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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a decision on a school building (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5113/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the issue regarding the retention of a much needed teaching post in St. Peter's National School, Mountcharles in County Donegal; the measures she will take to address this.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to address the concerns raised by those in the tyre industry regarding the full PRI scheme; if he will consider an industry-led scheme instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5116/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the need for a new fire station in Glencolmcille, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to address the issue of mobile phone coverage in rural areas particularly in the Glencolmcille and Kilcar areas in County Donegal; if he has liaised with representatives from mobile phone companies to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5103/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Eir's recent expansion of its rural broadband roll-out scheme will impact on the Government's national broadband plan; if the 300,000 homes covered by Eir include homes earmarked under the Government's scheme; if this will affect the plan's application for European Union funding, as a private company is already...

Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I second Deputy Thomas P. Broughan's proposal in respect of an amendment to No. 5cregarding the speaking order of the differing groupings in the opening sessions in order to recognise that there are Independent Members in the House, particularly in the light of the sentiment expressed in No. 5bto establish a standing committee to look at the issue of Dáil reform. In that context, the...

Order of Business (28 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: It is not too late yet.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (28 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: 271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of students who have graduated from general practitioner schemes in the years 2014 and 2015 and the percentage of those students who have remained in the locality of the training scheme from which they have graduated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3692/16]

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Fifth Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: When does the Minister intend to commence the legislation?

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the decision of the Minister to delete the two relevant subsections. It is a pity we did not have the choreography that was evident in the last amendment before we came to the House. It was a very serious aspect of the Bill because it would have allowed a Minister free rein to make the entire Civil Service out of bounds for anybody with a spent conviction. Whoever is elected...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I support this amendment. It is important and should be taken on board in the legislation. Unless it is specifically requested, spent convictions should not be disclosed when another State makes a request. In the case of amendment No. 57, I question whether an employer should even be able to ask about it in the first place, particularly an employer from outside the State. The...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 49:In page 8, to delete lines 39 to 43.

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister might not have been present for the question on the PULSE system and whether spent convictions would be removed from it. This matter relates to amendment No. 48 and interviews with the Garda. Amendment No. 49 highlights how it is possible to do this for certain employment when the Department sees fit to do so. The theme running through this legislation is the need to protect...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 48:In page 8, to delete lines 29 to 31. I oppose this section, which grants unlimited powers to the Garda to seek information relating to an individual's spent convictions when it is investigating a crime. The legislation appears to place the onus on an individual being questioned by the Garda to disclose spent convictions. I believe that does away with the purpose of...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: It was obvious that the Minister was going to oppose this proposal. I have to return to what I said earlier about the ability of the Department to frame legislation that should do things. I suggest it would be quite reasonable to provide that the spent conviction would have to be relevant to the case in point. That is not what this Bill proposes, however. It provides that such information...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 45:In page 7, to delete lines 42 to 49. The amendment seeks to remove the courts' ability to use spent convictions during a person's trial. As it stands, the legislation allows for a person's history of spent convictions to be used as evidence during a trial, even when the spent conviction may not be relevant to the crime being tried. It is a step too far. A spent...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: The exceptions are the problem. I have had representations from a number of constituents who are still suffering under convictions going back 30 or 40 years, when they were completely different people. Under the legislation the Minister is proposing, those people will still only be able to get one spent conviction, so it will be of no value to them and will not make any difference to their...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I want to discuss specifically amendments Nos. 35 to 37, inclusive, in response to the Minister's comments on her amendment No. 35. It is a rather strange provision in the legislation that the Minister is proposing that a conviction cannot be considered spent until after seven years, which is a change from the Bill as published and discussed previously. This is only being done to facilitate...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 19:In page 4, line 13, to delete “12 months” and substitute “48 months”.