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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Could I ask just one further question? I am sorry. I forgot to ask it during my previous contribution. Dr. Steele said earlier in the context of white fishing that she expects that within two months a new procedure will be in place, which is very optimistic. It will be a year or a year and half, probably, before it happens. How soon will the interim measures the SFPA is putting in place...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: Dr. Steele is just after saying there are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The answer to my question was different from the answer previously given, in which Dr. Steele said interim measures would be put in place. I would like the interim measures to be put in place as soon as possible because the approval of this control measure will take longer than two months, as Dr. Steele herself said.

Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. I am delighted to introduce my Private Members’ Bill on the constitutional amendment on the right to vote at 16. I am introducing this Bill today to coincide with the Scottish and Welsh elections, in which 16 and 17-year-olds are voting. I note the great work already done by Senators...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: On 16 February, the Tánaiste's colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, brought a memorandum to Cabinet announcing the establishment of the independent working group to examine defective housing. To date, there has been no publication of either the membership of this working group or its terms of reference. This is despite the Minister, Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (6 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to increase the disability allowance or carer’s allowance payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23420/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 201. To ask the Minister for Health when gyms and swimming pools will be reopened to the public under the current reopening guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (6 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 202. To ask the Minister for Health when the pause on vaccinating healthcare workers will be lifted given that some staff in homeless services have not yet received their first vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23439/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider raising the financial threshold for an applicant to qualify for entry on to the housing list given that it is currently €25,000 for a single applicant or couple in County Donegal which is too low to allow a person to purchase a house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22676/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The financial threshold to qualify for entry onto the Donegal County Council housing list is €25,000. That threshold is for a single applicant or couple and, as the Minister knows, there is a small increase for children. It is simply far too low. What can be done as a matter of urgency to raise this threshold, especially given that Donegal County Council has finally received an...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It is to be hoped the situation will be reviewed. I would not have much faith in the review and I do not think it will deliver anything further. Last week I had to tell a mother with three children that she could not get on the housing list because her income was far too high, at €26,000 a year. It is ridiculous. This affects people right across the board. This is a cynical way...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: The reality is that there were 30 houses delivered in Donegal. I was there on the day the Minister launched the estate. There are 1,600 people on the housing list in Donegal town but only 30 houses. That is shocking. The list is not accurate because it does not take into account the people who are just over the income level to get on the housing list and cannot provide housing for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: We, Donegal people, often call our home county the forgotten county. It has no rail service, poor public transport, poor or non-existent broadband infrastructure and it has experienced years of under-investment and neglect from this and previous Governments. Last week, finally, there was a good news story with the launch of the Donegal Place initiative. Donegal was to be positioned as a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: It would be useful if what was agreed at the meeting on Saturday was carried out. It was agreed that Dr. Holohan would take part in an interview on local radio yesterday to discuss the situation. That did not happen. It was agreed that walk-in centres would be announced yesterday. They were announced after the Garda announced its confidential telephone line through which people could...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the planning regulations or statutory instruments that could be used to advise local authorities to include conservation plans for sites of potential historical importance in their county development plans such as sites on and around former mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the examinations he has undertaken in relation to extending the right to vote in all elections to persons when they reach 16 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22010/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the list of DEIS schools will be updated soon to include schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23116/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in the decision to award a school with DEIS status; if changes have been made to the criteria from previous years; if not, if changes to the criteria are imminent for the forthcoming list; when the list will be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23120/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 432. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative Forum; when a chair will be appointed; the number of members that have resigned; if all places have been refilled; the last communication between his office and the forum; when the report of the forum will be published; when he will next meet with the forum;...