Results 1,521-1,540 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: A number of questions that I asked have not been answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Has Mr. Deveau seen that competitive behaviour take place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Is Mr. Deveau referring to an incident in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Mr. Deveau said he had seen it happen in other places. Did he see it happening in Canada?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: The company has a monopoly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Does Mr. Deveau have competitors in Canada?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Does Mr. Deveau have a monopoly in the area in which his company operates?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Does he try to tell the marketplace that the white product is black?
- Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the evidence successful tenderers for public contracts from outside the State have to provide to show that they are compliant with our employment and taxation law and are not operating in the black economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29622/14]
- Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: The question concerns what proof successful tenderers for public contracts from outside the State have to show the awarding body to ensure they are compliant with our employment and taxation law and that they are not using workers who are operating in the black economy.
- Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: It is during the tendering application process that they are required to show these proofs. However, what steps are available to bodies after the contractor has been appointed in terms of monitoring ongoing work, particularly in regard to the subcontracting of elements of the contract? I believe that, to a certain extent, a blind eye is turned to this because the awarding of contracts is...
- Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: I am generally concerned about how this is policed and enforced. For many years, contractors had to be compliant with the construction industry pension scheme. I do not know about national bodies, but local authorities turned a blind eye to it because they were getting the contractors at the most competitive price. I raised it with Donegal County Council a number of years ago. When it...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (9 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: 15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options local authorities have when tendering for construction projects to ensure locally-based businesses can compete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29621/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: 190. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 24 June 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of persons on the long-term illness scheme that were also medical card holders for the period October 2010 to end of November 2013. [30481/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: I thank both groups for their presentations. They have been useful in terms of the Bill. I would agree with the points made about the membership of the board of Horse Racing Ireland, particularly in regard to the stable staff association. All groups and bodies involved in racing should have full representation on the board because that is where the decisions will be made. I agree with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: My question concerns the industrial services committee. The Department expected stable staff to be members of this committee which would nominate a member to the board. It says that the committee shall represent the interests of jockeys and qualified riders, which is fair enough; persons employed in the horse racing industry; and persons employed directly in the horse racing industry. What...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: It says "persons employed in the horse racing industry."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: But it also says "persons employed directly in the horse racing industry."
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: How many are employed directly in the horse racing industry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)
Thomas Pringle: Yes, but many people are probably directly employed.