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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I have two quick questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: With regard to the leak of the report or portions of it in the last couple of days, was the report from Verrimus to GSOC communicated by e-mail? Would it have been sent digitally? Was it encrypted e-mail and would it have been secure? Are e-mails and electronic communications within GSOC now encrypted and secure? Would they not have been encrypted in the past?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the members of GSOC for being so patient. I apologise for having to step out for half an hour to attend another meeting and I ask it to be flagged if my questions have already been asked. It has been reported in a newspaper the connection of the Wi-Fi device which was compromised was traced to an IP address located in the UK. Has further investigation taken place to try to identify...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Did the test on the conference phone intend to elicit a response through an incoming phone call or was it completely unexpected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: With regard to the UK 3G network to which the IP address relates, in response to an earlier question Mr. O'Brien stated that at the time it was detected UK operatives were working in GSOC. Who were those UK operatives? Is it possible that the 3G Wi-Fi network was an attempt to intercept their communications?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Security and Protocol Issues: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I do not agree.

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. Like other speakers, I believe this Bill is a very welcome development. Sunbeds have been around for a long time and the damage they have caused has been known for probably just as long. One would wonder why it has taken so long to get to the stage of having a legislative base put forward in regard to controlling the use of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 3. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to release more than 60,000 files on forced adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6921/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: It is 60 years since forced adoptions were legalised in this country but more than 60,000 files remain closed. The Philomena Project was launched to campaign for the release of those files. I believe the project should be listened to and its demands acted on and I tabled my question in that context.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I take on board the Minister's correction of the wording of my question but while adoption may have been legalised in 1952, I personally know of a number of forced adoptions that took place after that time. While they may have been legal, they were still forced in the sense that they took place against the will of the mothers concerned. There is no doubt a lot of the information in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Adoption Records Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for her response. Regarding the archive in Cork, is the Minister satisfied there is an adequate number of staff available to archive the records and to provide access and searching assistance to those who want to trace their families? I have heard reports that only a small number of staff are dealing with the archive and that they are unable to research the files in a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Establishment (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of contracts for social work services tendered by her Department; if she will list in table format the details of each company; the value of each contract; the amount being spent by these companies and for what purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: European Court of Human Rights Judgments (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the review of current and planned child protection systems; when this review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Social Media Regulation (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contact she has made with Facebook regarding Neknominations; the response given, if any; and if she plans further actions regarding same. [6636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which all services are due to be transferred to the Child and Family Agency, including public health nursing and child mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6639/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (12 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way the €600 million budget for the Child and Family Agency is to be spent; if she deems this to be an adequate level of funding for the agency to function efficiently in view of its responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6638/14]

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Child care costs and the availability of places in affordable child care are the biggest barriers to women in particular in accessing the workforce. Every week in my clinics I meet women, lone parents and married, who are being put under pressure by the Department of Social Protection to actively seek work but who cannot access not only affordable but any child care that would allow them to...

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: The revelations in recent days that the security systems of the GSOC communications have been breached came as a shock to everyone. That the body charged with the investigation and oversight of our policing could come under attack by unknown persons should warrant a major investigation. More shocking is the twist that the story has taken in the past 24 hours. The focus of the narrative has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the spend by his Department on external IT consultancies and contractors; if he will list any firm or contractor that has received over €1 million in total over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6347/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was consulted in relation to the changes in the means testing of eligibility for the farm assist scheme in budget 2013 by the Department of Social Protection; his views on the impact the changes have made to farm income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6346/14]