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Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Given that I have only two minutes, I will be brief and to the point. The Minister and those on the Government benches can trumpet all the aspirational figures they want. The stark reality is these targets are not being met and will not be met. This plan is failing and will continue to fail. It is failing primarily because it is built on a foundation of sand that is the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he proposes to take to address the security employment regulation order, which should see security workers on a wage of €12.90 per hour from 1 February 2023, but has been injuncted by a number of employers causing hardship to this sector of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48448/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the local property tax due to the difficulty which many householders are encountering with the cost-of-living crisis being experienced at present (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47980/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be changing the income threshold for getting on the Donegal County Council social housing list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48231/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Donegal has not met the DEIS criteria; if she will list the criteria it was refused on; if the school will be reassessed given its staff are of the opinion the school ought to qualify for DEIS funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the ex-gratia payment will issue to community employment supervisors in County Donegal given that persons in other counties have received the payment will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the roll out of a diesel and fuel subsidy scheme for the fishing industry to help it meet spiralling fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48173/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank everybody for their presentations. Not being from Dublin, maybe I have a different attitude to a lot of this stuff. I do drive around the city, however, and I see what is happening. I do not see much evidence of people driving in bus lanes, which is quite good, but I agree they should be made 24 hour. I use bus lanes outside of the times they are in operation, but it makes a lot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Enforcement of Road Traffic Offences: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Thomas Pringle: What about if a member of the public sees an offence and points it out to a garda? Is that not enough?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 143. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to commence the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022, which was rushed through the Houses of the Oireachtas at the end of the past term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has collated figures from local authorities to assess whether the number of housing units with funding approved will actually be delivered within the timeframes indicated in local authority plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47397/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (28 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a substantive response to correspondence sent to his office on 13 July 2022 (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47360/22]

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (27 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It is not raining in Donegal, believe it or not.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (27 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We should nonetheless have a rainy day fund that is debated properly in the House and about which there is time to have a proper discussion. That is vital. The way this debate has been rushed through is a shambles and it makes a mockery of the Business Committee. Deputy McNamara is in the Chamber now and he will want to comment on this as well. The way we are doing this is wrong. I have...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Budget Statement 2023 (27 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am not sure what the purpose of budget day and these budget speeches is anymore. We all know exactly what is going to be in this document before we get in here and having to engage with this whole process is a bit of a sham really. This budget has failed many people who are struggling to make ends meet. This is very clearly a budget for energy companies, oil companies and landlords. It...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that the student Leap card is not available to third level students aged 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (27 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider extending eligibility for the Leap card scheme to bus operators who run cross-border services, especially those servicing third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47077/22]

Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to speak on this important legislation. I support what Deputy Ó Cuív said about local radio. There is a lot of information that local radio gives out that is not covered as local news but should be, and those stations should be supported in that regard. Highland Radio and Ocean FM probably have a 90% listenership in Donegal....