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Financial Resolutions 2015 - Budget Statement 2015 (14 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: This budget has been touted by the Government as being the end of austerity and the start of recovery for the people of this country but, in fact, it is again strengthening the hand of the people who can afford the most. Those who are earning the most benefit the most. What is stark in the budget figures is that it is funding what I would call a wageless recovery where people who cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Bank of Ireland's closure of the bank account of the Cuba Support Group due to a business relationship with a US bank; his further views on whether this is an appropriate action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37743/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Magdalen Laundries (14 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 149. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that leaving the Magdalene laundries out of the inquiry being established into the mother and baby homes would leave Ireland in continued breach of international law as an effective investigation into the Magdalene laundries which would discharge Ireland's international human rights obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (14 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's (details supplied) indemnity, which was removed by the Health Service Executive, will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39126/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide full diplomatic recognition to Palestine following Sweden's decision on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38848/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Northern Ireland Peace Monitoring Report: Northern Ireland Community Relations Council (9 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. It has been a very interesting discussion. The one thing that probably many people have not realised is that making peace is a generational issue. Many of us have not come to terms with the fact that it is probably going to take another 20, 30 or 40 years for it to work its way completely through all of society in Northern Ireland. The one...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (9 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri-environment option scheme payment and area aid payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (9 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 114. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in awarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38543/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (9 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 115. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in awarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38544/14]

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. Some speakers outlined that they welcome the streamlining of the complaints procedures for workers and workplace relations from five bodies down to two but I am not entirely convinced this is necessary. I note the argument in favour is that there will be a simple procedure for an employee who wants to make a complaint and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Is it binding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: It has never been used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: What about the consultation process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I had a question about the definition of integrity functions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Surely the more agencies that are involved in the integrity function, the more difficult it is to manage it effectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I will speak to the integrity functions. I take on board the comments regarding payments and fees going through HRI before being passed to the regulatory body. HRI has a statutory function to promote racing and the regulatory body has a function to control racing, and there may be times when the bodies would clash or have different interests. Could the potential be minimised that HRI would...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate about beef prices. Beef farmers are facing a crisis because of the prices they are getting for their cattle and their stock. I agree with what Deputies McNamara and Martin Ferris had to say about the issues in the beef sector. There is no doubt that the beef market in this State is controlled by a small number of processors who...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Reform (7 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Can we be sure that the US is committed to the process of altering the veto? It is very active in using the veto to prevent anything that might look to harm its interests in the Middle East, particularly in Israel, from taking place. Have there been discussions with the US in relation to its commitment to easing the use of the veto?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Reform (7 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way the United Nations can be enhanced in order for the international community to deal with current threats. [37741/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UN Reform (7 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: This question concerns reform of the United Nations, UN, and how the Minister believes that could be enhanced to make it more effective.