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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: It picked up on and benefited from it. It is not really fair to quote the figures for what Irish Water has delivered because the work was done by somebody else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: The difference is that the Government gave Irish Water the ability to raise the money to do it whereas it did not give local authorities that ability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witness. My other question relates to costs. The expert group recommendation is that we do not bill households for individual bill charges. In order to feed into the committee's work, will the witnesses give a breakdown of the cost of the billing cycle, the reading of meters, sending out the bills, the revenue collection process, and the costs of the tender for selecting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Marley. The final question - I believe I am still just about within time - relates to the metering programme and the efficiency of the expenditure on the metering programme. According to Irish Water's own figures, the first-fix scheme has saved 70 million litres of water at a cost of €465 million by means of the installation of the meters to detect the 1% of unaccounted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: So the metering programme was not a conservation measure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: We were told it was a conservation measure and that the programme was important in terms of saving water.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Irish Water and Commission for Energy Regulation (12 Jan 2017)

Thomas Pringle: It was not cheap.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: That still does not make it right.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: It is good to get back to Report Stage after all that time and to get back to discussing the amendments after dealing with the raft of formulas that came through in amendments to amendments to amendments and so forth. The series of amendments we are discussing deal with so-called rent certainty. However, the only certainty is that rents will go up. The only unintended consequence of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in delivering on the implementation of UNCRPD here; the efforts being taken to speed up the process taking into account a ten-year delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (16 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the latest six month ENAR Ireland report representing a higher level of reporting than the previous six-month period of racist incidences and racist crime; her plans to progress with hate crime legislation in view of this report and of the increase in hate crime rhetoric surrounding recent elections across the...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I had not intended to come in on amendment No. 3a, but since I have been called, I will.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I am only going to speak to amendment No. 3a. I have been waiting to speak on the other matter but I will deal with that when we go back on Report Stage. The Minister referred to an unintended consequence and a drafting error. Are we seriously to believe that no one in the Department actually did the calculation before the amendment was proposed? Is that the case? If so, that is the only...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Report Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: Yes. I am already on the list.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I support this Bill, which seeks to introduce a quota for Irish music to be played on the Irish airwaves. It is disappointing, however, that it will not be supported by the Government. The Bill seeks to introduce a quota by making it a condition for the awarding of all sound and broadcasting contracts to include at least 45% of the time allocated to music content in programmes for music...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the additional 21% provided in the 2016 budget to fund sexual violence victims' services has been allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40295/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she will ensure the implementation of the minimum standards outlined by the 2015 EU victims' directive in respect of adequate funding for sexual and domestic violence services. [40296/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actual and proportional funding allocated through health and criminal justice related to sexual and domestic violence in 2015 and 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40297/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Staff (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the Government's commitment to an additional 65 psychologists in the National Education Psychological Service (NEPS); the reason there has been no sanction for the increase in numbers to NEPS to date in view of the fact that 267 psychologists are needed to achieve the 2021 target of 1 per every 3,500 students in the country; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the Christmas bonus in view of the fact their long-term social protection payment was recently changed to a temporary payment due to unforeseen ill health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40263/16]