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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: That seems a very unfair system.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: That is a very unfair system.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: This is a reasonable proposal for additional time in the event of an offence being prosecuted. The master of a vessel may be at sea when he or she gets a notification that something is happening and could be at sea for two weeks or some similar time. Much time would be lost in the initial stages. The time should be lengthened. This amendment is reasonable. The Minister should take it on...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I support the comments made by other members. It is detrimental to fishermen to have this dual process of penalties enforced on them. In addition, penalty points in this case are administered at a lower standard and can have a hugely detrimental effect on fishers and their ability to make an income for their families. They must be given due process and there should be a higher bar for...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: As other members have said, this is about fairness and about what is right at this stage. There is a question where if one goes through a criminal conviction and the criminal courts find that no offence has taken place, these points should then fall off a licence. It stands to reason. While the penalty points regime is an administrative system, the penalties are very close to criminal...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I support this amendment. It is reasonable. This Bill provides for a lot of blows to fishermen and what they do. Then it provides that the appeal should be accompanied by a fee which may be determined by the Minister. This Minister might be okay and amenable to a lesser fee, but he is going to revisit this from time to time and it could become another unfair burden. We will see what fee...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The Department’s view of a reasonable fee may be different from the view of people in the real world. There is a certain amount of arbitrariness involved which is causing difficulty. There must be standards already set by the Department in regard to fees in agricultural appeals, etc. Perhaps it would be appropriate for the Minister to refer to a structure of fees that could be...

Child and Family Agency (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: As an aside, perhaps we should take all Bills on Thursday evenings because they would progress very quickly. I was supposed to speak when the Bill reappears on the agenda the week after next or whenever and then I informed that I was to contribute at 8.15 p.m. Five minutes ago, I was told I was due to speak now. We would get through Bills very quickly if they were all taken on Thursday...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak to this very important issue. Being the third most common cancer in Ireland, it is likely that we will all have had mothers, grandmothers, aunts, spouses, sisters or daughters affected by breast cancer at some point in our lives. This is a disease that affects us all and one that has taken too many too soon. I take a moment to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Deployment in a fair manner is key. Based on the figures the Minister of State provided today, by comparison with those provided in response to other questions, it does not seem to be fair. I ask him to impress on the Garda authorities that deployment should be fair and that every part of the country has to be policed in the same way. This is important for community safety. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Donegal division in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51723/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: This question is similar to a number of other questions on the Question Paper today. It relates to the number of gardaí assigned to the County Donegal division in the years from 2016 to 2020. I would like to see the figures.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I listened to the figures for Garda numbers in Donegal and compared them with the answers to similar questions, for example, on Garda numbers in Longford. It is interesting that Donegal has three times the population of Longford and is probably five times its size but has proportionally fewer gardaí available to it. This is very...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the changes to the asylum process which were approved by the Government; the details of the delays in the implementation of same; the new timeframe for the implementation of the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48971/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles assigned to the Donegal division; the age profile of the vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51722/21]

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly on gender equality are a stark reminder of how far we still have to go to ensure gender equality in this country. It is clear from these recommendations that we will never have a gender equal society until big, institutional changes are made. That is the simple fact. If this Government is as serious about gender equality as it says it...

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: They very much felt there was a very brief interaction with them by the Minister and the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, outside Leinster House today. They had travelled for many hours to be here-----

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I have letters from them that I will forward to the Minister.

Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It struck me when reading this report that there seems to be a solution that would address most of these recommendations, that is, proper funding of our public services. This is, again, an argument of ideology. The Government's pro-market thinking that the private market will provide is extremely flawed. It is not good enough to expect the private sector will fulfil the public need. The...