Results 4,981-5,000 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: The Minister is quite happy for this to continue. That is what these figures reflect.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: Does the Minister think it has been a success?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: There is no argument there.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: Nobody is talking about it. The Minister is the one talking about dismantling the industry.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: When?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: It is a destination because we do not have the time. Can we expect significant improvements in the figures for 2016, 2017 and 2018?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: The Minister gave a response in his opening statement on the reduction of €2.4 million in the BIM grant. The Minister stated it is because there has not been an uptake in grant schemes. If, for example, there is an increased uptake and there is a shortage of funding, will they be able to fund that anyway? It seems to be the only grant-aiding scheme for producers that has been...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: Will they be restricted to the reduced level of funding?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: Will the €2.4 million be available?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: What of the EU receipts issue? Under appropriations-in-aid, EU receipts from the EMFF were €20.7 million in 2017 and €12 million in 2018.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: Is it not related to activity?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: Therefore, we have a 40% reduction in activities.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: The EMFF is the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018) Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Conflict Resolution (4 Dec 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will increase its diplomatic efforts through the EU to ensure South Sudan’s fragile peace deals hold; the extent to which Ireland is supporting the humanitarian efforts in South Sudan that are addressing the root causes of the conflict; if his Department continues to fund and support the vital conflict resolution and...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Dec 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50563/18]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: It probably will have to be done. The Department has been neglectful in regard to such checks. The constant drive always to get projects constructed as cheaply as possible is at the root of this problem. These schools will no longer be value for money in the light of the costs incurred in recent months for investigations and remedial works. None of that was considered when the cheapest...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will carry out a review of his Department's design-and-build programme of school builds; if this will be carried out by an independent entity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49503/18]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: This question is related to one answered earlier. It concerns the design-and-build programme, which has been in the news recently, and what the Department is doing to determine the cause of the problem.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his response. The final part is important and the key. There is no doubt that the schools have done great work in opening and dealing with the issues that have arisen. The fact, however, is that these are brand-new schools and they should not have to deal with these issues. That also has to be recognised by the Department. As the Minister said, more than half of...