Results 6,001-6,020 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Public Water Forum (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: We are all taxpayers here.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in total, and by nationality, refused leave to land at approved ports of entry to the State in 2016. [8850/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in total and by nationality refused leave to land at approved ports of entry to the State from Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Iran and Eritrea in 2016. [8851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in total, and by port of entry, denied entry at Dublin, Rosslare and Dún Laoghaire ports and Cork, Shannon and Dublin Airports in 2016. [8852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in total, and by nationality, refused leave to land here that were subsequently allowed to enter as asylum seekers in 2016. [8853/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will be opening the dedicated facility to accommodate persons who have been detained for immigration related matters at Dublin Airport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8854/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (22 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the civilianisation of front-line immigration control procedures at Dublin Airport; the number of civilianised Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, staff versus Garda National Immigration Bureau staff; the clerical grade of the civilianised staff; her future plans for civilianisation at other ports of entry; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Reviews (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review being carried out on the effects that cuts to relevant social protection payments have had on seasonal workers in counties such as Donegal; when the review is likely to be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 58. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the cost of backdating the homemaker’s scheme to encompass periods before 1994 has been estimated by his Department at €290 million; the basis for the increased figure in view of the fact that the cost was previously estimated in the 2007 Green Paper on Pensions to be approximately €150 million to €160 million; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns raised by a school (details supplied), the students of which are having difficulties completing the assessment task worth 10% of their junior certificate English due to outstanding issues between his Department and the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish a detailed outline of the new assessment framework now used to determine if a school qualifies for DEIS supports; if he will specify the differences between the previous and current assessment frameworks used to determine a school's qualification for DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of grant aid allocated by way of sports capital and RAPID programme funding towards the provision of the sports facilities in a school (details supplied); the conditions attached to the grant aid; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school authorities now propose to close down the entire gym and use the area...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 656. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will instruct the military authorities to convene a military medals board to review the entitlement of the 155 men of A Company of the 35th Infantry Battalion, that served with the UN in 1961, to a medal for their service during the Jadotville siege; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8129/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Yesterday, as I listened to the Taoiseach's explanations and the changes in the explanations about meetings and discussions which did not take place about the tribunal and Cabinet meetings, I was reminded of Ronald Reagan's explanation when he discovered he actually was selling arms to the Contras. He said his heart and his best intentions told him it was true but the facts and the evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 261. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will address the persistent lack of progress in the provision of broadband to a location (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, to date, two companies have cited lack of broadband provision as the primary reason the site was not chosen as the location for their business; the action...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the reintroduction of the local improvement scheme to facilitate local authorities such as Donegal County Council to carry out the necessary road repairs in view of the fact the current arrangement by which local authorities can use a percentage of their budgets on such repairs is currently unsustainable; if he will...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: My question is for the Tánaiste. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, has already answered two of the six questions posed by Sergeant McCabe in his questionnaire. If I heard the Tánaiste correctly, she said earlier that the reason she could not answer the four questions that apply directly to the Garda is that she could possibly risk prejudicing the...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The Tánaiste has less than 24 hours to do it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Commission for Energy Regulation and Irish Water (14 Feb 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Mr. Grant identified the Irish Water programme for refurbishing meters and reducing pressure zones through pressure reduction valves. Do we have any figures on the amount of wastage that has been detected and fixed in respect of the mains side and the associated work? Mr. Grant stated that it cost tens of millions. The cost was probably €30 million or €40 million or whatever....