Results 4,721-4,740 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that Ireland will take to engage positively in the process of elaborating on a UN treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in 2019; if Ireland will attend the OEIWGW in Geneva in October 2019 and participate formally in the discussions to elaborate a new UN treaty; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports by an organisation (details supplied) of severe malnutrition in refugees and migrants in Libyan detention centres particularly in the case of children; the way in which the interception of those attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea and returning those refugees and migrants to these detention...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an ongoing dispute between a union (details supplied) and the HSE in the north west since December 2017 specifically involving ambulance staff in Letterkenny; if so, the length of time this dispute has remained unresolved; the action or actions taken by the union and staff since the dispute started; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the contingencies agreed with a union (details supplied) and the HSE to ensure that no patients are adversely affected by a dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12789/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if a union (details supplied) or its members involved in the ambulance staff dispute in County Donegal over the lifetime of the Letterkenny dispute have been issued with the threat of injunction by the HSE; if he has been provided with the list of actions being taken by the union; if an offer of settlement has been made to the union to resolve the dispute;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (26 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 1092. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a wheelchair accessible bus route between County Donegal and Sligo IT for students living in County Donegal taking up courses in Sligo; if students can block book accessible buses for each semester instead of having to book each journey 24 hours in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13351/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (13 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 33. To ask the Minister for Health the position after a strike (details supplied) by ambulance personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12170/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 92. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the ongoing frustration experienced by general practitioners in rural areas in trying to address waiting lists for appointments while FEMPI cuts of up to 40% still remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12169/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he advocated for the strengthening of corporate accountability and increased regulation of the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises to ensure the prevention of land and human rights violations in developing countries; if he has referred to the recent report by a charity (details...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a sports capital application from a group (details supplied) was granted only partial funding under the sports capital programme 2017 in view of the fact the amount does not facilitate completion of the works applied for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11734/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is policy to allocate partial funding for applications under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11735/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the percentage or level of funding is determined in circumstances in which it is decided to only partially fund applications under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the scoring system and assessment procedures used to validate the allocation of partial funding for a group (details supplied) under the sports capital programme 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11777/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Ms Gray for her presentation. How much of current profitability is made up of wind farms and wind farm assets within the overall Coillte book? I would be interested in finding that out because it is a move away from Coillte's core business. I wonder what the driver for that is. Much of Coillte's land seems to be set aside for wind farms rather than for forestry. What will the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: Coillte has held on to the land.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It owns that land asset.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: The current guidelines suggest the broadleaf proportion has to be 15%. The rest would include different conifers and Scots pine in respect of the figure of 55%. There is no genuine diversity. Is Coillte actively considering continuous cover forestry? Does it have continuous cover forests? How does it know that it can achieve this or whether it has any value?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: It is important to know. Continuous cover is very limited, but it is an option for the future. It is a lot more viable than clearfell forestry. It might involve a little more work, but it is work a State agency should be quite happy to do. I also asked about the Forestry Act.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: As I understand it, Coillte has not participated in developments in forestry since 1988 because it is guided by the Act of that year. Therefore, it is not required in law to do what I describe. Is that correct? Coillte is not obliged to go down the road of participating in developments associated with continuous cover and new species because the Forestry Act 1988 is the guiding Act. That...