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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is fair enough, but there are a rake of copies of the grouping list and stuff like that up at the top table. I know the Bills Office may be under pressure or whatever and that has to be dealt with. At the same time, Members are entitled to have this information to be able to participate in the session as well. That is very important. I will not stay very much on this because I am...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I agree with Deputy Funchion. The Minister outlined that there is already provision within the Bill to revisit the situation if the documents are not comprehensive enough. What would be lost in the period between this Bill being passed and the Minister deciding to revisit it? What could be the impact on people who have suffered a lot already? After this Bill is passed, if it is discovered...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We can come back to it on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: They are amendments to the words.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I will speak to amendment No. 2. While my name is not on it, I believe it is an important amendment. The focus of the Bill, rightly, is on State agencies, including An Bord Uchtála, that placed people outside the State for adoption. However, there are many cases of adopted people who were placed illegally outside the State, outside of any official organisations. I have spoken to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Which amendment was Deputy Bacik speaking to?

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I stress the importance of this series of amendments. There is quite a lot here. The amendments govern the provision of information. It is telling that adopted people feel they have to put forward these amendments. I am concerned about the Bill on that basis. I know the Minister will say the legislation is comprehensive and covers all options but we will not know that until afterwards....

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister has outlined that he believes the amendments are already covered in the Bill. We will not know until the legislation is passed whether the adoption agencies comply and provide the information that is required of them. That is part of the problem. Perhaps all the information is held by Tusla and it will be complied with now. How secure is the Minister in the knowledge that...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I think we left it to the Minister to respond.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Just as well he is.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I accept what the Minister is saying. What Deputy Cairns said is right. There is a need for cultural change. It has to happen at some point, and something has to start it off. I am still worried about the period in which cultural change is to take place in that adopted people could be left behind or something could happen. I do not know the solution or the best that can be achieved for...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support the motion and its call to remove the barriers that are currently in place and preventing many children from getting an adequate and timely assessments of need. Early intervention is essential in appropriately meeting the educational and health needs of children with disabilities, yet there are more than 18,000 children on occupational therapy waiting lists alone. This is...

Flexible and Remote Work: Motion [Private Members] (9 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion. As we all know, yesterday was International Women’s Day, a very important day to recognise the social, political and economic achievements of the women in our lives and societies, and across the globe. It is also an opportunity for us to focus greater attention on women’s rights, gender equality and equal treatment and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The EU has activated the temporary protection directive, which is very welcome. It allows Ukrainian citizens to access the EU and that is more than welcome. Irish people have been very forthcoming in offering accommodation, and they never let themselves down in this regard. That is very true. While the focus is on Ukrainian citizens, however, what about the other nationalities affected by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the independent review of the student grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that he has taken to implement the key recommendations of the surveys of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has agreed to a request to meet with representatives of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12335/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the resumption of the commercial bus operators' scheme for 2022 in line with fare reduction measures he announced on public service obligation routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12336/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the restrictions forced on the fishers who use Magheraroarty Pier, Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12634/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (8 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the findings of the public consultation into the dredging at Magheraroarty Pier, Magheraroarty, Gortahork, County Donegal will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12632/22]