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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Is that regardless of who they are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: There is no incentive except that it gets a lot of views and is seen and circulated a lot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The identity of the user is an important question. Whether it is someone who has 50,000 friends or 5,000 friends makes a big difference in how far the post goes. Does someone with a large number of followers go through the process more slowly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Can a public figure say more hateful things?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: As such, if I make a racist comment that is different from Joe Bloggs making one, it will be treated differently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Online Harassment and Harmful Communications: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witnesses.

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I will share time with Deputy Thomas P. Broughan. We will hopefully fill the time. This budget shows that Brexit has been a godsend for the Government. There is no doubt that Brexit will cause difficulties for us, but it is how we go about dealing with that crisis that is important. It will show the measure of the State and the condition of our economy and politics when we see who is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (8 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 385. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to conduct a full review of energy security here; if this will include a new energy White Paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40881/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the interdepartmental taskforce that was in place during the drafting of the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018 is still functional; if not, if he will consider the recommendation of an organisation (details supplied) to re-establish this taskforce on a permanent basis to oversee the implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the promised independent inspectorate will be established further to the recent release of the national standards for accommodation offered to persons in the protection process; the make-up of the inspectorate; if it will be empowered to make unannounced inspections of accommodation centres; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (2 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who finishes a community employment scheme in June 2020 could be referred back to JobPath despite the fact that new referrals will cease at the end of 2019; if being on the scheme guarantees a person a year exemption from being referred to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the international protection process that are housed in emergency accommodation; the number that are children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39799/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of emergency accommodation centres in use to house persons in the international protection process; the location of these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39800/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vulnerability assessments that have been carried out to date on persons in the international protection process in line with obligations under the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018; his views on reports that as of July 2019 no such formal assessments had been carried out; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available for the upgrading of roads specifically located along the Wild Atlantic Way; if he will consider upgrading a road (details supplied) in County Donegal due to its significant location along the Wild Atlantic Way in an effort to further develop tourism in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies Data (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fees and expenses paid to each member of the management board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I will explain the situation of some people who I deal with who cannot avail of this scheme. There are patients with severe Parkinson's disease, bowel cancer, arthritis or permanent nerve damage from alcoholism. There is one woman who is unable to walk unaided and can only use a wheelchair occasionally due to a lack of strength in her arms and legs. She lives in the middle of nowhere with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the ruling of the Ombudsman regarding primary medical certificates (details supplied); the reason his Department has not made relevant amendments after the intervention of the Ombudsman; when he plans to bring the necessary legislative amendments to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38452/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: My question relates to the primary medical certificate and its operation within the Department of Finance. In particular, the Ombudsman's office has asked the Department to review and amend the scheme to make it more workable. The scheme is very restrictive and very difficult for people and there is an onus on the Department to respond to the Ombudsman and amend it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister's outline of the scheme's criteria shows clearly that it needs to be reviewed. It is not realistic, in the current climate, for this situation to persist. I deal with people every day who need this scheme and who would avail of it but they cannot satisfy the crazy and restrictive criteria that were probably set out in the early 1970s. It is similar to why the Minister will not...