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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: This may be a stupid question but I am asking it as a non-legal person. On the issue of SLAPPs, while the witnesses may not be able to do so, could they mention the name of a case so that I can get an idea of what a SLAPP is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I have a quick question that some of the representatives might not be fit to answer. What is the number of cases that are waiting to be aired now? Has it grown over the past few years? What size is the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Has that increased over the past couple of years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Are those cases on the books of NewsBrands Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: If NewsBrands alone has 250 libel cases, not to mention all the private individual defamation cases that are in the Circuit Court, and then all the others-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Are cases from 2018 to 2022 all waiting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Jul 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Right. There are 250 cases outstanding over five years so it would be 50 a year.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Our group does not have a member on the housing committee so we do not get to see anything of this, but we are expected to trundle in here and vote on it and do the business on it. That is a problem in itself. The reason I have come in here to talk about this is that this process happens every year and I raise it every year at this time. Everybody is very careful not to blame officials and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome recent moves by the Government to begin discussions around pharmacy services and fees. The fact remains that core dispensing fees have been frozen for the past 15 years and that average dispensing fees across all State schemes have increased by a significant amount in real terms. This is coupled with a large increase in the amount of dispensing happening in pharmacies across the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: So the Taoiseach’s response is basically to appeal to the good nature of the people who are already racking these prices on people. That is a sad response. Surely the Government has to take some action at some point. The Taoiseach said getting a reputation for price gouging is bad for society and the economy as a whole. Of course it is but the Government can prevent it from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Sure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: I know many young people across the country are anxious to get their hands on the much sought-after Taylor Swift tickets that will be released in the next few weeks. I hope that the extra measures taken by Ticketmaster are successful in stamping out ticket touts, and that tickets will go to actual fans who have waited a long time to see her live. The power of live music cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department was instructed by the NSAI to adopt the European Standards EN771-3 and EN 12620 into the Irish building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31676/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that in Ireland we operate the Assessment of Verification of Constancy of Performance (AVPC) System 2+ by notified bodies while other EU member states operate a system 4 for EN12620 Aggregates for Concrete and EN771-3 Specification for Masonry Units Part 3: Aggregate Concrete Masonry Units (Dense and Lightweight...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on the disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31564/23]

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: It has been an interesting debate to sit and listen to. A number of questions have been raised about the Special Criminal Court and its continued operation, but today is different because we have the two reports from the review body. They have flavoured the discussion a bit more than in previous years in terms of what actually goes on here. I have heard a lot of Members speak about what...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Recent correspondence I had with members of the Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland has thrown up the massive problems Letterkenny University Hospital and the Saolta group are having in the recruitment and retention of consultant endocrinologists in the hospital. The former Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, announced a second post in 2017. To date that has never been filled. The current...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: Maybe the Taoiseach will recommend students not work for Deliveroo in that case, because they are obviously being exploited. The fact they can only work a 20-hour week is what gives that company the right to exploit them. Maybe the Taoiseach will make that call. It would be helpful. There is an EU directive coming. That will be useful but it will take many years to come to fruition. It...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: On Friday last, 23 June, the Taoiseach's special adviser invited one of my constituents, who is involved in filing a new Standards in Public Office, SIPO, complaint about the undue influence of Uber and Deliveroo on public policy, to a meeting in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with two officials. My constituent was accompanied by the general secretary of the App Drivers...