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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It sounds as though the SFPA has gone as far as it is going to go and has finished with it now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: As it stands, the SFPA is waiting for the industry to revert with a response before it will hold any further meetings on the issue. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That does not really matter. What is going to happen over the next period? In respect of the final control plan that has gone to the Commission, if we or the industry decide on something or something workable comes out of this committee talking to the SFPA, it is the Commission or the European structures that will make the decision as to whether it will be acceptable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Forget about the SFPA negotiating. If we decide something is a feasible and workable solution, it is the Commission or the European structures that must decide whether it is acceptable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is all I want to know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The SFPA will only implement what the Commission tells it to do.

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Regional Group for putting forward this motion. It is important that we talk about the disabled grants and the various grants that are available from local authorities. It has been striking that they have not been raised for discussion in the House in the form of Topical Issue matters and so on. They are vitally important. In my Donegal County Council days in the early 2000s,...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is no bother at all. It has been a while since I have had to propose the adjournment of a debate, whereas at one stage, it was nearly every time I spoke that I had to do so. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this extremely important Bill. For such an important Bill I have to say I am appalled at the last minute publication and the general lack of consultation that was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that payments to guardians have been delayed to all applicants looking after unaccompanied Ukrainian children who fled the war in Ukraine leaving their parents behind; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (31 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that a payments to guardians have been delayed as in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for a payment for a young Ukrainian child who fled Mariupol in Ukraine without their parents who are military police; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27682/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 that remain to be implemented; the reason that all parts of the Act have not been enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/22]

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this today. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the establishment of the Atlantic Technological University, ATU, which comprises Letterkenny IT, including the Killybegs campus, Sligo IT and GMIT. I especially welcome the opportunities that this brings to the Donegal campuses. I attended the launch of the ATU in my home town of...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute again on this. I wish to follow on from what I was saying yesterday just before the debate was adjourned. I was referring to why this Bill is now so urgently required and the necessity that has been put on to rush all Stages. This needs to be considered much more closely. In this House, we should not just bend over and bow down...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (2 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who works at sea in international waters for the majority of the year is liable to pay income tax to any state; if so, the state to which this tax will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28595/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank our guests for their contributions so far. I agree with Senator McDowell's remarks from earlier. It seems to be just encouraging gambling. Going from having no regulation to having some might be seen as an improvement, but if it does not restrict or put in place methods of restriction of gambling, then it will be problematic. It will be donkey's years before we get to the point of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I will address the same issue. It is wrong, as the Taoiseach will have to agree, to push forward the Electoral Reform Bill 2022, with Report Stage to be guillotined after 90 minutes when the Government has tabled more than 150 amendments. We also have the stroke of allowing political party lotteries to take place. There has to be full scrutiny. We will oppose the Order of Business for...

Special Educational Needs School Places: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak. It is concerning to think that there are many parents in this country who have been unable to find a place at an appropriate school for their child this coming September. I cannot imagine the stress these parents are under, being forced into a situation such as this so late in the year and with September only around the corner. ...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am also grateful for the opportunity to contribute on the annual transition statements. I welcome the recent publication of the annual transition statement for 2020. However, the fact that it has come 18 months too late is not acceptable, especially in view of the ever-worsening climate crisis. Annual transition statements have been an essential source of evidence of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We have seen media reports in the last week on a new investigation report into abuse in HSE residential services in Donegal. Shockingly, ten more perpetrators, along with Brandon, have carried out up to 40 incidents of abuse. What is even more shocking is that these incidents were all on file with the HSE. Management knew about them, just like in the Brandon case. That needs to sink in....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Wage Data (14 Jun 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 131. To ask the Taoiseach the gross median wage for each of the years 2012 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [30795/22]