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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount by which the education budget has been cut in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15875/11]

Written Answers — Mock Examinations: Mock Examinations (15 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way he intends to alleviate the burden of costs on parents of mock examination fees in the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15876/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will delay the introduction of the dropping of the central/closed school rule for school transport in view of the financial hardship it will cause and the difficulty in getting transport in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15235/11]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the situation regarding the Glenties and Dungloe waste water schemes, County Donegal; and when he expects they may go to construction. [15236/11]

Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (15 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 668: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the upgrading of Donegal International Airport; and if he will continue the public service order for the operators at the airport. [15237/11]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (21 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubting the savagery and futility of the Omagh atrocity that led to the Offences Against the State Act 1998 being implemented. There is no doubting the total futility of the campaigns being waged by so-called dissident republicans in the State. However, the operation of the Offences Against the State Act has had a severe and detrimental impact on the human rights of all Irish...

Workers' Remuneration: Motion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I support this motion and am glad to be able to contribute to this debate. I commend the Members of the United Left Alliance and the Technical Group on tabling the motion. When listening to the debate in the Chamber, it was interesting to hear Labour Party Deputies attack Members from the United Left Alliance and the Technical Group for introducing the motion and for the words they have...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (22 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will sanction the provision of two new fire stations in Ballyshannon and Bundoran; his views regarding the assessment of Donegal County Council that a station in each town is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16650/11]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (22 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will approve the provision of a new fire station for Glencolmcille in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16651/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Contracts: Health Service Contracts (22 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has not tendered the supply of fruit and vegetables in the County Donegal area and continued the existing contract; his views on whether this represents value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16649/11]

Overseas Missions (28 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: How many Defence Forces personnel are deployed in Afghanistan? Are any of them participating in operations such as dealing with improvised explosive devices, IEDs, or working in combat zones?

Naval Service Operations (28 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: With regard to the incident referred to, does the Minister think it acceptable that there should be difficulty in exchanging information with the Spanish authorities? In trying to manage and police the fishing resources off our cost, is it acceptable that we should have difficulty in receiving information from the authorities of another member state?

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (28 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. A resolution procedure for financial institutions should always have been an important part of the armoury of the Central Bank and the Government for dealing with financial institutions, even if was never needed. It is amazing that such a procedure was never put in place, particularly given that a number of institutions crashed in the 1980s. It has...

Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I will be giving qualified support to the Bill. I do so because during the entire time Fianna Fáil was in government, it made no moves towards holding a referendum on children's rights. In their election manifestos, the Labour Party and Fine Gael afforded a high priority to holding such a referendum. We can see, however, that, in the context of the programme for Government, this...

Ambulance Service (30 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: So is Donegal South-West.

Ambulance Service (30 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Donegal South-West is also in the north west. It is my information that this issue arose from the separation of the ambulance and hospital services that took place within the HSE. It is an indication of the dysfunctional way the HSE works. The separation of budgets between community care and hospital care causes all this friction and huge distress for patients throughout the country. It...

Health Service Staff (30 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to close 24 hour accident and emergencies across the country; the measures will put in place to ensure access to emergency services for citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/11]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Jun 2011)

Thomas Pringle: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Health his staffing plans for opening the Primary Care Reimbursement Service in Finglas, Dublin 11, to ensure speedy processing of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17868/11]

Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Pringle: On forthcoming legislation, when will the Government publish a Bill to enact the European stability mechanism and amend the Lisbon treaty and when will it come before the House?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (5 Jul 2011)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Electoral (Amendment) Bill. I will begin by discussing two of the changes proposed. The implementation of a six-month deadline for by-elections is to be welcomed, as it will mean there will be no repeat of the events of the last Dáil when we had to wait for over 18 months for by-elections to be held. Imposing such a deadline...