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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Advice (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister again, but the problem is that this is governed by the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995. It is 2019 and this is only being reviewed now to see why there is a poor take-up. That is very problematic. Perhaps the role we can play is to ask why these provisions are not being reviewed now. We are not in a position to bring the actual information to the Minister, but his Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Advice (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I did not say that.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of security forces in combating right-wing extremism here in view of recent incidences of violence and anti-immigrant sentiment in relation to the issue of direct provision here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45773/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2020 if the ancillary grant increased by €7 per pupil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48061/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each Garda district in the Donegal Garda division as of 31 December 2018 and 11 November 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the asylum process that were granted programme refugee status, convention refugee status, subsidiary protection, permission to remain under the International Protection Act 2015 and leave to remain under section B of the Immigration Act 1999 at first instance and final decision stage, respectively to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant posts at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the length of time each has been vacant for; when the vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48062/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation Levy (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend the REFIT PSO for biomass burning until 2023 alongside a new proposal for a PSO for bog rehabilitation; the way in which the proposed PSO will not duplicate bog rehabilitation that is required under the EPA licence at Edenderry; his views on whether such a PSO to be another form of carbon taxation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of recruiting three extra whole-time equivalent petroleum exploration specialists in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48060/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the repeated delays in finalising and commencing a small pilot urban bus project for Kilkenny city; the reason the NTA has not finalised fares and timetables after three years of planning; when the service will commence; and the lessons his Department and the NTA will learn from these delays to ensure that future...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister addressed a question I had regarding the operation of the Bill. If I understand him correctly, the Minister said that An Garda Síochána can request information in cases other than criminal cases. I am very worried because it appears that An Garda Síochána has been requesting and providing information across the board for a number of years without any legal...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: To further explain what the Minister has said, anything the Garda has been doing has been okay and this Bill just puts it on a statutory footing. Surely one would first have to have a statutory framework to make it okay.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Is ten years within the timeframe agreed?

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Records (Exchange of Information) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Surely if an agreement had been made and a system operating, it would be a legislative priority to put it on a statutory footing. One would imagine that would be somewhat of a priority within the Department.

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the Government's announcement that it will support motion. It would be a travesty if it opposed it. We will measure its welcome and support of the motion by what it does to deliver on it. That is what is vitally important. The purpose of the motion is to deliver for people with disabilities so that they can live life to the fullest of their abilities. That is vitally important....

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — in March 2018, Ireland formally ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which under Article 19 states that disabled people have the right to live in the community and have access to a range of in-home and other supports, including personal assistance to support this; —...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum Assessment has completed its second consultation on the issue of reforming sex education in schools; when its final report is due; the steps he is taking to counteract campaigns of misinformation regarding sex education reform here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2020 (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views in relation to concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of sufficient funding provided in budget 2020 in view of the fact that in the first school year of the new decade class sizes in primary schools here will be the highest in the eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations regarding the pay and conditions of school secretaries; the way in which he plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47438/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a commitment has not been given to address the future funding of third level education; the further reason no response has been given on the Cassells report since it was first published three years ago; the representations he has made to the European Commission regarding its decision on funding options; and if he will make a...