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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The programme is matched to the budget, which is fair enough, but if the budget was not a constraint, how much would it cost to do what needs to be done with the lot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Would those 27 bogs equate to 100,000 tonnes of carbon, which is still short of 11 million tonnes of carbon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I am not trying to give the witness a hard time or catch him out. I am just wondering what it would take to deal with the extent of the problem. It seems we are tinkering with this. There is no doubt this is very worthwhile work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Peatlands Restoration and Rehabilitation: Discussion (23 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Whose job is to look at that? Is anybody looking at it? What is happening in the special areas of conservation is grand, but overall it will do nothing in terms of what we must do.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (24 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to hold a public consultation process as part of the preparation of the long-term strategy of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44047/19]

Death of Mr. Gay Byrne: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: That is right. He had a house in Dungloe for many years. Unfortunately, I never met him and am not familiar with any of the stories that other Members have told. However, on behalf of the Independents 4 Change group, I offer condolences to his wife, Kathleen, and daughters, Crona and Suzy. Gay Byrne was definitely the dominant broadcaster in the second half, or probably the whole of, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I wish to talk about the same issue as Deputy McDonald but from a different angle. I hope that I will get a different answer, although that would be a miracle. In April, the HSE implemented what was, to all intents and purposes, a recruitment embargo, supposedly to run for three months and end in mid-July. This was an attempt by the Government to manage the mismanagement of the national...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I contend that the Taoiseach is misleading the House about this issue. There is an embargo in place right across the board. However, it is not referred to as an embargo. According to a letter from St. Joseph's hospital in Stranorlar, "interim control measures" were introduced in April 2019. That is coming from the HSE. Those measures apply nationally. The Taoiseach may not have figures...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: In fairness to the Government, I do not believe it is at fault for all of this. As the Chief Whip said, the number of Bills it has counted does not meet the number of Bills that have been held up. There is a problem with how this is being interpreted. There is a tendency on the part of your office, a Cheann Comhairle, to act as gatekeeper. That is certainly my belief. There was an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Data (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have received civil legal aid from the Legal Aid Board since 1 October 2018 in order to proceed with claims of discrimination under equality legislation against licensed premises; the number of cases that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45341/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) will receive a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44497/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1084. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45107/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1085. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45108/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1086. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45109/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person residing here permanently in receipt of a pension from abroad but not in receipt of an Irish State pension is eligible to apply for the winter fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45110/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1088. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person residing here permanently in receipt of a pension from abroad but not in receipt of an Irish State pension is eligible to apply for the living alone allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45111/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1089. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person residing here permanently in receipt of a pension from abroad but not in receipt of an Irish State pension is eligible to apply for the household benefits package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45112/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I apologise for missing Ms Tacon's opening statement as I had other meetings to attend. Her views are very interesting. She spoke of how arbitrations take about a year and how she regards that as being slow. That would be record time in Ireland for anything to happen. If we got to that point it would be an advance in itself. I was interested in her remarks about the lead-in time in how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Ms Tacon spoke a lot about the supply agreements. Is it the case that if something is in the supply agreement that Ms Tacon does not take a role on whether or not it is fair? Is it that she advises the supplier what should be in a fair agreement but that if it is in the agreement, they have signed up to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: What is driving a lot of what we are doing in this committee is the situation with the beef trade. Farmers are selling cattle to factories and the factories are selling the meat on. Both groups are blaming the supermarkets for the low price given to farmers but I do not believe they are to blame. Ms Tacon's office would not have a relationship with the farmers but with the factories. Is...