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European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I want to go back to what the Minister of State said about a fully functioning Single Market. The Taoiseach mentioned that he considers that a referendum would be required to implement change to that. Does a fully functioning Single Market include fiscal powers for the eurozone? What is the Government's stance on that?

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I wish to share time with Deputy Catherine Connolly.

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Thomas Pringle: There is a saying that one should never waste the opportunity provided by a crisis. It certainly seems that is what the European Union is going to do throughout this crisis. The Taoiseach said earlier that what we should see coming out of this is a fully functioning Single Market. I would love to know what he means by that and if he would explain it to the House because it is a very...

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: Yes. I have two questions to which the Taoiseach can respond. Then it will be Deputy Harkin, who is sharing time with Deputy McNamara. My first question has been topical for several days. It relates to people travelling from Northern Ireland into the Republic. We have been told that the Garda cannot stop them and tell them to go home. If that is the case, how has it happened? What...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing with Deputy McNamara and Deputy Fitzmaurice.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I have one quick question. I am pleased to see that after nearly two hours here fishing was mentioned in the previous question. The only question I wish to ask relates to fishing. I want to know the Minister's plans. Previously, he said he did not want to redirect the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, EMFF, because he felt it was not suitable. What is going to happen in regard to...

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (30 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: What about assistance for ongoing costs? For a small vessel the costs can be up to €12,000.and that has to be paid continuously.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I will share time with Deputy McNamara. I have submitted a number of questions, of which I will ask two now, and perhaps the Minister will answer the others separately. Seasonal workers in the tourism industry in County Donegal and elsewhere include employees and self-employed people who were not working on 13 March, which is the reference date for the pandemic payment. They are...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: The Order of Business for today stated that this session would last for two hours. Why has it been cut short?

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

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Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: It was not managed properly. It should have lasted for two hours. That is what was ordered.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: Does this mean that my group does not get a recognition of any its questions to this? That is not on. The time has been badly managed if that is the case.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: These are the questions. With all due respect to the Minister, maybe he can answer them. Maybe he cannot. They are questions to the Taoiseach. This one the Minister might be able to answer is in relation to a number of briefings from the Government in the early days of March. The community health organisations were identified as having carried out investigations of all centres where...

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to share time with Deputy Harkin.

Health (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I begin by extending my condolences to the families of the people who have passed away from the coronavirus over the last while. It is important that we should extend our sympathy to them. We should not forget those who have passed away under normal circumstances because it is not normal for their families to have to make funeral arrangements like those we have seen in recent weeks. It is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2020)

Thomas Pringle: I agree that we should meet next Thursday. It is vitally important. There are workplaces that are not essential but the Dáil is very necessary. It needs to be in place to hold the Government to account and to make Government accountable for its actions. Whether that is the part-time or caretaker Government that we have now or a new Government, the Dáil has to meet. That should...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (5 Mar 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the three new Irish embassies will be opened in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3502/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (5 Mar 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to have a bilateral meeting with the managing director of the IMF, Ms Kristalina Georgieva; the issues that are likely to be on the agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3498/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Mar 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost in a full year if the income tax band for a single person increased from €35,300 to €37,000; the estimated cost for a married couple in which the income tax band for one earner increases from €44,300 to €47,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht School Recognition Scheme (5 Mar 2020)

Thomas Pringle: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in cases in which a school participating in Scéim Aitheantas do Scoileanna Gaeltachta has a majority of the teaching staff who are not competent to deliver their respective subjects through the medium of Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/20]