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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, I am happy with that.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will restore the funding for the Student Assistance Fund to €10 million in view of the hardship that many students are experiencing; and if he will commit to not cutting this fund any further. [52189/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (27 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider making supplementary welfare allowance available to those who are awaiting their student grants. [52188/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (27 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the roll out of the public services card; and her views on the duration of the validity of these cards. [52598/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (27 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list all integration funding currently available for prospective applicants. [52261/12]

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: During the past year we have heard about hospitals in Dublin refusing treatment to patients nationwide because they are not from within the catchment area. At times the treatment sought is so specialised that it has not been available outside Dublin. We have also seen that services in hospitals are kept below a line running from Galway to Dublin. Citizens living to the north and north west...

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Will the Taoiseach accept that this investment will save money in the long term through a reduction in the risk of complications from diabetes and will he ensure budget 2013 makes provision for insulin pump therapy for children in Donegal through Letterkenny General Hospital and in other regional areas identified by the expert advisory group?

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. This is not about catchment areas, rather it is about the making of a small investment in a regional hospital, which would save multiples of that invested in the future. It is also about budgeting within the HSE. Investment of a small amount of money now will result in large savings in the years to come. I believe the Government should be able to make...

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I acknowledge the work of Deputy Clare Daly in amending this legislation to reflect the debate last April when the No. 1 Bill was debated in the House. This debate takes place following the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar in Galway in October. It takes place in an atmosphere of anger and grief experienced by everyone in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (29 Nov 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the Government's passing of the Aarhus convention what if any public onsultation processes is he going to put in place around the applications for granting exploration licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53324/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Management (4 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all companies or persons providing an external professional service to the Local Government Management Services Board in 2011 such as legal advice, advertising, project management and including any other external professional service not listed; the amount invoiced by each company;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Official Travel (4 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the total cost to the Exchequer of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Summit in Doha including accommodation, cost per person and the number of person's attending from the Irish delegation, and flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54562/12]

Financial Resolutions 2013 - Budget Statement 2013 (5 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin said, "What the Irish people have endured has been tough and almost without precedent in the developed world". He says this as if we should be proud of it. Is he proud that children, pensioners, medical card holders, the unemployed, low earners and the self-employed will carry the can? How can people look to the future with...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Applications (5 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of claimants of jobseeker's benefit who have been removed from benefit after the change to assessing their claims on a five day basis in July this year and the number projected to be removed when Sunday working will be assessed in April 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54656/12]

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: In the run-up to the budget, we were constantly told it would be fair and equal and that those who can pay would do so. Yesterday, we saw where the truth lies. Low earners are left to bear the brunt of the cuts and they have the Fine Gael-Labour coalition to thank for it. Yesterday, we were told we are near the end of the austerity budgets. Again this morning, the Minister said 85% of...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Now the troika is being blamed for the PRSI increase; it was forced upon the Government. That must be what the Minister is telling the Labour Party backbenchers to make them accept this. The Irish League of Credit Unions offered the Government €5 billion for investment but the Government would not take it. There are other lenders that could be tapped into. The social insurance fund...

Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: No one is sneering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: I apologise for being late for this meeting, but there were a lot of traffic restrictions around Merrion Square this morning. I must apologise too that I will have to leave early, as I am in the House for Leaders' Questions. I would like to go back to an issue we addressed in this committee in July regarding setting new targets on herring quotas. At that meeting, we asked for information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Thomas Pringle: Both I and the committee have asked for it, but we have not received it.