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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witnesses for their contribution and Deputy O'Callaghan for the legislation. While it is welcome, it has limitations with regard to who can access the advice and when it will be made available. I am not sure about the mechanics of how it would work, particularly prior to charges being brought. It would be interesting and worthwhile to work it out and go through it. An...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Everything I wanted to raise has been asked. Will the witnesses elaborate on how this could work? Who would be the best person to give advice prior to charges being brought? How would it be accessed? At what stage would it be accessed? I imagine it would probably have to be a rape crisis centre. Charges might never be brought. How would that work? Have the witnesses thought about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I imagine it is a difficult time for a victim to decide to report. The act of reporting itself is significant. Would a person be asked to report twice? Doing it once is very difficult.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: One has to take into account that a person has to explain this stuff to someone who is very traumatised.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of his Department in 2019 and 2020 in the implementation of the Climate Action Plan 2019 for his Department and throughout Departments generally; if estimates of the net cost of the plan are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46785/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the cost of implementation of the climate action plan. What is the Minister's view on it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister's response is interesting. I take it from what he has said that he wants to introduce a more realistic view of the carbon tax and that he does not believe the actual carbon tax is realistic, which is a very interesting Government statement. The reality is that €400 million of carbon tax revenue is not used for climate actions. Only €90 million of carbon tax...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubt that the transition will be very difficult for them, but it will also be difficult for citizens throughout the country. By increasing the PSO levy the Minister is targeting the most vulnerable citizens who must pay the levy. We have a carbon tax that is supposed to meet those requirements. There is no doubt that there is a need to fund the cost of the changeover for Bord...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: No.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for taking this important Topical Issue.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: We are expanding our interests.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: We have to look and see what other parts of the country are doing as well to see whether they are keeping up to speed with us. SK biotek Ireland, based in Swords, County Dublin, has laid off approximately 150 staff. This is a serious situation. Only a year ago the company made an agreement that it would guarantee the terms and conditions of the staff for five years and yet here it is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for his response and appreciate that the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, cannot be present, which is fair enough. However, it is vital that the Government take a proactive role in dealing with this dispute. None of us wants to see the jobs lost or workers out on strike. However, the company has taken a very negative position, of which we have proof. It appears...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (14 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policy of Teagasc towards stakeholder engagement; the bodies that are designated stakeholders; the way in which they are routinely consulted; his views on whether environmental organisations are stakeholders; and the approach of his Department to stakeholder engagement with environmental organisations. [46938/19]

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — in March 2018, Ireland formally ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which under Article 19 states that disabled people have the right to live in the community and have access to a range of in-home and other supports, including personal assistance to support this; —...

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the Government's announcement that it will support motion. It would be a travesty if it opposed it. We will measure its welcome and support of the motion by what it does to deliver on it. That is what is vitally important. The purpose of the motion is to deliver for people with disabilities so that they can live life to the fullest of their abilities. That is vitally important....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum Assessment has completed its second consultation on the issue of reforming sex education in schools; when its final report is due; the steps he is taking to counteract campaigns of misinformation regarding sex education reform here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2020 (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views in relation to concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of sufficient funding provided in budget 2020 in view of the fact that in the first school year of the new decade class sizes in primary schools here will be the highest in the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations regarding the pay and conditions of school secretaries; the way in which he plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a commitment has not been given to address the future funding of third level education; the further reason no response has been given on the Cassells report since it was first published three years ago; the representations he has made to the European Commission regarding its decision on funding options; and if he will make a...