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Other Questions: Building Regulations (5 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the independent panel on mica is due to report its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28644/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (5 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the consultation which took place with the banks when drafting the incremental purchase scheme for tenant purchases of local authority housing to ensure banks would grant mortgages where a local authority charge is based on an authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28645/16]

Criminal Justice (Aggravation by Prejudice) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I will be sharing time with Deputy Clare Daly. It is welcome to have the issue of hate crime, or aggravated bias, on the agenda in the House tonight. Unfortunately, I will be voting against the Bill because I believe it is outdated and not fit for purpose. I am suspicious of the timing of the Bill and wonder if this is the dark side of new politics. Is it a way to get the European...

Other Questions: Capitation Grants (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will increase the capitation rate for children in primary education in the upcoming budget in order that parents and communities will not have to fund-raise constantly to provide an education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/16]

Other Questions: Capitation Grants (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: This question is whether the Minister plans to secure an increase in the capitation rate for primary schools to ensure parents do not have to fund-raise constantly to support schools to ensure that heating and electricity bills are paid.

Other Questions: Capitation Grants (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I am afraid I must disagree with the Minister when he says that the reductions in capitation grants were necessary over recent years. There is a hell of a long way to go in terms of the Government's so-called ambition to make the Irish education system the best in Europe, and it will need to do a lot more than hundreds of actions and tick boxes to make sure it delivers that. The reality is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Programme (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill will reach Committee Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Multidenominational Schools (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to achieve by the end of 2016 the Acton Plan for Education objective to map out new approaches in order to reach the target of 400 new non-denominational and multi-denominational schools by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28380/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28379/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make additional funding available in the upcoming budget to institutes of technology, which have been disproportionately affected by the cuts to third-level institutions since 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28377/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) is used, or has been used in the past, by State agencies involved in the assessment of asylum claims here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28218/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has offered Sligo County Council additional support of €200,000 per annum to resolve the crisis in the library service; if similar support will be provided for the Donegal library service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28617/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 318. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will increase efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from prison in Egypt in view of their recent decision to refuse visitors in case the visits are being used by authorities to delay the trial process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28488/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary processes; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 348. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in her Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which her Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary processes; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Women's Strategy (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Strategy Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 616. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reflect and deliver on a public duty (details supplied) in his Department's statement of strategy due to be published in October 2016; the way in which his Department is engaging with the programme for a partnership Government commitment to equality and gender proofing in the departmental and budgetary process. [28406/16]

Other Questions: Financial Transactions Tax (29 Sep 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I have two points. First, with regard to the transactions moving, the proposal is that the financial transactions tax is levied on the portion of a transaction that belongs in the member state where the financial transactions tax is in place. Therefore, in effect, for a company to move in order to benefit, it would have to deal only in transactions that are outside all the member states...