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Other Questions: Trade Missions (26 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: To what extent does the Minister expect to see growth in investment by France and exports there this year? Will there be growth in tourists from France this year?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (26 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the way his Department is attempting to increase job creation in County Donegal through the Action Plan for Jobs; the number of jobs forecasted to be created in 2015 in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12081/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (26 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the adoption of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership treaty will require a referendum here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12083/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (26 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposals in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership negotiations that have been discussed to liberalise the market for public services and water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12078/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to the open letter signed by more than 900 scientists calling on the Government to rebalance its funding for scientific research away from a commercial-heavy focus and towards the funding of research across all disciplines; if the successor to the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation 2006-2013 will...

Residential Mortgage Interest Rates: Motion [Private Members] (31 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I wish to share time with Deputy Finian McGrath. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate, which once again highlights how the Government defers to the banks continuously. One of the hallmarks of this Government in its lifetime has been how it has kowtowed to the banks and let them call the shots in regard to economic and banking policy and what the banks are doing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide more specific information on the low-cost loans that will be made available to farmers and rural enterprise, as announced by the European Union Agriculture Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13197/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (31 Mar 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 364. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on whether the planned centre in Kinsale in County Cork honouring the Irish in military units will potentially affect Ireland's neutrality due to its commemoration of soldiers who fought in foreign armies, navies and air forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13187/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Services Regulation (2 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legality around letting agents charging fees to interested parties in order for their names to be put on a list to view a particular property; her views that this is a fair and sustainable practice; the regulations in place to manage estate agent practice, in view of the high level of competition, in seeking out rental accommodation; if her...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the two bodies for their presentations. As Deputy Ferris said, there seem to be many problems arising regarding land eligibility and the ability of farmers to enter schemes and maximise their incomes from them. It seems crazy that farmers are being penalised for managing a commonage destocking plan and cannot qualify for the new scheme because of their compliance with the previous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank both groups for their presentations and apologise for having to step out of the meeting to attend another one. Like other members, I support the proposal for the working group. That seems to be the way forward. It is clear from the presentation from the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association that there is a problem with inspections and how they are carried out and how they are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (15 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the €241 million development programme for the seafood sector will develop added-value seafood processing in Donegal; the way the funding will be spent protecting vulnerable coastal communities highly dependent on fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14550/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Mediation Service (15 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 367. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the issues facing the Letterkenny office of the Family Mediation Service, where no mediator is in place and no service is being provided, and with 27 couples on the waiting list; the inequity of service being provided across the country as a result of management decisions regarding mediator contracts; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (15 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 475. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to create a position for a Minister to oversee issues related to drug abuse and overdose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14026/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (15 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 749. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the housing assistance payment scheme; the counties in which the scheme will be rolled out on a phased basis in 2015; when it will be rolled out in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14111/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (15 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 771. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where the new motor taxation office in County Donegal will be located; when this relocation of the current office will occur; if this relocation is part of the centralisation of the service to one area in County Donegal; if so, if his attention has been drawn to the implications such centralisation will cause, mainly...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: That is correct. We have ten minutes each. Our health system is in itself unhealthy. Based on a two-tiered system, it both perpetuates and exploits inequality by prioritising those who can afford health care over those who need it. Privatisation has destroyed our health care system and it is the antithesis to a community-based approach. The large number of people on medical cards,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (16 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 14. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated from the sale of estates of deceased persons on fair deal schemes since the commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14638/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 15. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the recent meeting with Saolta health group and other stakeholders, including Oireachtas Members, and the recent retirements in Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal, the number of general surgeon positions that will be filled in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14637/15]

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I will concentrate on the PRSI and social welfare treatment of self employed people. As the motion stated, there are approximately 350,000 self-employed people in the country. Many of these are working in jobs that would traditionally have been employee jobs but, because of moves by the employers, are on contracts for services and have become de facto self employed although they have no...