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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. This is an annual process. We discuss the savage cuts proposed at Council. Then the Minister goes to negotiate and comes back having rescued the situation. That is the story presented in the media each year. The figures keep declining each year regardless. We have a detailed proposal but some aspects of it have confused me. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: Do the Commission's proposals include the quota uplift at the moment or is the quota uplift additional?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: Last year we were informed that the Commission's proposals included the uplift.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Effect of Bad Weather on Grain Harvest: Irish Farmers Association (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the delegation for the presentation. The committee will make as strong a representation as it can to the Minister to get a hardship fund in place. It is clear from all the contributions that the issue has gone on too long at this stage and it needs to be addressed. Has the IFA had any response to its action plan from the Government? What feedback is the association getting on it?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a design team has now been assigned to move a school building project forward (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38643/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 240. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38699/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (6 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the draft national mitigation plan due to be presented represents Ireland's fair share, based on GNI and carbon emissions per capita, of a global pathway with a reasonable likelihood of remaining well below 2°C, aiming for 1.5°C, in view of current climate impacts causing 17 million...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care for Children (1 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 13. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite for families of children with life-limiting conditions in County Donegal as existing home care help does not facilitate the respite needs for those families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37897/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (1 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 55. To ask the Minister for Health when the neuro-rehabilitation policy will be implemented including the development of inpatient rehabilitation services, the establishment of community neuro-rehabilitation teams and long-term investment in rehabilitation specific services in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37896/16]

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I have previously advocated the provisions that are proposed in this Bill, such as linking rents with the consumer price index, providing greater security of tenure, making Part 4 tenancies of indefinite duration and removing the sale of a property as a ground for terminating a tenancy. Such a system is already commonplace across Europe. Ireland is one of the few European countries in which...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: First Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: First Stage (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 instructing the Agency to divest the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, currently under the remit of the Agency, of its assets in fossil fuel companies within five years of the commencement of this Act to precipitate a timely decarbonisation process in line...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to implement Recommendation 10 of the Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities which recommends that the Government examine the feasibility of the issuance of heritage licences to facilitate traditional fishing practices in rural coastal and island communities; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Natura 2000 (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place to update the baseline scientific studies carried out by the Marine Institute in relation to the Natura designated bays across Ireland in view of the fact that the scientific data is already a few years old and in need of updating due to the time lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37712/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the representations he has made to his equivalent in the UK in relation to the potential serious implications of Brexit on fishing in reciprocal territorial waters across the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37710/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek to broaden the GLAS scheme to allow additional farmers who have been excluded in previous rounds to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37714/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (30 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made in addressing the implications of the Barlow judgment which currently renders it illegal for fishing vessels registered in Northern Ireland to fish in Irish territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37711/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of UK Referendum on Membership of the European Union on Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sectors: Discussion (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Mr. Cotter for the presentation. It referred to exchange rate volatility and that there could be a structural shift in the exchange rate which means that it will settle into a permanent negative rate for us. Given that the Irish food sector has focused on competitiveness and efficiencies over the past number of years, its ability to absorb that structural change will be greatly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Issues: Discussion (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: Most of my questions have probably been dealt with at this stage. I have some comments and questions about the presentation. I fully agree with what the witnesses said about the appeal board. It seems perfectly reasonable that farmers should be given information in terms of when they decide to appeal a decision or not. It makes perfect sense. In respect of GLAS and privately owned hills,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the refusal of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his Department will reconsider its application in view of the circumstances facing the school if funding is not allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37603/16]