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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to address undocumented children here; his plans to introduce pathways to residency for children and young persons growing up undocumented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51192/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to address undocumented children here; his plans to introduce pathways to residency for children and young persons growing up here undocumented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51257/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the community social programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51255/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made each year to date under the buy and renew scheme in County Donegal; the number of successful applications to date; the number of properties in County Donegal secured under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51231/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Legal Cases (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 688. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the counsel of her Department has ceased agreeing to the series of adjournments made in the case of a review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51220/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Will the environmental measures in the new CAP come from the Commission or will the Minister be able to put forward measures that meet the environmental requirements? What is the view and role of the Department in regard to environmental measures and the CAP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: On the Celtic Sea and Irish Sea stocks and the reduction in cod and whiting, an increase in haddock is also proposed for the same area. It is not possible to catch cod without haddock as far as I know. What impact will the increase in the haddock quota have? The Minister has outlined some of the by-catch that will be allowed there. What overall impact will that have on the whole process?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: With all respect, there is also the issue of ICES not talking to the fishermen about their views as to how the fishing stocks are holding up. In the case of mackerel stocks, the fishermen have always been of the view that the stock is more than what the scientific advice said it is, and it has been shown today that they are right. The reality is that they are not always wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister has not dealt with two of my questions. One was on the information that the higher number of sustainably fished stocks is 35, the number of over-fished stock is 13, and the unknown status has stayed the same at 26. That means there are extra stocks, unless those figures are wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: There is also the BirdWatch Ireland estimation that setting quotas below the scientific advice would lead to increased landings and increased income. Has the Department or the Marine Institute examined that to see if it stands up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It has estimated that by setting quotas below scientific advice, Ireland would increase landings by 200,000 tonnes and €200 million in value compared with 2014. It says: "This would translate into greater profits, higher wages and more jobs". Transitioning to a more sustainable fisheries management is "not just a moral or legal obligation" but also the "greatest opportunity available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I presume the statement is either right or wrong, or part right or part wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It is not saying there will be a return at some stage in the future, but a return now. It appears to be an interesting statement and I wondered if the Minister had looked at it. Obviously, the Department officials would have seen it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Council Meeting: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: That is fair enough.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I would like to make a brief statement.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his statement. I have no problem with where the excess expenditure is targeted to go or anything like that. How does the Department decide which schemes get the additional funding and which schemes do not? It has been mentioned by other members but I am particularly thinking of the organic farming scheme, which had 111 applications, of which only 55 were...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I will call on Deputy Pringle briefly and then Deputy Stanley.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Does that refund include the overdraft costs to local authorities? A local authority has to spend the money and then apply for it to be recouped. Does that include the costs of carrying that money?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: If they spend-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: My point is that a local authority might spend €1 million in the first quarter of the year and it might have to wait until the last quarter of the year to get that €1 million back from the Department. It has to carry the cost of that debt.