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

Thomas Pringle: It has not changed much.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to the expansion of the rural transport scheme operated by Local Link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47160/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: This question relates to the Local Link service in County Donegal. What are the plans to develop that in the future and where will that lead? Key to this is integration with Bus Éireann and other services. We need an integrated rural transport system.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That sounds like a lot of nice fluffy language but in reality, it does not reflect the day-to-day running of the service. Local Link in County Donegal is probably one of the most highly developed services around the country. There are still gaps, however, in terms of how it actually facilitates people living in rural Ireland. Those gaps need to be addressed. For example, a person living...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It needs developed quickly, particularly in a county like Donegal where buses are the only form of public transport available. There will not be a railway in the foreseeable future, unfortunately, although we will be pushing for that as well. The bus service can and should respond to the needs of the people. It is a case of putting on the service and giving it time to build so it can meet...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Many of them are being shut down by Bus Éireann.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: We need a pricing system for that as well.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that those on community employment schemes are excluded from receiving fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46490/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the MEPs for their input. It probably would have been better if we had this input when preparing the report because it gives a difference angle on it. Our report identifies problems but the problems appear to be with legislation rather than with the Data Protection Commission itself. Having looked back over committee correspondence, while I could be wrong, there does not appear to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I did not make the meeting on Tuesday. I apologise for that. I was not aware that this was coming up next Wednesday. If we look at how this was dealt with and look at how this committee dealt with the death of George Nkencho, however, it was handled completely differently. We are doing this now in the jaws of the reaction to what is happening in Cherry Orchard, which is completely wrong....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It has been slotted in very quickly too.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Data Protection Regulation Enforcement: Discussion (22 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I beg to differ with that too, Chairman, because the attitude of the committee to the George Nkencho case was to push it out. It was about not wanting to react or saying we could not have a way of reacting but now all of a sudden we are reacting.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to the expansion of the rural transport scheme operated by Local Link; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a constituent (Details Supplied) whose illness benefit payment has been reduced should be penalised due to Government decisions to close her industry in March 2020. [45735/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of negotiations on a special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees with long-Covid to date; the expected timeline for the commencement of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45906/22]

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I may as well say that before I came into this House I worked as a water services caretaker for Donegal County Council for 16 years. Unfortunately, in spite of the positive words that have been said about caretakers in the debate tonight, that is going to be lost under the Bill because that system is gone and will be gone through Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: My question to the Tánaiste today is quite simple. Will funding for North West Simon Community's early intervention and homelessness prevention pilot project be included in the forthcoming budget? On 26 August the Government published the most recent homelessness statistics, which show that 106 individuals, including 22 child dependants, were provided with local authority-managed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: There will be funding next year all right, and that seems to be case, but it will be focused on Dublin mainly. Homelessness is a nationwide problem in this country, unfortunately. The figures released for the north west showing 106 individuals and 22 child dependants are based on local authority-provided respite centres, which are full all the time, so they are not actually the real...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: They are up; I should have said nothing.

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will have to make it up to me.