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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (14 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined the possible uses of hemp grown here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48352/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inland Fisheries Stocks (14 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to use the 5% of TAC under the CFP to facilitate small scale and inshore fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48614/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list in tabular form of the primary school building projects priority listing showing the various stages of progress for each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48615/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 193. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider asking the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to consider approving the meningitis B vaccine Bexsero to help protect citizens against this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48613/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 20. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to fulfill his pledge to have free general practitioner care for all by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48055/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the aspects of the Child Care Act which were applicable in recent incidents involving children being taken from their homes have been examined; if she will outline any decisions or clarifications made on foot of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (12 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to make child protection training mandatory for all those who have interaction with children whether in a voluntary or professional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47837/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding intentions for the rural transport programme into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47179/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (7 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide comparative figures for the amount of subvention paid to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus compared to other European public bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47180/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill to implement changes announced in the budget. The Minister's statement that growth is expected to be 2% in 2014 is unrealistic. Already this year, growth projections have been downgraded on a number of occasions, as they have been in every year in the lifetime of this Government. The projected growth rate of approximately...

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: Can I take it from what the Minister of State said earlier that the ESM will actually be at the end of the process? Is it the case that the depositors will be burned and the taxpayers will be burned before the ESM actually comes into the process? Is that what is emerging from the European Council?

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: With regard to the Taoiseach's contribution on the European Council agreeing that member states would make all appropriate arrangements after the ECB's asset quality review, what does "all appropriate arrangements" mean?

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: One of the main issues coming down the line is banking union, which has been mentioned in passing in the House on a few occasions. It is interesting to note that in his communiqué to the Council, the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, devoted two sentences to banking union. Banking union will be vitally important for this country in the future given the stress tests...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 14. To ask the Minister for Defence the locations to which Defence Forces' unmanned aerial vehicle systems have been deployed operationally in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46645/13]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Equipment (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the Defence Forces' unmanned aerial vehicle assistance, or drones as they are more commonly known. Drones have been in the news a lot in the last year or so. We do not have any offensive drones in the Defence Forces. I am interested to see where they have been used operationally over the past couple of years.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Meetings (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 15 October 2013, if he will provide an update on the matter. [47278/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider reversing the change of maximum vehicle height of 4.65m in view of the fact that the vast majority of lorries transporting fodder will have their loads significantly cut, thereby increasing the cost of bales for farmers and causing undue hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47288/13]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: I commend Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan for tabling a Private Members' motion. This is one of the many reasons he got involved in politics and he believes passionately in the need to legalise cannabis to improve the availability of choice for people who wish to use cannabis but also for safety reasons and to have a structured and targeted response to tackling and preventing the addiction...

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (5 Nov 2013)

Thomas Pringle: The Whip of the Technical Group read the amendments to Standing Orders before they were introduced so we knew how the system would operate. That is why so many Technical Group Members are in the Chamber - to avail of the opportunity to raise these questions.