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Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy McNamara. I am will limit my questions because time is limited and I have only five minutes. This issue has already been raised by several speakers, but the Minister needs to clarify the Department's view on the issue of special needs teachers. Will they be redeployed to provide cover within their schools? What will happen to those children with special needs...

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I also asked about new buildings.

Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following:“notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the speaking arrangements recommended in the Appendices to the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform titled ‘Speaking time arrangements on the first round of...

Speaking Arrangements: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am pressing the amendment.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: On a point of order, the amendments that have been put on the Order Paper here today do not deny anybody the right to speak in this House. However, it has always been about the order of speaking. What the Government is proposing to do is to put all their speaking time first and to put everybody else after. That is the problem. That is the reason for the point of order.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: There is not an attempt by anybody to deny any Member speaking time in this House. The attempt is by the Government to make sure that it gets all the speaking time first so it can put across its message.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: That is all it is about; it is about denying the rights of Members who are as entitled to be here in this House and denying us the right to have our speaking time as an Opposition.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: The Government controls the House and this is simply about it using its dominant position to control this House and to put its views across. That is what has happened. It is the first time in 70 or 80 years that this has happened. It is because the Government is frightened by the views that we can put across in this House.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: That is the problem with the amendments.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am pleased to have an opportunity to contribute to the debate today on this Bill. It is hardly surprising to the Minister that I will echo the comments that have been made by all the Opposition Members so far about section 14, which deals with business and how vulture funds are being facilitated with court cases that people are contesting. I am not sure whether they have the right to do...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: The Ceann Comhairle is right. I am sharing time with Deputy Fitzmaurice. This legislation was first brought forward in December 2019. The Government was accepting it and pushing it forward at that stage. The Regional Group has found a good way to bring this legislation forward again and at least now the group will be associated with it. The Government will bring the legislation forward...

Future of School Education: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I will share time with Deputy Harkin. The Sinn Féin motion tonight is not directly on the return to school programme but it is going to be naturally caught up in all of that. The fact the motion was put down tonight meant the plan was brought forward. The Minister was supposed to announce this plan after we had all gone home next week, after the Dáil had risen for the summer....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: On the same issue, there is a need to have a debate on rescinding this discriminatory order on the Statute Book. It is incumbent on us to treat everybody who leaves the State with respect regardless of who the person is. This is discriminatory and must be rescinded as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the level of trade between Ireland and Singapore in the years 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if part of SI 585/2018 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2018 (details supplied) will be amended to allow fishers to record salmon or sea trout caught and released and the sex of fish caught and retained and or caught and released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available for persons building new sustainable houses. [18901/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 303. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing the funding to National Parks and Wildlife Services by 7.5% in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18633/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mica Redress Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a householder in a multiple development has to have a valid management company in place for the management of the estate in which they are resident in order to apply for the MICA redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Applications (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for nationality for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (28 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 410. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Naval Service that spent more than 90 days at sea in each of years 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18636/20]