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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for taking a divergent approach to persons with dual employee self-employed income from the approach taken with persons that have dual employee social protection incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the overpayments recouped of one-parent family benefit in each of the years 2016 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18631/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 645. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on refurbishment and maintenance to Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18635/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Childcare Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 726. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the subsidy under the affordable childcare scheme from €20 to €50 per child per week in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18626/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 760. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an applicant for Irish citizenship who is a Swedish national living here for more than 40 years needs an in-date Swedish passport for their application (details supplied); if the out-of-date passport will be accepted with their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17983/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 798. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting eight additional analysts at higher executive officer level for the Garda cyber crime unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18627/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 1003. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply from the HSE to Parliamentary Question No. 405 of 9 June 2020 will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18628/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 1004. To ask the Minister for Health when refurbishment and construction works will commence at Buncrana Community Hospital, Donegal; the estimated duration of the works; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18629/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 1005. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 8,000 additional day respite sessions and 21,500 additional overnight respite sessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/20]

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: The Ceann Comhairle is right. I am sharing time with Deputy Fitzmaurice. This legislation was first brought forward in December 2019. The Government was accepting it and pushing it forward at that stage. The Regional Group has found a good way to bring this legislation forward again and at least now the group will be associated with it. The Government will bring the legislation forward...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate today on this Bill. It is hardly surprising to the Minister that I will echo the comments that have been made by all the Opposition Members so far about section 14, which deals with business and how vulture funds are being facilitated with court cases that people are contesting. I am not sure whether they have the right to do...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: On a point of order, the amendments that have been put on the Order Paper here today do not deny anybody the right to speak in this House. However, it has always been about the order of speaking. What the Government is proposing to do is to put all their speaking time first and to put everybody else after. That is the problem. That is the reason for the point of order.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: There is not an attempt by anybody to deny any Member speaking time in this House. The attempt is by the Government to make sure that it gets all the speaking time first so it can put across its message.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: That is all it is about; it is about denying the rights of Members who are as entitled to be here in this House and denying us the right to have our speaking time as an Opposition.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: The Government controls the House and this is simply about it using its dominant position to control this House and to put its views across. That is what has happened. It is the first time in 70 or 80 years that this has happened. It is because the Government is frightened by the views that we can put across in this House.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: That is the problem with the amendments.

Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am pressing the amendment.

Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following:“notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the speaking arrangements recommended in the Appendices to the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform titled ‘Speaking time arrangements on the first round of...

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. I am will limit my questions because time is limited and I have only five minutes. This issue has already been raised by several speakers, but the Minister needs to clarify the Department's view on the issue of special needs teachers. Will they be redeployed to provide cover within their schools? What will happen to those children with special needs...

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I also asked about new buildings.