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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: We have a litany of people who are distressed. That is the problem. This is still going on. We do not want to be dealing with this every day in our office when we could be doing much more useful work. This is down to mistakes the Minister's Department made in the changeover in the system. We are only getting a percentage of the people involved. While we do not, admittedly, get the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of issues which resulted in delayed payments of illness benefit; if compensation will be provided to those that experienced financial losses as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53267/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: This is a follow-up question from a Topical Issue debate that we had in November about delays and problems for people in receipt of illness benefit in getting paid through the Minister's Department. That is ongoing many months later and we are in the jaws of Christmas. What is happening with this?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Illness Benefit Payments (19 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I do not know where the Minister is getting her information from. Maybe her Department is not telling her the full story. I have a litany in my office of people who have had problems and who are constantly getting payments, though they have told the illness benefit section that they are not required since they are back at work. Some people have never been paid for the times they have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Beef Sector: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (18 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Everything has, more or less, been said. I wonder about the increases proposed in the payment under CAP. How are we going to stop the beef factories? The prices will not improve in the factories so what is the point of it? Is it solely that the Government or EU is agreeing the payment so that beef factories will continue to keep prices down? That is the reality of the situation and I do...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Deduction Systems (18 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which employees who do not have Internet access will be able to access end-of-year statements once changes by the Revenue Commissioners are carried out by 2020 and the P60 and P45 are no longer in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53242/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (18 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be generated by reducing the earnings cap for pension contributions from €115,000 to €75,000. [53280/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (18 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget of An Garda Síochána for maintenance and small capital works in 2017 and 2018; the amount allocated for same in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (18 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application by a person (details supplied) for a working family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52737/18]

Death of former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: On behalf of Independents4Change, I extend our sympathy to the families of Paddy Harte and Monica Barnes. As a Donegal man it is an honour for me to talk about Paddy Harte. I met Paddy only once or twice, very briefly, over the years but I served on Donegal County Council with Paddy's son, Jimmy, and we had a good collegial relationship at council level. While they may not have known him...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: As the Taoiseach knows, 39,603 jobseekers were referred to JobPath in the period from July 2015 to June 2016. In those two years, 8,340 people gained employment, a success rate of 25%. Those who gained full-time employment amounted to 6,111 people or 18% of the total figure, while those who gained part-time employment made up 4% of the total. When one looks closely and measures the chances...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubt that things are improving and people are getting jobs. That is welcome. Despite the Government spending €58.5 million on JobPath last year, it is not creating any significant extra jobs beyond what people are getting themselves. The data from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection show that. Those are the figures the Government has. We spent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Donnellan for his contribution so far. It has been very interesting. I have a question he probably will not be able to answer. I want to tease out a little more the relationship between Teagasc and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. What is Teagasc's role with the Department? That is key.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Maybe it is. Without actually saying anything, perhaps Mr. Donnellan can give us the answers. I see the Department as being very limited in what it is doing. It seems to be completely hung up on the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP. The next opportunity for anything to happen will be the new CAP in 2020. We should be making sure now we get the right environmental aspects into that CAP,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Is it a full-time job?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Will Mr. Donnellan outline further the relationship between the Department and Teagasc?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Mr. Donnellan is of the view that the negotiations on CAP 2020 are an opportunity to make changes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It is a highly interesting conversation. I am a little depressed by the IFA attitude today. It is amazing, to tell the truth. Let us expand on what the IFA representatives have said. The view is that we should do nothing because we are producing the most valuable food in the world. The view is that the Brazilians have to sort out the rain forests. If they do that, our farmers will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: It is true.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Thomas Pringle: I am talking about-----