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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue matter.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: No bother. I was going to say that the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, is not the right Minister to answer this question anyway. That has taken away a bit of my thunder.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fuel Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It is not a matter under his Department. We will see who arrives in the meantime.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I mean no offence to the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, but I am unsure if it is really worthwhile to proceed, a Cheann Comhairle. The Minister was present in the Chamber here this morning on questions so it is not that there is not a Minister about here. I agree with the Ceann Comhairle on the contempt the Government holds for Topical Issue matters. It calls into question whether such...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We cannot guarantee that the Minister will turn up, can we?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I will do that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I echo that. It has nothing to do with the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates on which he raised the Palestinian issue with his European counterparts since his appointment to this office as he stated in Dáil Éireann on 2 March 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates on which he has met with representatives of the Israeli Government; the dates on which he has met with the Palestinian Government since his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the total annual cost to the State of delivering cancer treatment in the public system from 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of mackerel from Irish waters given to France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (24 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 413. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of mackerel given to Ireland in the waters of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15759/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: According to a national survey by the Real Estate Alliance, the average house price across the country is now rising by almost €100 per day. Today saw the release of the latestdaft.iesales report, which shows that the average listed price nationwide in the first quarter of 2022 was €299,000, up 8.4% on the same period in 2021, with the largest increases in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The Taoiseach said the housing issue is the single most important social issue of his time. That is true, but the Government has failed miserably, and is continuing to fail miserably, to solve or deal with the issue because it has focused entirely on the private housing market to solve this issue, and the private sector will not do it. The only way to deal with this issue is through a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Travel Area (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am thankful for this Topical Issue matter being taken again today. It was on the agenda for last Thursday, but it was not dealt with because the Minister did not come to the House. That was unfortunate.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Travel Area (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Well, the Minister did not come to that Topical Issue debate. It was submitted in the morning, the Minister's Department agreed to take it and then nobody turned up to take it. That is a sign that the Minister did not come, as far as I can make out. That is a problem in the context of the Dáil's procedures and how Topical Issue debates are treated. Overall, that is probably an issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Travel Area (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I can keep on going. Start the clock going there.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Common Travel Area (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his belated summary on the matter. The legislation may not have completed its journey through the House of Commons but basically the British Parliament has voted to include this measure. What can the Minister do other than impress on the British Government the importance of not having the measure? That clearly has not worked too well up to now. There must be some...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ukraine War (29 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she agreed on behalf of Ireland with the decision that non-Ukrainian citizens affected by the Russian invasion cannot avail of the visa-free access to the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16221/22]