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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion (17 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I want to ask about climate action and related fields that are part of Teagasc's priorities for next year. Should that not be a bigger part of what the organisation does, given the emissions that agriculture produces in Ireland? It is something we must tackle. The targets that Teagasc has proposed in the past are not insurmountable and farmers can still make a good living from their land...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion (17 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I would like Dr. O'Mara's advice on climate change mitigation measures and how that feeds into national policy. The next CAP is where farmers are going to get paid for doing these things that are going to make a difference. How does Teagasc's advice feed through the Department and into the CAP? I am referring to urea, slurry, clover etc. This comes down to the fact that if farmers are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Annual Report 2018: Discussion (17 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: On the CAP, what effect-----

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in existence for 20 years or longer that are still housed in prefab buildings with no permanent building structures, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52485/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Regulatory Impact Assessments (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a regulatory impact assessment was conducted for the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if so, the detail of same. [52446/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revise the corporate governance framework in view of the fact the current framework does not explicitly commit his Department to engagement with environmental interests and stakeholders in comparison with extensive provision for economic interests and other internal and external stakeholders; his views on whether...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 307. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the official or group in his Department responsible for calculating and reporting the obligations of Ireland under the land use, land use change and forestry, LULUCF, regulation, that is, EU Regulation 2018/841; if Ireland will be a net emitter over the period the regulation covers; and the implications of this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to require the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to facilitate private wires between renewable energy generators and energy consumers. [52480/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 309. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for limiting the RESS auction category for solar energy to a maximum of 10% (details supplied). [52481/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to remove the planning restrictions on roof-top solar for households and businesses. [52479/19]

Domestic Violence: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy Connolly. First, I acknowledge the time of year, Christmas time, which for many is a happy and joyful time of year, but for some women experiencing domestic violence and their children, can be the most violent time. Alarmingly, the Stop Domestic Violence In Ireland organisation has stated it is already on course to record its busiest ever December after...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018. I congratulate the Senators on the passage of the Bill through the Seanad and on moving it on to this House. The Bill is to be welcomed. Perjury has been around for a long time, but this is the first time it will be properly defined in Irish law and treated as a specific criminal offence....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Deputy Ó Broin outlined the situation and the difficulty that is there. It is two and a half years. If the Minister was serious about this, he could bring them forward and let the committee decide on them. That would bring it to a head. I do not believe that the Department is serious about it, and that is a problem.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to progress the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No.1) Bill 2016 seeking to place the right to water in the Constitution; the reason for the delay to date in moving forward with the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51222/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 1) Bill 2016, which passed through the House several years ago. It is languishing on Committee Stage, waiting for the Minister to come back and look at how it will actually work. I would like the Minister to tease the problems out and say how we can move it forward.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to thank the Minister for the response, but it basically confirms that what is actually happening here is delay, delay and delay. He mentioned that he contacted the committee last July, some six months ago. This Bill was passed by this House several years ago. I may be wrong, but it looks from the outside that the Minister is putting this on the long finger in the hope that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to think it is. Deputy Collins has tried to meet the Department officials and has been unsuccessful. What is the problem? Let us have a meeting with them to discuss this.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: When was the last one?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the mica redress scheme for affected homeowners in County Donegal; the progress made to date with regard to the implementation arrangements with Donegal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51221/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Forestry and Climate Change: Discussion (11 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witnesses for the information they have given us. Some of my questions have been asked already. I would like to ask the witnesses from Coillte about the planting of forestry on peaty soils. This matter has been discussed already. The reply to a parliamentary question that was tabled last week clarified that we do not have a current estimate of the net carbon losses as a result...