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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: Would it not be more cost-effective in the long run to employ people permanently?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: However, it would not be necessary to pay such large salaries if these people were offered full-time employment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for circulating the figures at this stage. For future reference it would be useful to have them when we get the initial documentation because that makes comparing and interpreting the figures much easier. There is an increase of over €3.7 million in the budget for office equipment and external IT service in the estimate for 2014. That represents an increase of...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Minister for his opening statement and introduction to today's meeting. I am somewhat disappointed that we do not have any out-turns figures for 2013. They would be most useful in terms of examining the Estimate for 2014. We are simply comparing the 2013 Estimate with the 2014 Estimate. We are not examining the actual outturns that took place during the year and that is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Household Debt Statistics (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 160. To ask the Taoiseach when he expects the Household Finance and Consumption Survey to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that autistic children are being confined in withdrawal rooms for extended periods without supervision during school hours; his views regarding guidelines on the use of these rooms being set by the board of management of individual schools rather than at national level; his views on whether this is an appropriate method to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 659. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be an opt-in mechanism for general practices to register for free GP care for the under sixes; if he can still guarantee that all those under six will have access to free GP care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2863/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Account Holders (16 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the lists of politically exposed persons under Anglo Irish Bank-Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; the reason lists were deemed necessary; the way they have been used; if he was aware of the lists and the contents of these lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1757/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Account Holders (16 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: This question arises from reports in recent weeks that the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC, or Anglo Irish Bank, as it was previously known, compiled a list of politically exposed persons and high profile persons who were borrowers from the bank. The question seeks to find out why the bank considered these lists necessary, what knowledge the Department of Finance and the Minister had...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Account Holders (16 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: The Minister says these lists were compiled in response to the 2010 Act. When were the lists compiled in response to it? How do we know, and what assurances can we have, that these politically exposed persons or high profile persons did not receive any preferential treatment when dealing with their accounts in this institution? It is vital that people be reassured that these lists were not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IBRC Account Holders (16 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: The issue with politically exposed persons is that the political exposure could be used in different ways. Some high profile people who appear to be on the list have received debt write-downs from the IBRC, while other people have been taken through the full remit of the courts and the law and have been bankrupted in the course of that. We must be assured that these lists were only...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (16 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which the report on the standard bank account pilot project is due to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1644/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (15 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to provide full diplomatic recognition to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (15 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the consular assistance given to date to a person (details supplied) with particular regard to the hearing which took place on 10 January, 2013 in the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1477/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (15 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 557. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 23 May 2013 when the report regarding a particular series of events which took place after the conviction of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be completed; when it is scheduled to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sunbed Usage (15 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include the restrictions on sunbed use to persons with type one and type two skin in the Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55409/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Jan 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 839. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the situation whereby the majority of maternity units are not routinely scanning pregnant women for foetal abnormalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he considers the recent fare increases introduced by public transport companies to be sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54393/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (18 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 20. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review of medical cards; the revised target for medical card probity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (18 Dec 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 39. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to recoup additional payments to senior management in health and disability agencies; the way he plans to do same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54124/13]