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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Let us have honesty.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The levy the Government is proposing means that people will have to pay twice because they will be paying through general taxation for the renewal of this scheme and the levy will be imposed on people who want to build and need to provide houses for themselves. Why not impose a levy on the profits of the building and construction companies and banks? Why not go after them? The Government...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: -----because it is easier to go after the individuals in the houses. It seems as though this levy is being put on the companies but it is not. It is a levy on the cost of building a house. The Government should at least try to make it look as if it is going after the profits of the company. The Taoiseach may say he wants to make this scheme right and there may be €2.8 billion...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is supported by the EU so it should be a key to everybody as to how people can get through this crisis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It is vitally important that the Government acts now to make it happen.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: What did I say?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: You are going after the people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: You are going after the people. That is what you are doing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: You are.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: You have not provided anything yet.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: At least the Government would be trying to target-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: A number of constituents have contacted me in recent times about the delay in being able to access insulin pumps due to the chronic underfunding of diabetes services in the Saolta Hospital Group hospitals in Letterkenny and Sligo. For example, there is a waiting list of more than 80 referrals in Sligo alone. It is affecting people’s quality of life. I have been raising the various...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Not in Donegal.

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on this important and relevant motion. I support this motion for an immediate moratorium on disconnections of households. It is heartbreaking to hear constituent after constituent tell me that they are unable to afford their electricity and gas bills. It is even more heartbreaking when I hear about energy companies making record profits in a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the implementation of the action plan for apprenticeships 2021–2025, particularly in relation to participation of employers and retention rates of apprentices with their training employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51822/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: This question is on apprenticeships and the apprenticeship programme, particularly in relation to how employers can be encouraged to participate in the programme and how the retention of apprentices in the system afterwards can be accommodated.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The figure of a 40% increase in apprenticeship registrations in 2021 sounds impressive. That means basically that there were 16,000 apprentices last year and there are 25,000 this year. Much still has to be done to make sure that it works. I sense that there is a problem among the public where employers do not see the value in apprenticeships. There is a certain amount of risk from an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It seems there is much work happening. However, it will be a long number of years before we see any statistics come out of that. That is a big issue because there is a huge problem with retaining apprentices and making sure that apprentices can qualify, as well as paying apprentices so that it is worth their while to continue on in it. That needs to be part of the measures being recorded...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Film Industry (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when this Deputy can expect a substantive reply to an as-of-yet unacknowledged email representation dated 4 October 2022, on the non-payment of wages to Irish film production workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51124/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of bus drivers in Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead; his plans to deal with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51456/22]