Results 6,641-6,660 of 9,160 for speaker:Thomas Pringle
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: No, I propose to share time with Deputy Katherine Zappone.
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: Hang on a minute.
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: Someone has amended the order of the House.
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: We went around all the groupings in this House-----
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: Yes.
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: I am a member of the committee.
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: We will take less than five minutes each.
- Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: Thank you, Acting Chairman. It has been said by other Members that the way this debate has developed shows how difficult it is to get the culture of change in through the Parliament. The Dáil subjects itself totally to the Taoiseach when he happens to be in the House and is offered the first opportunity to speak, which is what caused the whole problem in the first place. The order of...
- Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: Over the past couple of weeks, much has been made of the responsibility of Independents to engage with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in terms of looking at how to form a minority Government that would rely on the support of either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. I met Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael before the round-table discussions in Government Buildings took place. After consulting my...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 17. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to increase the age limit for child benefit beyond 18 years of age for children in full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5410/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to allow child benefit to be shared between both parents, where separated parents equally share custody; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5411/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why she sent correspondence to jobseekers working casually or part-time encouraging them to use electronic funds transfer to receive entitlements; why she did not use the existing two working groups to consult on this issue with the Irish Postmasters' Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5776/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the child maintenance system, given that Ireland remains without a statutory means of collecting maintenance payments, meaning lone parents are forced to pursue maintenance through the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5777/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Regulation (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to engage with the Irish League of Credit Unions on its concerns regarding the one-size-fits-all regulation policy of the sector, specifically the Consultation Paper 88, which imposes considerable restrictions on credit unions increasing the regulatory burden on the voluntary movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5775/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the grassland scheme, the disadvantaged areas scheme and the single payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5408/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the fodder aid scheme; when the application will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5412/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which circumstances have changed to enable dredging immediately north of Smooth Point at the Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre in County Donegal, as in his recent proposal, when during its construction it was deemed too contaminated for dredging and for disposing of at sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 345. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Act commenced; the steps a person who wishes to have a conviction considered spent should take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5409/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 501. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to preserve the future of Dunfanaghy health clinic in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5772/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Apr 2016)
Thomas Pringle: 503. To ask the Minister for Health why a public patient (details supplied) in County Donegal cannot get a response in relation to the date of an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5797/16]