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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: My question relates to the primary medical certificate and its operation within the Department of Finance. In particular, the Ombudsman's office has asked the Department to review and amend the scheme to make it more workable. The scheme is very restrictive and very difficult for people and there is an onus on the Department to respond to the Ombudsman and amend it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister's outline of the scheme's criteria shows clearly that it needs to be reviewed. It is not realistic, in the current climate, for this situation to persist. I deal with people every day who need this scheme and who would avail of it but they cannot satisfy the crazy and restrictive criteria that were probably set out in the early 1970s. It is similar to why the Minister will not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I will explain the situation of some people who I deal with who cannot avail of this scheme. There are patients with severe Parkinson's disease, bowel cancer, arthritis or permanent nerve damage from alcoholism. There is one woman who is unable to walk unaided and can only use a wheelchair occasionally due to a lack of strength in her arms and legs. She lives in the middle of nowhere with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the divestment of public funding in the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund from fossil fuel companies since the enactment of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018; his plans as part of the climate action plan 2019 to encourage the private sector to divest from fossil fuel companies and offer investors fossil free alternatives; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the international protection process that are housed in emergency accommodation; the number that are children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39799/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency accommodation centres in use to house persons in the international protection process; the location of these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39800/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vulnerability assessments that have been carried out to date on persons in the international protection process in line with obligations under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018; his views on reports that as of July 2019 no such formal assessments had been carried out; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available for the upgrading of roads specifically located along the Wild Atlantic Way; if he will consider upgrading a road (details supplied) in County Donegal due to its significant location along the Wild Atlantic Way in an effort to further develop tourism in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies Data (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fees and expenses paid to each member of the management board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (2 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who finishes a community employment scheme in June 2020 could be referred back to JobPath despite the fact that new referrals will cease at the end of 2019; if being on the scheme guarantees a person a year exemption from being referred to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the interdepartmental taskforce that was in place during the drafting of the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 is still functional; if not, if he will consider the recommendation of an organisation (details supplied) to re-establish this taskforce on a permanent basis to oversee the implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the promised independent inspectorate will be established further to the recent release of the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process; the make-up of the inspectorate; if it will be empowered to make unannounced inspections of accommodation centres; and if he will make a...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I will share time with Deputy Thomas P. Broughan. We will hopefully fill the time. This budget shows that Brexit has been a godsend for the Government. There is no doubt that Brexit will cause difficulties for us, but it is how we go about dealing with that crisis that is important. It will show the measure of the State and the condition of our economy and politics when we see who is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 385. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to conduct a full review of energy security here; if this will include a new energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40881/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: JobPath Programme (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances that allow a person an exemption of referral to JobPath if mental health grounds are included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41345/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank our guests for their contributions. I have four quick questions. The first is to Ms Walsh. She may know the answer from the situation in the US, but approximately how many full-time jobs would result from an LNG terminal being built?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: My second question is to Professor Howarth. It is more a political than a scientific question. I read today that in the 1960s the United States - and the President of the United States - knew about climate change. That is from reports that came through from the US. The question is about the effect of lobbying, and money, and how that delays change and responses to issues. What is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: My next question is to Professor McMullin and Dr. Deane. Can they justify how energy security squares with the Paris Agreement in terms of LNG and the way energy security works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: My final question is to Mr. McElligott. On PCI status, he mentioned that he had got what he thought was a positive response from the Minister last week; he should emphasise the word "thought". Mr. McElligott is saying the Minister is willing to ask the people who did not do something about this if the project complies with the PCI regulation? The question is about sustainability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Hydraulic Fracturing Exploration: Discussion (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I ask Mr. McElligott to take them to the European Court of Justice because that is the only place the matter will be solved. The Minister or the European Commission will not solve it. Only the European Court of Justice will solve it.