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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: Why was the scheme not targeted on its own? Why was it not opened up to allow anybody who met the criteria to apply?

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: Surely it would have been the Department's view to target the opening of the scheme rather than having a general opening and people-----

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: That was the only scoring they would have got.

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: That was the only scoring that would have meant they would have qualified for it.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a carer's allowance application by person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (4 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was no corresponding reduction made in the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS band one schools in view of the fact that staffing schedules in schools were reduced in budgets 2016 and 2018 and again for small schools in budget 2020; if he has responded to DEIS teachers in County Donegal calling for a reduction in the pupil-teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assurances that can be given to those jobseekers' assigned to a UK company (details supplied) which stores private data in its head office in Hoxley, UK, that their personal data is fully protected; the way in which persons can be assured that this will be the case post-Brexit in view of the fact this private data will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (3 Dec 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will implement the recommendation of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action to revise the planning regulations to remove planning restrictions on solar PV panels in order to enable increased microgeneration capacity at household, farm and small enterprise levels. [49808/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to implement to reward farmers for farming carbon on blanket bogs or peaty soils under grassland in private ownership in the near future in order that Ireland can avail of land, land-use change, and forestry flexibilities from 2021 in view of the annual carbon losses from peatlands which in total amount to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy Review (28 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scope and terms of reference of the proposed energy security review; the way in which this will be carried out; the person or body which will carry out the review; the timeline for same; if the review will consider questions of intergenerational and global climate justice; the way in which he will ensure that no...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (28 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €25million funding allocated for the upgrading of the energy efficiency of local authority homes in 2019 can be used for window and door upgrades taking into account windows lose approximately 25% of heat; if his plan is in line with proposals in the climate action plan 2019 and the obligations of Ireland under...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Data (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay of a year to get back to applicants for the organic farming scheme under tranche 2 if only 175 farmers applied; the number of applicants who were successful overall and in County Donegal, respectively; the amount of funding provided for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49078/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Eligibility (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the various changes made to the minimum qualifying score for admittance into the organic farming scheme; the minimum qualifying score; the reason for the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49079/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 62. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which north west scientific quota for herring impacts on the Lough Foyle herring fishery; his view on whether it should be managed separately; if vessels and skippers have to show tract record specifically on that fishery in order to have received a quota allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49081/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to integrate the protection of island fisheries in quota allocation under the Common Fisheries Policy as recognised by the EU Commission as a distinct sector but not here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives to support paludiculture which will be financed under the climate action plan 2019. [49422/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated area of peaty soils under the ownership of Coillte that has been converted to forestry; the estimated net carbon losses as a result of the practice; the remedial measures proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy Review (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State agencies that have a statutory or regulatory function regarding energy security; the agencies and bodies that have an advisory role on energy security; the way in which he will ensure that the regulatory aspects of energy security are not captured by stakeholder bodies such as the ESB and a company (details...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department will ensure that there is no double counting of carbon sequestered under land use, land use change, forestry via afforestation, peatland restoration and rehabilitation and other projects that are planned to generate carbon credits by Bord na Móna, Coillte and other landowners; the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 299. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures proposed to protect blanket bogs under the land use, land-use change and forestry. [49423/19]