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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I object to No. 9a, a motion re financial resolution on the Private Security Services (Amendment) Bill, on Wednesday's business. This came before members of the Business Committee for answer at 10 o'clock this morning. It is shoddy treatment of the Business Committee and the Dáil that something would come up at such short notice to be agreed. The principle is wrong and for that...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the statements to mark Europe Day. Sunday, 9 May was Europe Day. To mark the occasion, the Government paid for a four-page spread in the Sunday Independent. I assume similar content was bought in other Sunday newspapers. Perhaps the Minister could enlighten us at the end of this discussion as to how much that cost. The Minister for...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: -----for the €120 billion worth of fish we gave the EU and allowed its members to take out of our waters before the year 2000. In that same period, we received €45 billion in CAP payments, Structural Funds and every other kind of fund from Europe. Even at that time, in 2000, the deficit was €75 billion in our favour, and that figure has only grown in recent years. It...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss a case; and if he will respond to correspondence in relation to same from Deputies and Senators and co-signed by a number of cross-party public representatives. [19933/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with persons (details supplied) to discuss a case. [18417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 240. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended for the remainder of 2021 to the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school cleaners will be included in the plan to regularise the pay, conditions and pension rights of school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23968/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Dr. Steele and the other members of the SFPA for attending here. I would like to read one paragraph of the document they submitted to the committee and ask a question. It states: ... commission identified that the operators did not have in place a "weighing system fit for purpose" and the audit identified manipulation of weighing systems. Moreover, although aware of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Could I ask just one further question? I am sorry. I forgot to ask it during my previous contribution. Dr. Steele said earlier in the context of white fishing that she expects that within two months a new procedure will be in place, which is very optimistic. It will be a year or a year and half, probably, before it happens. How soon will the interim measures the SFPA is putting in place...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Dr. Steele is just after saying there are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The answer to my question was different from the answer previously given, in which Dr. Steele said interim measures would be put in place. I would like the interim measures to be put in place as soon as possible because the approval of this control measure will take longer than two months, as Dr. Steele herself said.

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on this important Solidarity-People Before Profit Private Member's Bill. I commend Deputies on introducing this timely legislation, the purpose of which is to improve the rights of employees in circumstances where their employer is in liquidation and the company is being wound up. It is a short Bill to amend the Companies Act 2014 and will make...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish troops in Mali and in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Agency (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Defence Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the DEIS technical group will be made available; the timeframe for completion of the model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24879/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Electoral Process (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will undertake a feasibility study into secondary schools registering 16 and 17 year olds to vote in preparation for the franchise being extended to those aged 16 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change outdated legalisation on the strict qualifying criteria for persons to avail of the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Capabilities (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 279. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views regarding the position which will be adopted by Ireland at a European Council Defence Ministers meeting on 13 May 2021 regarding the US, Canada and Norway joining a EU Military Mobility Project; if Ireland plans to participate in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25395/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Amendments) Bill 2019 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas in the current Oireachtas session in the context of a recent report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccinations against Covid-19 are available to approved driving instructors without underlying health conditions around Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/21]