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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The presentation referred to the increase in Garda numbers, which is welcome. Since 2017, 2,090 gardaí have been recruited and there will be a further 1,500 up to 2021. How many of these are additional gardaí? Some will retire in that period. What is the figure for the increase in Garda numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Mr. Harris is saying that achieving 800 additional Garda members means taking on between 1,600 and 1,700 recruits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Garda needs to replace 320 just to stand still.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The figure for the real increase might be a more useful figure to show.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: On the surface this Bill sounds pleasant enough citing increased regulation for the AHB sector and the establishment of an independent regulator with functions to include establishing and maintaining a register of AHBs and also preparing draft standards, monitoring and assessing compliance by AHBs, including undertaking investigations. However, once we dig deep we unearth what seems to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre group review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; if not, if the Health Technology Assessment Group review will simply compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been provided calculations by Teagasc of the potential amount of land that is not under grass that might be available for conversion to tillage or agroforestry without the loss of soil carbon; the basis for claims by Teagasc scientists that conversion from grassland, beef and dairy to tillage crops would result in net...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I apologise that I was not here for the start of the meeting. In regard to the certificate of suitability and the fact there has to be a registered vet who manages the company on behalf of the other bodies, from the point of view of the Veterinary Council, if the company goes against the views of the registered person, is that desirable or is it something the council would agree with? To...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The standard is set by the certificate of suitability holder, not by the company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: How would the council police that if the company is breaching what the certificate of suitability holder wants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Would the standard of service to the customers or clients be part of the remit of that investigation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Therefore, the 24-hour care would be a condition of the licence. If an imaginary person or corporate body breached that, what would be the outcome and how would that be pursued?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Let us say, for example, I am the registrant and I am registered by the Veterinary Council and am working for a body. If I say I want it to be a 24-hour service and that body says it is not making that available, how is that resolved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: If my employer was saying I should not be doing an out-of-hours service, that would be in breach of the council's standards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Mr. Ó Scanaill is putting too much power in the hands of the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: In this situation, he or she is employed by the body that owns the building. He or she is working for that body, implementing the rules of the Veterinary Council of Ireland, VCI, at that body's discretion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: In the mind of the VCI there might not be, but I contend there is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: As such, the licence to provide the service is in the name of Joe Bloggs, rather than in the name of a company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Council of Ireland Report: Discussion (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Going back to this hypothetical situation again, the council is licensing a veterinarian and a third party in respect of which it has no role, employs the veterinarian and then decides to get rid of him and open up somewhere else, so it has to employ another veterinarian. Who oversees the conditions under which that veterinarian is employed? Does the council do so? They have pursued a practice.