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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Defective Building Materials (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the fines or sanctions that are issued to those involved in providing and building with defective concrete blocks to assist in funding the grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31922/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 355. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the back-payment period for late pension claims beyond the six-month limit for extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32732/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will define what is considered a good reason for not making a social welfare claim within the time limit; if she will consider not knowing about eligibility for the payment to be a good reason for women not in control of their household’s finances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32756/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I listened with interest to the Taoiseach's response earlier in regard to the Common Fisheries Policy and the Government's attitude towards the review of the policy that is coming up in the next year or so. He said he wanted to reset the relationship with Europe in respect of the review of the CFP. How is he actually going to reset that relationship? I believe, and the truth of it can be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It got more than €100 million from us.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, we can.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: We need to acknowledge the past.

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy Connolly. The agenda for the European Council meeting includes Covid-19, economic recovery, migration and external relations, including relations with Turkey and Russia. Will the leaders also discuss the TRIPS waiver issue and the lack of equity in regard to vaccine distribution and the epidemiological situation pertaining to Covid-19? "None of us is safe...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute briefly to the debate on this motion, which I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward. It was 1 December 2020 when we last debated a Sinn Féin motion on pension age, in support of the STOP67 campaign. Fortunately, there was enough public pressure on the Government at that time, and in the lead-up...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the trial events that will be taking place in the north-west of the country for the reopening post-Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include those who bought property after 31 January 2020 and were not aware of the presence of mica in the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32845/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will propose a call for a global ban on fracking at the United Nations General Assembly on climate mitigation, public health, environmental protection and human rights grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the processing of foreign births registration applications has resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a primary and secondary school for the Finglas East area including Jamestown Road, McKee Avenue, Hampton Woods and Lansborough especially given the recent rezoning of lands on Jamestown Road to Z14. [33230/21]

Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (23 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute on the debate on this welcome Bill - a piecemeal and belated Bill, as usual, but welcome, nonetheless. The Bill will extend the emergency period as set out in the Planning and Development, and Residential Tenancies, Act 2020 from July 2021 to January 2022 because, unsurprisingly, Covid-19 is still having a devastating impact on our economy and...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (23 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I am standing here again this year to oppose the rubber-stamping of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 in our criminal code. This has become a moot point every year, but I think it should still be opposed because we cannot simply give a carte blancheto the Government on this. The right to silence and the inference included in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: When a person applies for a Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant, a few sections on the form ask if he or she has any siblings over the age of 16 in third level education. A person can then input details and submit his or her application. However, because both of the students who are applying or going into the next year do not have the registration confirmed yet by the colleges,...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It seems I got the short straw. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute to the debate today on the Affordable Housing Bill 2021. I would love to be excited about, welcome and look forward to the difference this Bill will make to the housing crisis. The reality is, however, that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would not know what affordable was even if it was part of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the mica redress scheme review will be completed and the results communicated to those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33466/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (24 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that possible burial sites and sites of historic significance will be protected in county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33465/21]