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Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...people who die in such incidents are just as innocent as the unfortunate people who died in France on Friday night and their families, too, will suffer for years to come. This is the time to examine why such atrocities take place. Over the weekend we saw how Deputy Mick Wallace was attacked for the tweet he had sent in which he expressed his sympathy for the victims of the attack in...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: On first reading, the response of the Minister of State looks rather promising in respect of the proposal from the credit unions. When we examine it a little more closely, however, it is somewhat concerning, in particular in the use of language. The social housing clearing house group smacks to me of the banks and the clearing house work that banks undertake. There is a concerning sentence...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...develop that policy under the Common Fisheries Policy. As inshore fisheries is not covered by the Common Fisheries Policy, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has the discretion to examine this and to devise a policy in that regard. The Minister stated that what I am looking for is the creation of a new licensing regime. Surely the remit of the Department includes the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Inshore Fisheries (7 Oct 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...called for by the inshore and island fishermen was that the committee would recommend the issuing of heritage licences, which it did. Almost two years later the Department has not done anything to examine the matter. It seems that the recommendation has not even been suggested by the Department to the inshore fisheries body to examine how the system could be developed and whether it...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...7 of the legislation states an operator has to be approved by the Minister but it does not require this approval to be made in conjunction with CER or to be based on a consultation with CER. CER examines the safety records and reports. Could the Minister approve an operator without referring to CER? Could an operator be approved without having been subject to the proper scrutiny? Those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Strategic Plan for Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...witness is aware but what about the krill fishery in the North Atlantic? I have heard stories of hundreds of thousands of smolts being caught in krill fisheries by Russian fleets. Has that been examined?

Rural Coastal Communities Report: Motion (10 Jul 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...it can achieve that and be a voice for inshore fishermen and communities. I would like now to speak to some of the recommendations in the report. No. 10 recommends that the Government examine the feasibility of introducing a system of heritage fishing licences. Heritage licences would recognise traditional fishing methods and traditional fishermen and should recognise communities that...

National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...levels have increased, the quality of such employment has decreased since austerity started. These effects will be felt for many years to come. Some of the statistics are startling and should be examined. There are 272,000 fewer full-time jobs in Ireland today compared with 2007, a decrease of 15%, the number of people in part-time jobs is 55,700 higher, an increase of 14%, and more...

Credit Unions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...the trust people have in the credit unions. We need - although it is belated and probably will not happen in the lifetime of this Government - a positive policy towards credit unions. We need to examine the restrictions in section 35 of the Credit Union Act 1997 to ensure that credit unions can develop and we need to look at how credit unions can provide services for people across the...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...discovered that the Department had the information and the minutes of the meeting to hand but it chose not to answer the questions. That is the very serious aspect of this debacle. The commission of investigation should examine the role of the Department by its acts of omission in misleading this House and its role in facilitating what was happening in IBRC. While it may have had...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (14 May 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...? Is he willing to enter a consultation process on it? Why must it come through the producer organisations? What is the basis for this? A number of vessel owners have requested the Department examine this also.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Energy Production (28 Apr 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ..., particularly when there are other technologies available, such as biomass, which could be used to meet the targets without the need for the massive infrastructural investment. Will the report examine the impact this will have on consumers' bills? Will it provide a breakdown of the impact as costs are passed on to the consumer? It is vital consumers are made fully aware of this.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...definition with regard to the best interests of the child, there is an onus on the Government to look at the wider elements of its powers to ensure children are supported. The Government must examine the maintenance of welfare supports, including supporting one-parent families even after the youngest child reaches the age of seven. When measured against the Bill, this could have a...

Other Questions: Maritime Safety Regulations (4 Dec 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...provide vessels that can work across Europe and also avail of offshore opportunities in Irish waters. The matter is similar to the training issue for staff that I raised; the Department should re-examine the matter to ensure Irish boat yards will be in a position to avail of the opportunities that present. I understand that if developments take place on the Irish Sea, up to 40 vessels...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...how the Bill will work in practice. The Minister should give serious consideration to ensuring the hearings are held in public. The decision to hold them in private is a retrograde step. He should examine some of the other changes. The Bill requires a commitment by the Government to ensure the WRC has the resources to carry out its work. This means getting away from the mindset of...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...that will force the processors to act responsibly in the future? That is the kind of pressure we need to put on them if we are to ensure they behave responsibly. We should ask the Competition Authority to examine the operation of this country's beef sector, with a particular focus on processing. If we are to address this issue, we must look seriously at the competition aspect of it. I...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...about the impact it will have both on them and on commonage farmers. There may be lessons for the joint committee concerning who gave evidence to it before the report was drafted. We should re-examine that matter. Hill farmers across the country feel that the IFA did not represent their views or their case in making submissions about the new rural development plan. The joint committee...

Report on Review of Commonage Land and Framework Management Plan: Motion (3 Oct 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ...stocking requirements will be very small for the relevant commonage. In the overall commonage scheme, it is impossible to manage a small amount of stock in such an area. That point should be re-examined and teased out a bit further. I do not know what the answer is, but it should not be beyond us to come up with solutions to achieve a workable management plan that is to everyone's...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (24 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: ..., and I would like to see all the centres across the country close because it would be the only fair and reasonable outcome from any review. We should not only consider improvements and we should examine alternatives. I ask the Minister to consider including that in the terms of reference for the working group.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (17 Sep 2014)

Thomas Pringle: 1656. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the possibility of adjusting the proportion of renewable energy that is derived from wind energy when taking into consideration the evolvement of the technological and commercial environment in recent years and the need to be cost as well as carbon conscious; and if he will make a statement on the...