data for the number of young children and teenagers ruled to have died in the past five years as a result of eating disorders; and if so, if the information will be provided. [31218/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (11 Jul 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 670. To ask the Minister for Health if a grant or other funding is available for parents of children with autism who seek to avail of early intervention services privately. [31222/19]