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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: " 'Community Organisation' means an established, active and representative, residents organisation, based in the locality of the proposed development;". Amendment No. 1 defines a community organisation, which is important to define because the term "community organisations" is mentioned in amendment...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (1 Dec 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I understand what the Minister is saying but it seems the system he referenced would be much more convoluted and much less clear. It would probably make it fairly clear to someone intimately involved in the system, but it would not clarify very much for a community group or make it streamlined. There is nothing wrong with having community groups involved, especially where their members live...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I strongly support this motion to protect employment services from privatisation. I was greatly concerned to hear about the new tendering process that the Minister for Social Protection is introducing, which favours for-profit providers over the current community-focused non-profit providers. This will affect those working in local employment services and jobs clubs, who have been loyal to...

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Given that yesterday was the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, it is important that we speak out against the occupation and colonisation of Palestine and the constant campaigns of dehumanisation that Palestinians face every day. The situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is incredibly concerning as we hear of increased levels of disposition, violence and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Today, outside the gates of Leinster House, the People's Vaccine Alliance Ireland held a protest calling on the Government to support the TRIPS waiver - to be helpful, I will give him a chance to answer the question again - and get Europe to actually do something to help end the global vaccine inequity that is hampering our fight against Covid-19. Over 100 nations support this position, yet...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Ninety-eight per cent of the funding for the AstraZeneca vaccine was public funding.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I refer to the Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill, which is proposed to go through all stages on Thursday, and the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, which is scheduled for Friday. Neither of these Bills has been published yet so we do not even know what is in them, and amendments were to have been submitted last week. What is the situation with them? The debates...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It has been sitting there for five years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I take it back. I said it already. The reality is that lack of regulation or light-touch regulation caused this problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Fair enough. The reality is that light-touch regulations caused this problem and that has to be dealt with as well. Is the Taoiseach saying that people will not have to pay €45,000 for an average house?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The Government caused the problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: No regulation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubt that the scheme is an advance, but the problem is that it does not go far enough. Families are in the same situation now as they were before.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, they are. If they could not afford the previous scheme, they cannot afford this scheme.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: That is the reality of the situation. People with 2,300 sq. ft houses have to come up with €45,000. Such houses have to be rebuilt, and under the scheme people are not allowed to change the house to qualify. People will have those costs regardless of the situation. That is the problem these families have. They are paying mortgages. As these houses are repaired, they will have to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: That is what the Taoiseach said.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: He did. He said the people have to take responsibility for-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Thomas Pringle: That is what he said.