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Topical Issue Debate: Rape Crisis Network Funding (29 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this very important matter. A very serious issue has arisen where all of the core funding of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland will be terminated on 31 March 2014. The current responsibility for the funding of €250,000 for the Rape Crisis Network Ireland resides with the new Child and Family Agency. This is a catastrophic situation for victims...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (29 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 147. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of the detention institutions in the Irish Prison Service annual reports of 2011 and 2012 regarding committals in respect of immigration issues; the number of persons detained in each institution; if he will provide a breakdown of the gender and age of persons held under immigration related issues. [4517/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (29 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4547/14]

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I understood I had five minutes.

Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: If we could prevent the cutbacks in the health services as easily as we prevented the cutting short of this debate, it would be a good turn of events. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. Deputy Breen referred to the doom and gloom merchants on the Opposition benches. I wonder whether he considers the chief executive of the HSE, Mr. O'Brien, to be a doom and gloom...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: What percentage of forestry is not subsidised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: In regard to the management plans and the administrative burden in terms of costs and so on, the witnesses did not clarify the current cost of a felling licence and what new costs are anticipated as a result of this legislation. I would welcome if they could elaborate further on those issues. Also, one of the witnesses said that the provision of management plans should be voluntary rather...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank everybody for their submissions. I have a few questions. What would the IFA witnesses define as sustainable forest management? The felling licences generate a large administrative cost for all parties involved. Would the IFA witnesses or the timber growers have a breakdown of how much felling licences currently cost? What is involved that would be different under this legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: That is okay. The rest is quite technical, so it will take a bit of studying to get through it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 131. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has any concerns that companies requiring interns under the JobBridge scheme to have PhDs in a particular field may be using such highly qualified persons to displace staff or to avoid job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3672/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce mandatory pension coverage for workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3693/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (28 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if research has been undertaken to establish any link between sugar and obesity; if he will consider introducing measures to regulate the sugar content of food and drink; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3928/14]

ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Yes, I am sharing time with him. I am unsure how much time I will take at this point. In common with other speakers, I welcome the introduction of this legislation. It is a progressive step to enable the ESB to provide fibre on its networks and in respect of broadband, it probably is one of the most progressive steps that could have been taken by a Government to ensure this would happen....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: A number of my questions were not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: On the renegotiated contract, in terms of the capacity of the incinerator, is there any obligation on the local authority to provide a set amount of waste? I also asked a question about the cost of dealing with the European Commission complaint and whether it was envisaged it would be ongoing. What is the projected cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: To be clear, if the European Commission investigation ends up favourably for the project, that means that there will be a project that can start to build an incinerator to burn 300,000 tonnes of waste-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: The city council has shared the financial liability in terms of the viability of the project. It will have to determine whether it will still want to continue with the project and bring it back to the elected members in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Has the local authority washed its hands of the question of whether the project is value for money? The National Development Finance Agency will decide that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I want to tease out this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Proposed Incinerator at Poolbeg: Dublin City Council (22 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: If it gets through the value for money procedure, Mr. Keegan will be happy to proceed with a project to have an incinerator to deal with 600,000 tonnes of waste and share the financial liability.