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Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I am sharing time with Deputy Broughan.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The primary purpose of the Bill is to address the remaining legislative barriers to Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Bill has been widely accepted. It is quite a straightforward Bill that deals with the issue of capacity to serve as a juror, removes references to "unsound mind" for persons standing for election, provides for the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 84. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which it is intended the action plan for rural development will increase social provisions in rural towns and maintain the presence of existing social provisions such as post offices, rural Garda stations and bus routes in view of the fact that these vital services are needed to attract new residents into these areas; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Data (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons of Syrian, Eritrean, Afghan and Iraqi origin who were refused leave to land at points of entry here in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3946/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions which were allocated to the Donegal constituency in 2015 and 2016; the amount of funding allocated to County Donegal for tourism and hospitality skills training in the same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4423/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons that applied for the pilot support scheme 2016 (details supplied); the number of persons that were successful in their application for the pilot support scheme 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3791/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 596. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has evaluated the impact the introduction of free general practitioner care for under sixes has had on practices around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: 753. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Skills Ireland is charged with responsibility and oversight for the hospitality and tourism skills development policy; the measures she will implement to address the skills shortage for the hospitality and tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4425/17]

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (26 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 141.

Establishment of Commission of Investigation into the Stardust Tragedy: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: In order to achieve justice, one needs the truth. Nearly 36 years on, victims and their families of the Stardust tragedy have yet to find the truth, despite their desperate and commendable search for it. Their search for truth has been obstructed at every turn by nearly everyone who had the power to retrieve it. Apart from Mr. Butterly’s own attempts to obstruct justice, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Private group water schemes are constituted either through trusts, co-operatives or companies. Can the Department say whether they own their infrastructure when they are set up in that way? Does that infrastructure then amount to private assets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Is it the view of the Department that the public water system is a public asset in the pure sense of the phrase because of the importance of providing water to the public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Is the Department aware of any other legal means, other than the Constitution, which could prohibit sale or transfer to or the operation of the public water system by a private interest where the protection could not unilaterally be removed by the Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: As such, there is no option other than a constitutional amendment to prevent a unilateral action by the Government in disposing of the assets.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and Mr. Séamas Ó Tuathail, SC (25 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: No bother, that is dead on.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I fully support tonight's motion and I commend Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. It is really hard to believe, eight years since the financial crash, that this kind of carry-on is still evident within our banks. It is also hard to fathom that only the work of individuals who looked at their own contracts and fought this brought the issue to light by bringing the banks to court to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations, which are very useful. Some of the my questions will reflect some of Deputy McConalogue's questions regarding the UK's agenda for what it hopes to achieve for its fisheries sector from the Article 50 negotiations. It was mooted last year that the UK would opt for a Norway-type arrangement and negotiate along those lines where there would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: It is seven months since the Brexit vote and there has been one high-level group meeting. There is to be seminar in a couple of weeks. That basically is it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: Is it open to Norway to negotiate bilaterals with the UK after this or will it have to respect the European Economic Area after Brexit? I am not clear on that. According to the National University of Ireland Galway, NUIG, in 2014, 66,000 tonnes of Irish mackerel was caught in UK waters. Obviously, mackerel is migratory. By delaying the fishing season to let the mackerel migrate into Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: This may be a flippant question but purely from a fishing point of view, if there is a hard Brexit and we lose access, is there any future for us in the EU?