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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 3. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he foresees a reduction in commercial water rates under Irish Water in view of the fact that the local authorities have been operating the polluter pays principle in relation to commercial water rates for many years and full cost recovery for the supply of water to commercial users; and if he will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: It is very difficult to divine whether there is an answer to the question in that reply. I asked whether the Minister foresaw a reduction in charges to commercial water users under Irish Water. The message is being given that commercial users will see a reduction because domestic users who have had water free for so long will now be paying. I do not believe this will be the case. As the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: Given that the Commission for Energy Regulation will be setting the tariffs in the future, one of its roles will be to look at the cost-effectiveness of the service level agreements. Will it be within the remit of the Commission for Energy Regulation to consider the liberalisation of the provision of water services across the country?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Administration (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: When service level agreements come up for renewal, will the Commission for Energy Regulation seek to tender them?

Finance (Local Property Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 [Private Members]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I support the Bill. Many people have seen through the tax. They saw that the only reason it was introduced was to allow the Government to pay off debts to the IMF, ECB and European Commission. The tax is not about improving services to people in local authority areas. For every cent it raises, a cent will be removed from local authority funding. No additional services will be provided...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform Expenditure (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he foresees a reduction in commercial water rates under Irish Water in view of the fact that the local authorities have been operating the polluter pays principle in relation to commercial water rates for many years and full cost recovery for the supply of water to commercial users; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (12 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 54. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to local authorities to build specific instance houses in rural areas to accommodate families in rural communities acknowledging that they are a very cost effective way of providing social housing and recognise the rural nature of many local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Transport (18 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 31. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline his Department's role in the implementation of the new code of practice for the use of the Government jet in relation to the Ministerial Air Transport Service; if he will outline in tabular format average hourly costs, as well as the statistics on the use of the service by each travelling Minister and the Taoiseach including date of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (18 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 383. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has yet considered the Bethany Survivors Group's request for inclusion within the Residential Institutions Redress scheme or a similar type scheme designed for children who had been in the Bethany Home; if he has made any decison on this matter; and if he has reverted to the group on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (18 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 523. To ask the Minister for Health if the final report on the wider issue of general transport for persons with disabilities has been submitted; if a decision has been reached on a replacement for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant; if this replacement will run seamlessly after the final payment of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant to ensure that personss...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry Development (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role he envisages for Bord Iascaigh Mhara in developing a seafood innovation centre in Killybegs, County Donegal; the way he sees the Killybegs Campus of LYIT complementing that role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29487/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry Development (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, on his appointment. The Minister might not be aware that LYIT is in the process of preparing a three-year business plan to help it deal with its deficit. Active consideration is being given to relocating the Killybegs branch to the Letterkenny campus. That would have a detrimental effect on the seafood industry and would reduce the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry Development (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. I understand his difficulty in terms of the decision-making process but for the development of the region and of the seafood sector it is important that we have a third level campus in Killybegs that can be accessed by the industry and the community as a whole. The decision is due to be made in the next couple of days so I urge the Minister to make...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what should be an important issue for Ireland and the future of our democracy. The debate on the abolition of the Seanad has been interesting. All that people can seem to see is the Seanad as it exists now. That is what is wrong with the Bill. We should be discussing reform. The Seanad is far from perfect, but a reformed Seanad is preferable to none...

Hundredth Anniversary of 1913 Lock-out: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Deputy Higgins for tabling this Private Members' motion. I take on board what the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, said about having a proper debate. He is on the Government side and it is in his hands to control the debate. Perhaps he will schedule such an open debate in the House. It would be an ideal way to commemorate the Lock-out of 1913 and the historic event it was. As...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the stages that the Small Craft Harbour at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, County Donegal is to be developed, including the design and strategy; and if he will give an indication of when the development is to be completed. [29384/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to tackle the ongoing fall-out from the fodder crisis; and if he will consider creating a task force to deal with fodder related issues including cash flow problems on farms, securing enough feed for next winter and managing the damage done to land, as well as dealing with mental health issues in the farming community....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (19 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the number of learner drivers unaccompanied by a qualified driver that were involved in road traffic accidents since mid 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29583/13]

Other Questions: State Properties (20 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the roll-out of the next round of reforms aimed at streamlining the State’s extensive property management portfolio; the targets he has set regarding same; and the extent to which he aims to reform the property asset portfolio across the wider public service. [29686/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (25 Jun 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle diabetes nationwide, particularly paediatric diabetes; if he will commit to ensuring that the paediatric diabetes care posts are filled as soon as possible, to allow for the insulin pump service to be available to more than 130 diabetic children attending Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal [30381/13]