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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised regarding staffless hours in libraries across the country, including the fact that the Local Government Management Agency report on the pilot project in libraries in counties Offaly and Sligo showed small numbers of staffless hours usage; the way in which he is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 380. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will increase pressure on Egyptian authorities to consider a person (details supplied) for the presidential pardon for young prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37517/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns by many persons with PKU at the lack of suitable food products available on the market here while many are available in other EU countries; if the clinical nutritional expert group within the HSE has called for new applications for the addition of new food products to the reimbursement list; and if this will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (29 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each of the children's hospitals with complex medical needs, rare diseases and life-limiting conditions with addresses in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37499/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] - Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate and fully support the Bill. The Minister of State has left the House. If one wanted to be generous about his contribution at the start of this debate, one could think the Government was presenting a reasoned argument. If one did not know very much about what was happening, it might seem the Government was trying to balance all of these...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: We need a deadline for this and it should be included in the legislation to ensure that it is met. From my own work, I know that if one does not have a deadline, things tend to get extended and to run on. There is nothing like a deadline to focus the mind and ensure that a report is brought forward and published. That is vital. The €39 million element relates to the proposed...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: If the work on the report starts from today and the amendment is accepted, it will be at least three and a half months before the time period runs out because the Bill must pass through the Seanad and be signed by the President in order for it to be enacted and the three month timescale to kick in. It is welcome that the Minister has reduced the timescale from 12 months to four since...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 5:In page 14, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following:“27. (1) The Minister shall review the impact of the eligibility criteria on seasonal and parttime workers in terms of their access to Jobseekers Benefit with the intention to consider the possible increase in the payment from 6 to 9 months and from 9 to 12 months and shall bring forward a report to the...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report Stage (24 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: Having listened to the debate, I find it incredible that the Department cannot act on this. One of the major factors in alleviating the rate of child poverty is the Department of Social Protection. Surely that Department should be modelling the effects and impacts its policies and payments are having on consistent poverty rates on an ongoing basis. It seems incredible that the Department...

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 Sectors: Teagasc (22 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witnesses from Teagasc for their presence here. I apologise that I had to step out for a minute at the start. We are crystal ball gazing for everything in terms of how things will develop. It is very hard to get any definitive answers. In the paper from April, Teagasc modelled four separate scenarios. A worst case scenario was a cost of €800 million a year for the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Waiting Times (22 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 52. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to improve the decision timeframes on all core social protection payments made by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36039/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (22 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 88. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a universal pension to tackle income inequality in the elderly population; the progress to date in facilitating a transition to a universal pension system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36038/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1036 of 17 May 2016 if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/16]

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: While this Bill has been welcomed by some of the parties speaking in the House and while there are attempts in it to do something about admission policies in schools, there are many problems with it that need to be addressed further on Committee Stage to correct them. There are three aspects of concern regarding discrimination in our school system, namely, schools can refuse entry of a child...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this motion. As has been outlined by other Members, there is no doubt the post office network is vital to rural communities and to helping communities to survive. In the past week in Donegal a consultation concluded on the future of the Dunlewey post office in west Donegal. One wonders why An Post is even having a consultation on the matter...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: The recent Barlow judgment in the Supreme Court has the effect of making it illegal for any Northern Ireland registered fishing vessel to fish within the 12 mile limit of the State. This is having a huge impact on fishermen, particularly in Greencastle in County Donegal. It would need primary legislation to reverse this decision. Does the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills so that it can produce its report on the baptism barrier earlier in order that any proposed reforms can be included in the Equal Status (Admissions to Schools) Bill and be enacted for the school year 2017/2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35018/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment is making on the implementation of the education about religions and beliefs, ERB and the ethics curriculum proposals; when he expects it to be rolled out to all schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35020/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (16 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will produce the new roadmap on reconfiguration by the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35019/16]

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: Ten years on from A Vision for Change we are still awaiting its full implementation. When we consider that poor mental health costs the State some €3 billion a year, surely the provision of €35 million a year would not be too much to ask. It would help to achieve A Vision for Change and ensure people can get services when they require them and when they are desperate. Much...