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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The people in question have met all of the conditions outlined by the Minister in regard to the required number of contributions, including the fact their farming income was below €12.70 per day. The only reason they were refused jobseeker's benefit was because the local office identifies them as self-employed farmers. It is for that reason they were refused access to jobseeker's...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome that guidance and I hope it gets out to all the local offices. However, the situation remains that people are being identified within local offices as self-employed farmers, which automatically implies they have no entitlement to the jobseeker's benefit. This situation has caused extreme hardship for many people. If my office has had to deal with 17 cases, there could be many...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will address, the anomalies in relation to the coding of part-time farmers as self-employed in her Department, even if they engage in off-farm seasonal work as employees; that coding them as self-employed excludes them from obtaining a payment under the jobseeker's benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: This question arises from a situation that has arisen in local offices in Donegal in recent months, where unemployed people or those who try to claim jobseeker's benefit have been coded or, if that is not the right term, identified within the local office as self-employed farmers rather than people who work in casual work or seasonal work. Therefore, because they have been classified as...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the respite needs of carers, despite the fact that the respite care grant was renamed as the carer's support grant in recent budget changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40143/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her Department has factored in the increase to the cost of fuel due to the national ban on smoky coal in the increases to the fuel allowance in the 2016 budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40142/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to allow for an increase in payments under the jobseeker's allowance scheme for those under 25 years of age who may be at risk of homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40141/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Immigration Policy (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the operation of the habitual residence condition in relation to returning immigrants who had been resident in the common travel area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40139/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if the number of refusals of applications for a carer's allowance has increased due to the changes in the Social Welfare Act 2014 which allowed deciding officers to overrule medical evidence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 288. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the activities of the factory freezer ships (details supplied) fishing off the coast of County Donegal; the species they are fishing; and if these vessels have been inspected by the Naval Service or by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 332. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a prisoner (details supplied) in Maghaberry Prison in Northern Ireland to complete his sentence here will be concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 491. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a consular visit for a prisoner (details supplied) who is in Low Moss Prison, Glasgow, Scotland and who has suffered a recent assault in the prison, given concern for the prisoner's ongoing safety. [40473/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Housing Clearing House Group (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for further details, including background informmation, on the companies (details supplied) which made submissions to his Department, and which met with the social housing clearing house group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40487/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Housing Clearing House Group (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the last date for submissions from interested groups to submit to the social housing clearing house group; if these submissions will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/15]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I merely wish to ask the Taoiseach about the proposed one-year bankruptcy Bill and when he intends to bring something forward on it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (11 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the transport improvements planned for County Donegal over the next ten years; if these plans will address areas along the Wild Atlantic Way in view of increasing tourist numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39249/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (11 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: 70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the consultation process on zero-hour contracts will commence; how it will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EID Tagging: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (10 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the gentlemen for their presentations. The system seems very good and feasible. This has been in place for sheep since 2010, therefore any of the problems that are likely to arise have probably arisen with sheep anyway. There is concern about increased infections because of the tags but I imagine that there is the same likelihood of infection with an ordinary tag. Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the gentlemen for their presentation. I did not realise the extent of harness racing across the world until I read the presentation today and listened to the witnesses. It is very interesting. When one considers that France and Australia support the development of harness racing in Ireland but the Irish Government does not, it conveys a damning picture regarding the powers-that-be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: To summarise, Mr. Mark Flanagan mentioned earlier that it is a workingman's sport. I wonder if that is the reason for the blockage with the horse racing fraternity? We have the tracks and we have the support in terms of international sport and we have the people who are interested in racing but we just do not have the goodwill of the governing authority in the country.